ARCORES International receives official recognition
Note: This article was translated from the original Spanish article posted in the official website of the Order of Augustinian Recollects (www.agustinosrecoletos.com) ARCORES has already received official recognition in Italy, where it will be the legal headquarters of the Network that includes the solidarity actions of the Augustinian Recollect family in the 22 countries in…
Read MoreUNO-Rian recognized as “Global Changemaker”
Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–The international organization, Global Changemakers has given a 21-year-old climate advocate from Bacolod the title “global changemaker” for the initiating a solution to address climate change and plastic pollution. Elmeer Meeynard Calimpos was the only Filipino chosen to represent the Philippines in the week-long Global Youth Summit in Switzerland in July this…
Read MoreUNO-R opens LLM in consortium with SSC-R
Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–The University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos School of Law inked a Memorandum of Agreement with the San Sebastian College-Recoletos, Manila Graduate School of Law to offer Master of Laws last June 17 at the UNO-R President’s Conference Room. The signing of the MOA was done between Fray Don H. Besana, OAR, President of…
Read MoreInvitation: Blessing Ceremony of Recoletos de Caidiocan’s New Convent
In Pictures: 12 OAR Postulants proceed to Pre-Novitiate Stage
Antipolo City, RIZAL–After their summer vacation, twelve new Pre-Novices reported to Fray James Castelo, OAR, Pre-Novitiate Director, on June 19, 2019. Before they proceeded to Bahay Lingkod-Recoletos, the Pre-Novitiate House located within the compound of St. Ezekiel Moreno Novitiate-Recoletos in Antipolo City, they visited some OAR and AR communities in Metro Manila. They had a…
Read MoreFray Carlos’ Episcopal Ordination on June 29
Note: This is an English translation of the original Spanish article posted on the official website of the Order of Augustinian Recollects (www.agustinosrecoletos.com) The new Augustinian Recollect Bishop will be ordained at the Aldo Cantoni stadium, in San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina), with the presence of dozens of bishops and the Catholic community. ARGENTINA–The Augustinian…
Read MoreRECOLLECTION JULY 2019: COMMUNION AND RECONCILIATION (COL 3:12-17)
Translated by Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR The primary matter of our communities are the persons with their good and not so good qualities. Thus, it is normal that within the community there will be occasions of collisions, frictions and offences. For St. Augustine the important thing is that, in the name of charity and…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: Corpus Christi, C
Gen. 14:18-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26. Lk. 9:11b-17 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 that…
Read MoreInvitation: 26th Annual TSSP Conference 2019
USJ-R application for tuition fee discount now open
CEBU CITY–The USJ-R Scholarship Center is now open to receive applications for an educational discount. This privilege is open to all students who have enrolled in the University of San Jose- Recoletos (USJ-R) for the first semester of the school year 2019 – 2020. There are ten discount categories to choose from. From which, the applicant…
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