Reflection: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time,Cycle A
Is. 55:6-9; Phil 1:20-24, 27; Mt. 20:1-16a. This parable speaks of the missionary function of the Church. The earliest to the called into the kingdom of God was Israel. From the supposed era of Abraham in the 1500 B.C. God taught Israel how to work in his vineyard, to serve him as the one true…
Read MoreObituary: +Fray Emilio Loberiza Larlar, Jr., OAR
TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE AUGUSTINIAN RECOLLECT FAMILY Saddened yet full of hope, we relay to you this notice that our brother, FRAY EMILIO LOBERIZA LARLAR JR., OAR, passed away in the early hours of September 13, 2020, a Sunday, at the St. Ezekiel Moreno Provincial Center, Quezon City (Philippines). He succumbed to sudden…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: XXV Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Translated by Fray Dunstan Huberto Decena, OAR Mt. 20:1-16 A. Invoking the Holy Spirit. We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant…
Read MoreOur Lady of Consolation Parish Fiesta (Sept. 6, 2020)
Invitation: Solemn Profession of Fray Ramon Bitancor III, OAR
Recoletos de Saipan celebrates feast of St. Nicholas
by Margaret de la Cruz “The Heavens are not pure in the sight of Him Whom I serve; how then shall I, a sinful man, stand before Him?” -St. Nicholas of Tolentine Saipan, CNMI–For most of us here in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, St. Nicholas of Tolentine is probably an unfamiliar saint to…
Read MoreGreetings on the occasion of the Opening of the 400th Founding Anniversary of the Province of St. Nicholas of Tolentine
Reflection: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Sir. 27:30-28:9; Rom. 14:7-9; Mt. 18:21-35. We human beings have sinned against God right at the beginning of creation with Adam and Eve in Paradise. But also right in Paradise after the sin, God said He would redeem mankind through a woman whose seed will crush the serpent’s head. God who created this clay into…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: XXIV Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Translated by Fray Huberto Dunstan Decena, OAR Mt. 18:21-35. A. Invoking the Holy Spirit. We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant…
Read MoreJosenian educators win at CHED-ASEAN tilt
Five faculty members of the USJ-R School of Education (SED) bagged multiple awards in the recently concluded CHED ASEAN competition for best teaching models in the context of the pandemic. The theme of the competition organized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) was “Call for Teaching Models in Philippine Schools at the Time of…
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