THE HOMECOMING

THE HOMECOMING
 August 1887- Rizal
decided to return to the
Philippines.
 Left Rome by train for
Marseilles
 Boarded the Djemmah
bound to Saigon.
 July 30, 1888- arrived in
Saigon, where he
transferred to the
steamer Haifong.
 THE HOMECOMING
 August 6, 1888- Rizal  His first patient was his
arrived in Manila mother who could
 Noticed that Manila has hardly see
not changed that much.  He successfully
 August 1888- he restored the eyesight
reached Calamba, where of his mother which
there was a dramatic had double cataracts.
meeting  The good news spread
 He turned the ground like wildfire as many
floor of their house as a sick people flock to
medical clinic seek medical help.
 THE HOMECOMING
 His professional fee was
very simple:
 If the patient is poor, a
simple “thank you” is
enough. Some patients
gave him vegetables, fruits,
chickens, etc.
 If the patient is rich, he
would charge in the
European way.
 The people called him Dr.
Uleman having arrived
from Germany.
 THE HOMECOMING
 Rizal shared his blessings to
his townmates:
 He built a gymnasium for
the youth to discourage
them from engaging in
different forms of gambling.
 He wanted them to spend
time on productive
activities.
 But he failed to see Leonor in
his six months vacation due to
the conflicts of his parents and
Leonor’s.
 NOLI ME TANGERE
CONTROVERSY
 Rizal received a summon  He explained that he
from Governor-General was only expressing the
Emilio Terrero regarding truth of what is going on
the novel which has in the society in his
become a hot issue. novel.
 He went to Malacañang  The Governor was
to answer any question satisfied with his answer
surrounding his novel. and asked for a copy of
 He denied that he was a the novel, since he had
spy from Germany. not read the novel
himself.
 NOLI ME TANGERE
CONTROVERSY
 Rizal’s enemies kept  His bodyguard was a young
doing everything to Spanish Lieutenant, Don
Jose Taviel de Andrade.
persecute him  The two became true friends
 They accused the novel
in no time at all because they
to have subversive ideas have common interests.
against the church and
the Spanish government
 The kind Governor
assigned a bodyguard
for Rizal, to protect him
from danger.
 NOLI ME TANGERE
GOT BANNED
 The powerful friars put the
novel under strict scrutiny
headed by Manila
Archbishop Msgr. Pedro
Payo.
 He sent a copy to the UST
Fr. Rector Gregorio
Echevarria for
examination.
 The latter found the novel
heretical, impious, and
scandalous.
 NOLI ME TANGERE
GOT BANNED
 The Governor sent the
novel for further
assessment to the
Permanent Commission on
Censorship composed of
priests and laymen headed
by Fr. Salvador Font, Tondo
parish priest.
 The body found the novel
with subversive ideas
against the Church and the
Spanish government.
 The Commission
recommended that the book
be banned and have its
circulation in the islands be
totally stopped.
 The move boomeranged
because it only made the
Filipinos more curious in
reading the novel.
 Thus, the novel’s price was
exorbitantly priced.
 No arrests were made, thanks
to the liberal-minded
governor.
 RIZAL’S ENEMIES FROM
THE CHURCH
1. Manila Archbishop Msgr.  The pamphlet stated
Pedro Payo that “whoever reads the
2. UST Rector Fr. Domingo novel commits a mortal
Echevarria sin.”
3. Fr. Salvador Font- head  Another attacker of the
of the Permanent
Noli was Vicente
Commission on
Barrantes, a Spanish
Censorship
4. Fr. Jose Rodriguez- who writer who openly
published an anti-Noli criticized the novel in
pamphlet entitled the Spanish newspaper
“Caiingat Cayo.” La Esperanza Moderna.
 ALLIES OF DR. JOSE RIZAL

1. Marcelo H. Del Pilar-

using the pen name
Dolores Manapat,
published a pamphlet
entitled “Caiigat Cayo”
that refuted and
ridiculed Fr. Rodriguez’
“Caiingat Cayo.”
2. Fr. Francisco Sanchez,
Rizal’s beloved Ateneo
teacher Marcelo H. Del Pilar