Landas ng Liwanag portrays highlights on the life of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila and its relevance to the life of modern-day Filipinos overseas as reflected by the story of Laura dela Cruz, a young Filipina forced by fate to find work in Germany in order to support her family. Together, these two characters experience trials and their only hope and strength is their faith. As they encounter more challenges in life, Lorenzo and Laura will have to choose between saving their lives and giving them up for their faith. In the end, their steadfast faith leads them to offer their lives so that others may be saved.

The San Lorenzo Ruiz play came out of the desire of Liberty and Rizaldy Tanangco, the Hermana and Hermano of San Lorenzo Ruiz 2006, for the Filipinos in the Archdiocese of Cologne to have a deeper appreciation on the significance of the martyrdom of the first Filipino Saint. With a huge step forward, the Hermana Mayor and the TROPA have agreed to put together a project that would bring out the creativity of the youth in theater play and increase their social awareness. In order to mount this project, TROPA invited Lando Velasco to conduct a series of theater arts workshop including a "writeshop" that led to the development of the story and script of 'Landas ng Liwanag'.

This project is made possible through the "bayanihan" efforts of the Filipino communities led by the Chaplain, Fr. Jun de Ocampo, SVD. Thanks to the hard work of the cast and production staff with the assistance of individuals and communities in the Archdiocese of Cologne, a story in honor of the life of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila and the Filipinos overseas may now be told.

If your community is interested in the play and host it, you can browse the Terms of Reference. In case you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.


REFERENCE MATERIALS

• Pagsisiyam alay kay San Lorenzo Ruiz
  
• JP II address on the canonization of San Lorenzo Ruiz