Felipe Sonsong

After the death of his wife, he entered the Society of Jesus at the age of 57 as a donado and volunteered for the mission in the Marianas under Blessed Diego Luis de San Vítores.

Agustin (presumably together with Felipe) is also known to have helped the Spaniards quash a revolt of the Chinese in 1639 and subdue a small Kapampangan uprising in Gapan, Nueva Ecija in 1645.

He left everything to his son Jeronimo (who served as Macabebe gobernadorcillo for an unprecedented 10 terms) and volunteered his services first to the Augustinians in Pampanga and then to the Dominicans in Manila, working as domestic help and carpenter, despite his advanced age and noble background.

On July 23, 1684, a band of forty warriors entered the stockade at Agaña under the pretense of attending Mass, attacked the Spanish force, and killed several of the defenders.

[1] The initial processes of the cause for beatification of San Vitores were held in Guam, Manila, Mexico City and Toledo, Spain in the last quarter of the 17th century.

The Center for Kapampangan Studies of Holy Angel University has submitted its recommendation to the Archdiocese of San Fernando, for the cause of beatification of Felipe Sonsong.