Obituary of Luciano Uy

Luciano “B-O-Y” Uy was born on May 28, 1940 in Cebu City, Philippines to the late Aurea and Guan Liong Uy. Heattended Collegio de San Jose Recoletos in Cebu and was already serving the church at a very young age as an acolyte. He married the love of his life, Zeny Uy, on October 2, 1965 on the Feast of Holy Angels and was father to the late Sonny Boy, Randy Boy, Danny Boy, Luzien, to the late Frankie Boy and Luzenia. He was the Supervisor of Union Carbide Philippines for Visayas and Mindanao for many years and eventually transitioned into Fraternal Services of the Knights of Columbus, Philippines. His work allowed him to travel extensively all overthe Visayas and Mindanao region alongside with his young family. His travels enabled him to learn and communicate in various local dialects.He immigrated to Canada in 1988 and seamlessly continued his services with Knights of Columbus which is theright arm of the Church. One pivotal moment in his life was becoming the First Filipino District Deputy from Council 8809. He was a recipient of the Star Council Award and a District Star Council Awards for 2 Terms. He has been a dedicated Lay Minister at the Filipino Chaplaincy then based at John XXIII Parish until its relocation to Our Lady of the Assumption Church and renamed Archdiocesan Filipino Catholic Mission (AFCM).Together with his wife, both enrolled the AFCM with Campaign Life in 2008 in which Life Chain continues tothis day annually. He has been instrumental in the enthronement of the Holy Infant Jesus at Our Lady of the Assumption Church. Appropriately, he coined the name of the Assembly of the Holy Infant Jesus as well. Further, he and his family initiated the prayerful movement for the Sainthood of San Pedro Calungsod and was blessed to attend the Canonization in Rome. Through group effort, there currently lies a bronze life-sized statue of San Pedro Calungsod at the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ontario.His most recent project was the prayerful movement for the Sainthood of Bishop Teofilo Camumot who is also aCebuano. He was a founding member of Friends of Teofilo Camumot. The congregational prayer for his Sainthood continues to this day after the 5 pm Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in Pilipino at the Our Lady of the Assumption. Throughout his church activities and projects, he instilled the value of service above self in which his familycontinues to uphold to this day. In essence, his life revolved around his family and Church. He treasured his 17 grandchildren- Lyle, Chesca, Gustavo, Trisha, Neil, Princess, Angelo, Dane, Joey, Wona, BY,Anzelm, Shawn, Adrian, Zarrah, Zoran, Zayah and the most recent addition to thefamily his great-granddaughter Ellie. Monthly family dinners are a staple inthe Uy household. He was proud and thankful to God to have his whole familytogether. Although far from his grandchildren in Cebu, he makes an effort to show his love and support throughsocial media. Recently, he was ecstatic to have learned that Gustavo graduated SummaCum Laude at the University of San Carlos. All of his children and grandchildrenwere his pride and joy but his “Ga” will always be his forever love.