[citation needed] After being ordained, Zamora handled parishes in Mariquina, Pasig, Mandaloyon (now Mandaluyong), San Pedro Macati (now Makati), Pasay, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, and Batangas.

El Eco Filipino became the organ of the champions for secularization of the churches and later of civil reforms.

Burgos and his followers argued that the turning over of the parishes to the regulars contravened the provisions of the Council of Trent agreement which expressly prohibited the friars from holding curates.

Under the Trent agreement, only secular priests were supposed to hold parishes and administer the spiritual needs of the populace while regulars were to live in their monasteries and devote their time to religious contemplation and to missionary and educational work.

[2] This invitation fell into the hands of the Spaniards which coincided with the night of the Cavite mutiny led by a Filipino soldier, Sgt.