Filipino Crusaders World Army
I first made mention of the FCWA in my post about the White House, the historic landmark on IGaCoS. I had tried to do some research in regards to the organization and the religious cult but wasn’t very successful at that time.
In his recent article for Dateline IGaCoS for the Sun.Star, Roger P. Antalan provides much of the missing history regarding Hilario Moncado, the cult and the FCWA. It’s a very interesting read for those that are interested in the history of Samal, the White House or the Moncadistas.
As I suspected they are related, with the cult being part of one of twelve divisions of the FCWA. The divisions are listed as: Membership, Organization, Commercial, Finance, Legal, Welfare, Musical, Labor, Women, Publication, Youth, and Religious Education.
I took particular note of the fact that the White House is located on 19 hectares of land called “Camp 19″. This structure is very close to our land, and I’d sure like to learn where the boundaries of these hectares lay, if that is even known.
This is a fascinating piece of history for Samal, and the Philippines in general. Thanks to Mr. Antalan for providing this important historical information.
Hi Randy, thanks for sharing this. 19 acres close to your property for agricultural use means you won’t have that many neighbours. And presumably, there will be lots of vegetables there for you. I think this is really good news for you.
Hi Ellen – it remains to be seen what happens with their land, but it sounds promising in regards to it not turning into more subdivisions. Not so sure about the agriculture part. I didn’t see anything to indicate that when I was there. I’d still like to know where those boundaries are. It must go down the hill?
It would be nice to have some hectares of land but even though that’s not what we ended up with I think we’ve got a good group of neighbors going in our area, from what I’ve seen so far.
be sure that you really know its a cult….
Hi renee ann abejuela – thanks for stopping by and for your comment.
From what I can gather the cult is still around but not that active. Though they own land on Samal they aren’t especially populated just there. I believe I read that Hawaii has a group that may be the largest.
I don’t see that the cult has caused any issue for anyone. Possibly there is more to be known. Their strong religious beliefs would seem to discourage any kind of trouble making.