George and Dolly Poblete celebrate 64th Wedding Anniversary
Toronto-Canada
December 26, 2020
They received a blessing from Fr. Lorenzo Salandanan, Pastor, at the Prince of Peace Parish in Scarborough. They also had a socially distanced outdoor visit and blessing from Fr. Regulo Imperial, Pastor of the St. John Fisher Parish in Bramalea, Brampton.
The Pobletes have been very active members of the Filipino-Canadian community for over 50 years. In their early years, they helped build better youth in the Montreal and Toronto community through sports, particularly in the field of Self-Defense and Judo. Later in life, they prominently figured in the activities of civic organizations, like the Knights of Rizal. In their eighties, the Pobletes still are very much into their religious involvement. They help in their parish events and until recently they have taught the Rosary in Toronto Catholic Schools. They are vital to the formation and coordination of the activities of the Block Rosary Group in Toronto, which was established in 1982. George is a Knights of Columbus active leader and a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. Dolly is a member of the Carmelite Order (OCDS) and Holy Sepulchre.
For their community involvement, George has received numerous local and international citations and awards from the Vatican, U.S.A., U.K., Canada, Japan, Philippines and Venezuela. Prominent among these distinctions, George received the Pro Patria Presidential Medal which was given to an individual by the President of the Philippines to an individual – Filipino or foreigner alike, who has rendered outstanding work in stimulating and encouraging works towards the Rizalian concept of love of country and fulfillment of duties of citizenship. He also received the Queen’s Sovereign Medal for Volunteers (2017), which handed out at Sussex Drive in Ottawa by Canada’s Governor General, in recognition of his over sixty years of volunteerism in Canada, South America and the Philippines.
