Eduardo Hontiveros

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Fr. Eduardo P. Hontiveros, SJ


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Birth_name = Eduardo Pardo Hontiveros
Alias = Fr. Honti
Born = birth date |1923|12|20
Molo, Iloilo City, Philippines
Died = death date and age|2008|1|15|1923|12|20
Quezon City, Philippines
Origin = Composer, Singer
Instrument = Piano, accordion
Voice_type = Singer
Genre = Inspirational music, liturgical music
Occupation = Jesuit Priest
Musician
Years_active = 1960-1972, 1986-1999
Label = Jesuit Music Ministry (JMM)
Associated_acts = Tinig Barangka, Himig Heswita, Bukas Palad Music Ministry, Hangad and other JMM artists "(as composer)"
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Fr. Eduardo Pardo Hontiveros, S.J. (20 December 1923 – 15 January 2008), also known as "Fr. Honti", was a Filipino Jesuit composer and musician, best-known as an innovative creator of Philippine liturgical music.

He was born in Molo, Iloilo City, one of eight siblings, to Jose Hontiveros and Vicenta Pardo. He studied at the Capiz Elementary School and transferred at the Ateneo de Manila High School, graduating in 1939. He entered the San Jose Seminary from 1939 to 1945, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1945; he made his first vows as a novice in 1947. He studied theology in the United States in 1951, and was ordained by Cardinal Francis Spellman in 1954.

With the Vatican II mandate of localization of the Holy Mass, Fr. Honti began to write liturgical hymns in the 1960s, where the mission of his first hymn was to provide a song that local people could easily learn and sing at worship, for the Jesuit-administered parish at Barangka in Marikina. This brought about the tradition of religious music in the country which would later come to be known simply as "Jesuit Music". [http://www.jesuits.ph/New%20Web/jmm_about.html Go S.J., Johnny. About JMM.]

His works include "Papuri sa Diyos", "Magnificat (Ang Puso Ko'y Nagpupuri)","Maria, Bukang-Liwayway" (lit. "Mary, Star of the Morning"), "Pananagutan" (lit. "Responsibility"), among many others. His works have been published and sung in many parishes in the Philippines and in other countries as well; his "Papuri sa Diyos" has been sung at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. [http://www.adnu-alum.org/archive/apos1003.asp Seeing Christ in the Word: The Ministry of Jesuit Communications] . His publisher is the Ateneo de Manila University-based Jesuit Music Ministry.

Fr. Hontiveros suffered a stroke in 1991, affecting his mobility and his ability to communicate. On January 4, 2008, he was found sprawled and unconscious along the corridors of the Loyola House of Studies in Ateneo and it was later determined that he suffered another stroke [http://www.jesuits.ph/articles/frhonti3 Fr. Manoling Francisco, SJ, "Fr. Honti: A Most Sublime Song to God".] . He was pronounced dead on January 15, 2008. His funeral on January 19, 2008, was attended by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who presented a posthumous award for his contributions. [http://www.news.ops.gov.ph/photos-jan2008/photo1-011908.htm Office of the President-Office of the Press Secretary]

Awards

*1976 - "Tanglaw ng Lahi" Awards (Ateneo de Manila University)
*1992 - Asian Catholic Publisher’s Outstanding Catholic Author Award
*2000 - Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
*2008 - Presidential Medal of Merit "(posthumous)"

ee also

*Jesuit Music Ministry - Fr. Hontiveros's publisher
*Bukas Palad Music Ministry
*Hangad

ources and References

* [http://www.jesuits.ph/articles/frhonti Eduardo Hontiveros (1923-2008)] - Fr. Hontiveros' obituary and biography from the official Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus website
* [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=106179 President Arroyo pays tribute to Fr. Hontiveros] - News report from ABS-CBN Interactive
* [http://www.gov.ph/news/?i=19922 Message of Condolence] - eulogy of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Fr. Hontivero's funeral mass