On Wednesday morning, May 14, the Feast of St. Matthias The Apostle, a giant among Filipino historians passed into history.

At age 86, Fr. John N. Schumacher of the Society of Jesus died in hospital. His body lies in state at the chapel of Loyola School of Theology in Ateneo de Manila University, the two institutions where he taught Church and Philippine history for decades. The funeral mass is tomorrow, May 17, at 8 a.m.