Archive for July 2019
An Urgent Call for Ecological Conversion, Hope in the Face of Climate Emergency
“We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now; and not only that … we also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies” (Romans 8:22-23). Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: In 1988, we issued a groundbreaking Pastoral Letter on Ecology entitled, “What is Happening to…
Read MoreRevisit, Renewal, Refocus
Balamban, CEBU – “The Talavera House of Prayer – Recoletos became our haven for three days,” Fray Sixto Bitangjol, School Director of USJ-R Balamban Campus reported. “These days tested our patience and dedication in going deeper on what we had wanted for the University of San Jose – Recoletos, Balamban.” Last June 24 -27, 2019,…
Read MoreThomasian scouts to join 24th World Scout Jamboree in USA
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–Thomasian scouts represent San Carlos City to the 24th World Scout Jamboree in Bechtel Park, West Virgina, USA on July 22 to August 2, 2019. Senior Scout Roger Jaisen A. Belga, a Grade 12, STEM student of Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos, San Carlos City and Scout Hayden Lloyd Villaluz, a Grade…
Read MoreNew La Salud marks Fr. Cabarles’ 48th anniversary
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–June 29, 2019, On the 48th Anniversary of the Ordination of Rev. Fr. Rafael E. Cabarles, OAR, the new image of Nuestra Señora de La Salud was unveiled. The three-and-half-foot image is made of tugas or Molave (Virex parviflora Juss.). Local wood artisan Jesus Duroca from Sitio Panuolan, Barangay Buluangan sculpted…
Read MoreInvitation: Feast of Nuestra Señora del Carmen de San Sebastian
Recoletos de Caidiocan new convent blest
Caidiocan, Valencia, NEGROS ORIENTAL– The Prior Provincial, Fray Dionisio Selma, OAR, officiated the rite of blessing of the new convent of Recoletos de Caidiocan community last June 27, 2019. The blessing followed after the Mass of the Holy Spirit attended by the faculty, staff, and students of San Pedro Academy-Recoletos.
Read MoreUSJ-R eco-bus joins DENR’s Northern Cebu environmental caravan
CEBU CITY–To strengthen the environmental awareness of the youth in Northern Cebu, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) conducted an educational caravan on June 28. The University of San Jose – Recoletos (USJ-R) was the only university invited to take part in the said endeavor. The school was given the privilege to share…
Read MoreNurse delivers baby on int’l flight
Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–Delivering a baby 35,000 feet in the air was never in his thoughts when he booked a flight home from Dublin, Ireland. Francis Dominic Mendoza, 25, of Barangay Tangub in Bacolod City, was just enjoying his flight when he noticed some of the passengers were uneasy. On Tuesday, the plane, Qatar Airways,…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: XV Sunday. Cycle C
Translated by Fray Emilio Larlar, Jr., OAR Lk 10:25-37. A. Invocation to the Holy Let us invoke the Holy Spirit with the words of St. Augustine. Come Holy Spirit, by whom every pious soul who believes in Christ in order to make himself a citizen of the City of God is made holy! (En. in…
Read MoreUNO-R and RESOURCE Teams visit Korea
Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–As part of the agreement for a stronger partnership of the university with the Global Workers in Daegu (GWD), representatives from the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos through the University Community Development Office (UCDO), and its partner community, the Recoletos Social Outreach Center (RESOURCE) were invited for a talk-concert and other productive activities…
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