Archive for 2017
Recoletos family celebrates La Salud fiesta
QUEZON CITY – “Ibalitaninyo sa social media… The Black Virgin of Health (Nuestra Señora de la Salud) is once again around, ready to intercede for us,” Fray Rommel L. Rubia OAR exclaimed during his homily during the Feista of La Salud at San Nicholas de Tolentino Parish last November 17, 2017.
Read MoreBlessing of LA SALUD vegetable farm, RESOURCE -Handumanan
The La Salud Vegetable Farm at the Recoletos Social Outreach Center (RESOURCE) at Purok San Ezekiel, Brgy. Handumanan, Bacolod City was blessed last Nov. 8, 2017.
Read MoreUNO-R leads the culmination of the Year of Holiness in Negros
The University of Negros Occidental led the OAR communities in Negros during the closing of OAR Year of Holiness.
Read MoreSEMoNoRe hosts Balik Noviciado 2017
ANTIPOLO CITY – Eight Recollect religious priests participated to Balik Noviciado last November 13-17, 2017 at St. Ezekiel Moreno Novitiate-Recoletos. Those who attended this program were Fray Sixto Bitangjol, OAR, Fray Emilio Edgardo Quilatan, OAR, Fray Eduardo Celiz, Jr, OAR, Fray Joel Naranja, OAR, Fray Antonio Limchaypo, OAR, Fray Urbano Galanido, OAR, Fray Joel Dequilla,…
Read MoreLa Virgen del Carmel de San Sebastian visits SEMoNoRe
ANTIPOLO CITY – The community St. Ezekiel Moreno Novitiate –Recoletos received a visit of the image of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in the afternoon of November 18, 2017. The Prior of SEMoNoRe, Fray Bernabe Dosdos, OAR led the community in welcoming the Virgin and the Secular Augustinian Recollect Frathernity-San Sebastian Basilica Chapter who accompanied…
Read More33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time A
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time The gospel readings for the last few Sundays before the end of the Church calendar are intended to keep alive the vigilance of expectation so that Christ doesn’t find us indolent and unprepared, and the devil doesn’t rob us of the treasures of heaven. These are Sundays when we are…
Read MoreAugustinian Recollect Family “concludes” Year of Holiness
Augustinian Recollect Family “concludes” Year of Holiness Activities for the closing of the Year of Holiness began Sunday, November 12, with a concelebrated mass at the Our Lady of Consolation Parish church. The main celebrant, Fr. Lauro V. Larlar, OAR, Prior of Recoletos Formation Center, gave a brilliant homily using the notion of Pope emeritus…
Read More32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time A
Sunday 32nd Sunday In Ordinary Time A First, we take note of some important details: The oil in this parable is not just oil. It stands for the sum of good deeds each virgin has accumulated during her lifetime. And the wedding party is not just a wedding party. It is the parable’s way…
Read More27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
Isaiah, in the first reading, compares the people God to a vineyard that has produced bad grapes. After all the labors—the soil carefully prepared, the location well-chosen, the selected vine stock planted, the boundary set up to keep out the wild animals, the tower and the wine-press—all lovingly prepared by the owner but the vineyard…
Read More“GIVE TO CAESAR WHAT IS CAESAR’S AND TO GOD WHAT IS GOD’S”
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time “GIVE TO CAESAR WHAT IS CAESAR’S AND TO GOD WHAT IS GOD’S” “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s… and to God what is God’s.” This verse is most often quoted by some politicians, rulers and opinion makers as they accuse the Church of interfering in politics. When, for example,…
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