Taiwan-based university grants full scholarship to two Josenian IT grads
Two USJ-R graduates of BS Information Technology received a full tuition with stipend masters program scholarship offered by Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (STUST). They are Bien Grenier Sasing and Ma. Thea Cabral. Both are 2020 graduates. They received their grants in the first quarter of 2020. At present, they are pursuing Master…
Read MoreHappy birthday Fr. General
The Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno greets Fray Miguel Mirò, OAR, Prior General of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, on his natal day. Feliz Cumpleaños Padre General! Happy Birthday Fr. General!
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: XXIII Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Translated by Fray Dunstan Huberto Decena, OAR Mt. 18:15-20. 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 I Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant…
Read MoreInvitation: Solemn Profession of Vows (Province of San Nicolas de Tolentino)
Invitation: Diaconal Ordination (Province of Sto. Tomas de Villanueva)
Reflection on the XXII Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Jer. 20:7-9; Rom. 12:1-2; Mt. 16: 21-27 The first reading from Jeremiah 20 and the second from Rom 12 already tell us that to be a servant of the Lord entails suffering. Jeremiah complained to the Lord: “All day long I am an object of laughter; everyone mocks me” (v.7); “the word of the Lord…
Read MoreSeptember 2020 Recollection: The Harvest and the Rich Fool
Translated by Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR THE RICH ALSO CRY. THE EMPTINESS OF THE EGOIST RICH. Lk. 12:16-21 St. Posidius, in his Vita Augustini, the first biography of St. Augustine, narrates about a man who had donated to St. Augustine a land for the maintenance of the Church in Hippo, maintaining for himself while…
Read MoreMessage of the Prior General to the Augustinian Recollect Family on the Solemnity of our father St. Augustine
LECTIO DIVINA: XXII Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Translated by Fray Dunstan Hubert Decena, OAR Mt. 16:21-27. 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 MorePerspectives: CST-R’s holistic approach to Distance Learning Preparations
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—How does a Recollect school mitigate the blows of an unprecedented pandemic? After the Philippine government declared lockdown last March 2020 to stop the spread of COVID-19, Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos has set new goals and new systems to continue educating the Negrense youth at a time of the highly infectious…
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