Cebu steamer which brought Rizal to

Dapitan

Father Pablo Pastells

Father Antonio Obach

 That Rizal publically retract his errors concerning religion and make statements that were clearly proSpanish against revolution.
That he perform the church rites and make a general confession of his past life. That henceforth he conduct himself in an exemplary manner as a Spanish Subject and a man of religion.

A Don Ricardo Carnicero

poem which Rizal wrote for Captain

Carnicero on the occasion of captains birthday August 26,1892

 Butuan mail boat which brought the news

about Rizals winning in the lottery

 P20,000 lottery prize

P6,200 of it was given to Rizal P2,000 of his share he gave to his father and P200 to Basa in Hong Kong, the

rest he invested thru purchasing agricultural lands from the coast of Talisay about kilameter away from Dapitan

 Three (3) pesetas amount Rizal allotted

for lottery tickets every month

 This was his first

Vice commented Wenceslao E. Retana, his first Spanish biographer and former enemy

 The debate started when Pastells sent

Rizal a book by Sarda along with an advice that Rizal should desist from his majaderas (foolishness) in viewing religion from the perspective of individual judgement and self-esteem

 The debate can be read in four (4) letters.

Rizal was bitter against the friars because

they commit abuses under the cloak of religion. Father Pastells tried to bring back to Catholicism Rizal by telling him that human intelligence is limited, thus he needs the guidance of God

 Behind the

debate, Pastells and Rizal were friends as evidently pictured when: 1. Pastells gave Rizal a copy of Imitacion deCristo by Fr. Thomas a Kempis

 2. Rizal gave

Pastells a bust of St. Paul which he had made Rizal continued to hear mass and celebrate religious events

Rizal Challenges a Frenchman to a Duel

Mr. Juan Lardet

a French businessman whom Rizal had a conflict

Rizal and Father Sanchez

In his aspiration to reconcile Rizal with

theChurch, Father Pastells sent to Dapitan:

1.Father Obach, Cura of Dapitan
2.Fr. Jose Vilaclara, Cura of Dipolog

3.Fr. Francisco Paula de Sanchez, Rizals

favorite teacher at Ateneo de Manila

Estudios sobre la lengua tagala

manuscript which Rizal gave to Sanchez on his birthday (study of the tagalog language)

Idyllic Life in Dapitan

Among his family members who visited

Rizal were: 1.His mother 2.His sisters Trinidad, Maria and Narcisa 3.Nephews Teodosio, Estanislao, Mauricio and Prudencio

Idyllic Life in Dapitan

Rizal built a

house by the seashore of Talisay surrounded by fruit trees, a school for boys, and a hospital for his patients.

Rizals Encounter with the Friars Spy

Pablo Mercado assumed name of the spy who visited Rizal at his house

and pretended to be a relative by showing a photo of Rizal and a pair of buttons with the initials P.M. as evidence of kinship.

 The spy offered to be Rizals courier

Rizals Encounter with the Friars Spy

of letters for the patriots in Manila. Rizal became suspicious and wanted to throw the spy outside but considering his values and late hour of the night, he offered the spy to spend the night at his house. The next day, he sent the spy away

 The spy stayed in Dapitan and spread talks

Rizals Encounter with the Friars Spy

among the people that he was a relative to Rizal. Rizal went to the comandancia and reported thei mpostor to Captain Juan Sitges (successor of Carnicero) Sitges ordered Pablo Mercados arrest and told Anastacio Adriatico to investigate him immediately.

Rizals Encounter with the Friars Spy Florencio Namanan a.k.a Pablo Mercado, singleand about 30 years old who washired by the Recollect friars to spyon Rizals activities

The secret mission of Pablo

Rizals Encounter with the Friars Spy

Mercado was not an assassination attempt but espionage only.

