Coats of Arms of Filipino Catholic Laywomen

Prot. n. 001/2021/PhCLW

The Coat of Arms of CYNTHIA “Cynch” CONCEPCION-BAGA

The armiger was born on 19 February 1955 in Iloilo City. She is the eldest of 4 children of Jose Ma. Ledesma Concepcion, Jr, of Jaro, Iloilo City and Imelda Alvarez Roldan of Roxas City, Capiz. She is a bearer of the arms of Jose Ma. Ledesma Concepcion, Jr., her father. 

Blason: Quarterly; 1 and 4, Azure a fleur de lis above a crescent moon with horns turned upward, all Or; 2 and 3, Vert a spikenard Argent; over all a cross fillet counterchanged Argent and Or.

Motto: Cynthia’s motto is “SECVNDVM VERBVM TVVM” (According to Your Word), while that of her father is “LIVE RIGHT”.

Decoration: Hanging from the ribbon of the motto is the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Medal.

The armiger was educated at the Iloilo American Memorial School and the Assumption-Iloilo prior to her university studies. In 1976, she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree major in Psychology from the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, having been a member of the University’s 1st batch of coeds. She went on pursue a degree of Master of Science in Social Psychology with concentration in Community Development, in 1982.

Cynthia Baga is an experienced social psychologist, pastoral counselor, and trained spiritual director involved in the design and conduct of human formation programs. Much of her work is with the ongoing formation and renewal programs of priests and diocesan seminarians as well as with various men and women religious communities, all over the Philippines. Her ministry also extends to a number of Asian and international renewal programs. Her commitment to serve the Roman Catholic Church brought her to collaborate closely with the Commission on Clergy of the Archdiocese of Jaro, Iloilo and with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Clergy (CBCP-ECCler). She is also the founding directress of G.A.M.O.T. (Growth Alternatives in Managing On-going Transformation) Resources - a community of friends bonded by the passion of facilitating growth and transformation of individuals and groups, she is also affiliated with Spiritual Directors International and Center Quest.

Cynthia is also the author of “Celebrating Life Passages In Rituals” published by St Paul’s Publications.

Awards: On 12 December 2009, Pope Benedict XVI awarded the armiger with the Holy Cross of Honor “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice” affirming her faithful service to the Catholic Church. She was also given recognition in Iloilo City through The Outstanding Women of Iloilo City (TOWIL) award for religious service.

Cynthia is married to Oscar Tanglao Baga of La Carlota City. They have one child, Socorro Marie Eugenie C. Baga-Valencia who is a doctor of medicine specializing in general orthopedic surgery. Her daughter Marie is married to Alistair S. Valencia and they have a daughter, Marie Aletheia Dianne.

 

Copyright: © Cynthia Concepcio-Baga

 

 

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Prot. N. 002/2021/PhCLW

 

Coat of arms of MAJA JOVER BAŇAS VDA. DE BRILLANTES

The armiger carries the coat of arms of her late husband EDUARDO MADRID BRILLANTES, which was registered by Don Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, Marques of la Floresta and Cronista de Armas of Castille and Leon, on 28 January 2006.

 

Blason: Azure, an Eagle displayed Or charged on the breast with an escutcheon Gules a cross ensigned with a coronet and in chief an estoile of eight points between two fleur-de-lis also Or.

 

Motto: Virtus solo nobilitat (Virtues alone ennobles)

The armiger is the third of eight children of Ludovico Arroyo Bañas, former Regional Superintendent of the Philippine Bureau of Telecommunications for Region IV (Panay, Negros, Romblon, and Palawan), and Carmen Jalandoni Jover. She is a graduate of B.S. E. Ed at the University of San Agustin in Iloilo City. From the 1970s until the mid 1990s, she served as organist of St. John the Baptist Catholic Parish in Banate, Iloilo.