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The controversial Fr. Robert Reyes, while still up to date on national issues, now escapes out of town to the hermitage he is building.

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PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines – Have you heard about the running priest joining the monks? Yes, no more driving the Blessed Mother in a cartwheel outside the Manila Cathedral and stealing the show from the grand wedding of the rich and powerful, or officiating Mass for a bunch of military rebels prior to their mutiny.

Rappler spotted Fr Robert Reyes here while he was gearing up for one last run before slipping out of the limelight: a fund-raiser for slain journalist Dr Gerry Ortega to help in the capture of the suspected mastermind in his killing, fugitive former Gov Joel Reyes.

Early this May, Fr Robert will be joining an undisclosed religious congregation to live an otherwise sedate life away from the evening news.

“Are you quitting on your social advocacies? In other words, have you gone nuts, Father?” we asked. Laughing, he said, “No, I’m pursuing my faith. I’m joining a novitiate. I will be out of action for a considerable length of time but I’ll be back.”

Chatting with Fr Robert in a coffee shop bustling with backpack

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By Gee-Gee O. Torres, assistant editor

Before I left for Manila to attend the National Congress of the Laity last year, I received an email from our editor, Fr Niall O’Brien, who was on vacation in Ireland. He said we would feature Fr Robert Reyes in Misyon. Fr Niall sent me some materials for the article but we needed a personal story to go with it. Since I was on my way to Manila, I decided to visit and interview Fr Robert in his parish in UP Diliman, Quezon City.

The Interview

This was my first time to interview a prominent figure. I was nervous. I had to ask a friend to accompany me. I waited outside his office and after a few minutes of bearing the agony of anticipation, a man came out and invited me in. It was no other than Fr Reyes himself. He was very accommodating. During the interview I was just like having a casual conversation with a friend. Thirty minutes was all I got for he had another appointment at 5:00 pm so I had to get down to work right away.

Fr Robert

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The ‘Running Priest’ now runs a farm

The controversial Fr. Robert Reyes, while still up to date on national issues, now escapes out of town to the hermitage he is building

Planting at the farm

A RECENT Facebook post by Fr. Robert P. Reyes, popularly known as the “Running Priest,” had a picture of him with an eight-year-old girl based in Rome who had her first communion at his parish, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church (OLPH) in Quezon City. His comment, “So now Liv and the priest who gave her first communion are friends in the Lord forever. I will try to be around for her wedding 20 years from now,” earned hundreds of hearts and likes and comments about his being 89 by that time. Amused, I commented, “Fr. Robert Reyes, 89 is the new 69 kaya puedeng puede!” His immediate reply: “Haha Alma. Yes. Imagining dreaming creating writing running gardening advocating, etc. No time to worry about aging…like you, enjoying and celebrating every moment. Kelan tayo muling magkikita Po?” (When are we going to see each other again?) I answered back: “Oo nga po! Pag ready na po kayo at