As Physician in Dapitan

As Physician in Dapitan
Dona Teodora and Maria lived with

Rizal for a year and a half. It is here when Rizal operated his mothers right eye. Though the operation was successful, his mother had a wound infection after ignoring Rizals instruction of not removing the bandages. However, the infection was immediatelytreated

As Physician in Dapitan
Don Ignacio Tumarong

Rizals patient who was able to see again after his operation; -he paid Rizal P3,000

As Physician in Dapitan
Don Florencio Azcarraga
rich hacendero of Aklan who

was cured of eye ailment, in turn he gave Rizal a cargo of sugar.

As Physician in Dapitan Rizal prescribed medicinal plants to his poor patients.

Water System for Dapitan

Water System for Dapitan

As a perito agrimensor (expert surveyor), Rizalapplied his

engineering knowledge by constructinga system of waterworks to furnish clean water tothe townspeople

Mr. H.F. Cameron American engineer who praised Rizal for his engineering ingenuity.

Community Projects for Dapitan

Rizal had
1.Drained the marshes to get rid of malaria that

was infesting Dapitan 2.Equipped the town with lighting system using P500 one of his patients paid him. The lighting system consisted of: a.Coconut oil lamps 3.Beautified the town of Dapitan by remodeling the town plaza and making a huge relief map of Mindanao out of earth, stones and grass

Rizal as Teacher
Rizal established in Dapitan a school. It began with 3 pupils who increased to 16 and eventually 21. 16 of his pupils did not pay tuition. Instead of charging them fees, Rizal

made them work in his gardens and construction projects.

Rizal as Teacher
Formal classes were between

2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. He also applied the emperor system like that of Ateneo

Rizal as Teacher
During recess, pupils built fires to drive

awayinsects, pruned fruit trees and manured the soil.

Outside class hours, students had

gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, stonethrowing, swimming,arnis and boating

Hymn to Talisay
-A poem Rizal wrote in honor

of Talisay which he made his pupils sing

Contributions to Science
Rizal sent

specimens he found to the museum of Europe especially the Dresden Museum. In turn, he received scientific books and surgical instruments

Contributions to Science
He had
1.Built up a rich collection of concology (consisting of 346 shells of 203 species)

2.Discovered rare specimens like:

a.Draco rizali(a flying dragon) b. Apogonia rizali(a small beetle)

c.Rhacophorus rizali(a rare frog)

3.Conducted anthropological, ethnographical, archaeological, geological and geographical studies.

Linguistic Studies
Continuing his study of languages,

Rizal learned in Dapitan: 1.Bisayan 2.Subanum 3.Malay languages

Linguistic Studies
He knew by that time 22 languages as

follows Tagalog, Malay, Ilokano, Hebrew, Bisayan, Sanskrit, Subanum, Dutch, Spanish, Catalan Latin, Italian Greek, Chinese, English, Japanese, French, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Arabic, Russian

Artistic Works in Dapitan

To pursue his artistic activities, Rizal
1.Contributed paintings to the Sisters

of Charity who were preparing the sanctuary of the Holy Virgin 2.Made sketches of persons and things that attracted him in Dapitan

Artistic Works in Dapitan

3.Modeled a statuette called The Mothers

Revenge to stress the moral of the incident where a puppy of his dog, Syria, was eaten by a crocodile 4.Constructed a statue of a girl called The Dapitan Girl, a woodcarving of Josephine Bracken (Rizals wife) 5.Made a bust of St. Paul for Father Pastells

Rizal as Farmer
Rizal acquired total land holdings of 70 hectares

where 6,000 hemp plants, 1,000 coconut trees and numerous fruit trees, sugarcane, corn, coffee and cacao were planted. He planned to establish an agricultural colony in Sitio Ponot because it was ideal for raising cacao, coffee, coconuts and cattle. However, this did not materialize due to lack of support from the government

Rizal as Businessman
Ramon Carreon Rizals business partner in Dapitan Rizal made

profitable business ventures in fishing,copra and hemp industries. Hemp industry Rizals most profitable business

