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…

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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…

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LECTIO 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…

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Josenian 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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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…

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Happy 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!

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LECTIO 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…

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