Topic 3

• Jose Rizal is identified as a national hero of the revolution for his writings that centers on ending colonialism and liberating Filipino minds to contribute on the creation of Filipino nation.
• Jose Rizal is the author of the famous Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
• Jose Rizal's essays do not vilify the Catholic Religion, but the Friars.
• Jose Rizal declared himself a catholic and in this Religion in which he was born and educated, he wished to live and die.
• Jose Rizal retracted with all his heart whatever in his words, writings, publications and conduct has been contrary to his character as son of the Catholic Church.
• Jose Rizal believed and confessed whatever the Catholic Church taught and submitted to whatever the Catholic Church demanded.
• Jose Rizal abhorred Masonry, as the enemy which is of the Church, and as a Society prohibited by the Church.
• Valenzuela informed Rizal that the revolution could inevitably break out if the Katipunan were to be discovered by the Spaniards.
• Rizal was connected to the Katipunan through Valenzuela.
• Rizal was informed by Valenzuela that the revolution could inevitably break out if the Katipunan were to be discovered by the Spaniards.
• The revolution could inevitably break out if the Katipunan were to be discovered by the Spaniards, as per Valenzuela's warning to Rizal.
• The Diocesan Prelate may, as the Superior Ecclesiastical Authority, make public this spontaneous manifestation of mine in order to repair the scandal which my acts may have caused and so that God and people may pardon me.
• There are four iterations of the text of Jose Rizal's retraction: La voz Espanola, Diario de Manila, Magazine La Juventud, and the last one was only found in the archdiocesan.
• Rizal's connection to the Katipunan is undeniable, as evidenced by his founding and establishment of La liga Filipina on July 3, 1892, with goals to unite the whole country, protect and assist all members, fight violence and injustice, support education, and study and implement reform.
• The testimony of Cuerpo de Vigilancia states that Rizal did not retract.
• Pio Valenzuela, a friend of both Dr. Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio, was sent by Andres Bonifacio in June 1896 to Dapitan.
• The Four Iteration of the texts of this Retraction were published in "La Voz Española" and "Diario de Manila" on the day of Rizal's execution in 1896, and in "La Juventud" on February 14, 1897.
• According to testimony by father Vicente Balaguer, a Jesuit missionary who befriended the hero during his exile in Dapitan, Rizal accepted a shorter retraction document prepared by the superior of the Jesuit society in the Philippines, father pio pi.
• Jose Rizal did not retract.
• Rizal was arrested on July 6, 1892, and deported to Dapitan on July 7, 1892.
• Andres Bonifacio, the founder of KKK (Kataas-taasang Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga anak ng Bayan), was arrested on July 7, 1892, with objectives of Political goal, Moral goal, and Civic goal.
• Fr. Vicente Balaguer, a Jesuit priest, visited Jose Rizal in Fort Santiago and is presumed to have persuaded Rizal to retract his anti-catholic teachings.
• Fr. Vicente Balaguer stated in his letter to Fr. Pi in 1910 that there are two formulas of retraction: the one that they made and the exact copy of retraction written and signed by Rizal.
• Fr. Vicente Balaguer does not remember whose handwriting the exact copy of retraction signed by Rizal was since he only suspected that it came from Rizal "himself".
• Rizal added that the leaders of the Katipunan must do everything they could to prevent the spilling of Filipino Blood.
• La Liga Filipina was short-lived after Rizal's exile in Dapitan by the Spaniards.
• At approximately 9 a.m., the Assistant of the Plaza, Señor Maure, asked Rizal if he wanted anything, to which he replied that at the moment he only wanted a prayer book which was brought to him shortly by Father March.
• Immediately the chief of the firing squad, Señor del Fresno and the Assistant of the Plaza, Señor Maure, were informed and they entered death row to sign the document that Rizal had written.
• Former members of La Liga Filipina decided to band together to establish the Katipunan a few days after Rizal's exile on July 7, 1892.
• Rizal founded an organization known as La Liga Filipina with Andres Bonifacio as one of its members.
• Valenzuela's accounts of his meetings with Rizal have been greatly doubted by many scholars, but according to him, Rizal objected the plans, saying that doing so would be tantamount to suicide since it would be difficult to fight the Spaniards who had the advantage of military sources.
• At 3 p.m., Father March entered the chapel and Rizal handed him what he had written.
• Señor Andrade left death row at 10 a.m. and Rizal spoke for a long while with the Jesuit fathers, March and Vilaclara, regarding religious matters, it seems.
• At the urgings of Señor Andrade and moments after entering, Rizal was served a light breakfast.
• Rizal entered death row at 7:50 a.m. on December 30, 1896, accompanied by his counsel, Señor Taviel de Andrade, and the Jesuit priest Vilaclara.
• Rizal wrote his retraction after making some modifications in the document.
• Rizal and the Jesuit fathers argued about the matter until 12:30 when Rizal ate some poached egg and a little chicken.
• These two presented Rizal with a prepared retraction on his life and deeds, which he refused to sign.
• Katipuneros even used Rizal's name as a password.
• In 1896, the katipuneros decided to inform Rizal of their plans to launch the revolution, and sent Pio Valenzuela to visit Rizal in Dapitan.