Rizal as Businessman
Once he shipped 150 bales of hemp to

Manila. He purchased hemp in Dapitan at P7 and 4 reales per picul and he sold it to Manila at P10 and 4 reales. Rizal also engaged in lime manufacturing. Their lime burner had a monthly capacity of more than400 bags of lime

Rizal as Businessman
He organized the Cooperative

Association of Dapitan Farmers to break Chinese monopoly

Rizals Inventive Ability

Among Rizals inventions were: 1.Cigarette lighter which he sent as a gift to Blumentritt called sulpukan 2.A wooden machine for making bricks

My Retreat
Upon restoring her eyesight, Dona

Teodora returned to Manila. Seeing how busy Rizal is, she regretted neglecting her muses. She requested Rizal to write poetry. As a response, Rizal wrote Mi Retiro relating his serene life as an exile in Dapitan

Rizal and Josephine Bracken

the death of Leonor Rivera left a poignant void in Rizals heart. In his

loneliness, he met Josephine

Rizal and Josephine Bracken

josephine Bracken

Irish girl of sweet eighteen who was born on Hong Kong.

Rizal and Josephine Bracken

James Bracken and Elizabeth Jane

MacBride Josephines parents who are both Irish in citizenship Mr. George Taufer man who adopted Josephine after her mother died of childbirth

Rizal and Josephine Bracken

Mr. Taufer became blind so he sought for an ophthalmic specialist.

This is how Josephine and Rizal met. Manuela Orlac Filipina companion who accompanied Josephine Bracken to Dapitan.

Rizal and Josephine Bracken

Rizal and Josephine Bracken decided to get married but Father Obach

refused to marry them without the permission of Bishop of Cebu.

Rizal and Josephine Bracken

Hearing of the planned marriage and unable to endure the thought of

losing Josephine, Mr. Taufer tried to commit suicide by cutting off his throat with a razor but Rizal was able to prevent this.

Rizal and Josephine Bracken

To avoid a tragedy, Josephine

accompanied Mr. Taufer back to Manila. Mr. Taufer returned to Hong Kong alone while Josephine stayed with the Rizals in Manila. Having no priests to marry them, Rizal and Josephine married themselves before the eyes of God

Rizal and Josephine Bracken

The two were happy for they were

expecting for a baby. However, Rizal played a prank on Josephine making her give birth to an eight-month baby boy. The baby lived for only three hours. He was named Francisco in honor of Rizals father.

Rizal and the Katipunan

Pio Valenzuela emissary to

Dapitan in order to inform Rizal of the plan of Katipunan during the meeting at a little river called Bitukang Manok. Venus steamer Valenzuela boarded to reach Dapitan

Rizal and the Katipunan

Raymundo Mata blind man who came

withValenzuela to camouflage his mission

Rizal objected Bonifacios project because:
1.The people are not ready for a revolution 2.Arms and funds must first be

collected before raising the cry of revolution.

Volunteers as Military Doctor in Cuba

When Cuba was under revolution and raging yellow fever epidemic,

Rizal wrote to Governor General Ramon Blanco offering his services as military doctor.

Governor Blanco later notified Rizal of the acceptance of the offer. The

Volunteers as Military Doctor in Cuba

notification came along with an instruction of acquiring first a pass for Manila from the politico-military commander of Dapitan.

The Song of the Traveler

Upon receiving the acceptance of his offer to go to Europe then to Cuba

to help in the curing of patients suffering yellow fever, he wrote a poem El Canto del Viajero

Adios, Dapitan
Espaa steamer which brought Rizal to Manila

from Dapitan Rizal was accompanied by Josephine, Narcisa, Angelica (Narcisas daughter), his three nephews and six pupils. As farewell, the town brass of Dapitan played the dolorous Funeral March of Chopin. He stayed in Dapitan for four years, thirteen days and a few hours.