Pioneering Recollect missionaries arrive in Cuba
CUBA—The first community of Augustinian Recollect missionaries has already arrived in Cuba. In the morning of Saturday they travelled from Panamá to start their work of evangelization. We give thanks to God and entrust to him their mission.
Read MoreOAR Family Commemorates All Souls Day
QUEZON CITY- The newly risen sun is just starting to dry the drenched grass of the Himlayang Filipino when members of the OAR family trooped to the Recoletos Musoleo to commemorate All Souls’ Day with a mass led by the Prior Provincial himself, Fray Dionisio Selma. It was well represented by priests, religious brothers,…
Read MoreFather General sends off OAR missionaries to Cuba
PANAMA CITY—Last February 4, within the 11:30 AM solemn mass which he had presided over, the Prior General, Fr. Miguel Miro OAR, officiated the send-off rite for the four Recoletos missionaries bound for Cuba. The concelebrated mass was held at the Parroquia de San Lucas in Costa del Este of this city.
Read MoreVeritas @ 47
MANILA—On its 47th year of service, Radio Veritas 846 held a thanksgiving program honoring all the “Kapanalig” supporters (business, corporate, and institutional partners) on February 18, 2016 at 5 PM at the Arzobispado de Manila in Intramuros.
Read MoreTESDA joins UNO-R JHS in RESOURCE, signs MOA
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) represented by the provincial Director Joel Villagracia signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with UNO-R Junior High School, February 25, 2017 at the Recoletos Social Outreach Center (RESOURCE) in Handumanan. The agreement is about the UNO-R as a partner of TESDA in the implementation of the latter’s…
Read MoreGod’s Love in the Family
The feast that we celebrate today, which belongs fully to the Christmas cycle, is an invitation to look towards Nazareth and contemplate the life of the family of Mary, Joseph and Jesus. In this family the fragile Jesus who was born in the manger, submitted to the advice and teachings of his mother and showed…
Read MoreShe kept silent and treasured all these things in her heart
There was this one time, a few weeks right after I arrived in the missions in Panamá, where I was the only one left in our parish. My two other companions were not around because they had to do attend to other commitments. A middle-aged woman probably in her late fifties suddenly came knocking on…
Read MoreMy Christmas “yes”
I just can’t imagine how festive the atmosphere right now knowing that we are already on the 4th and the last Sunday of Advent which coincides with the last day of “Simbang Gabi” and that finally the long wait is over!
Read MoreThe secret of a happy and joyful Christmas (Midnight Mass)
Christmas has lost its original meaning for many people. Hopefully we can go beyond the superficial celebration of Christmas and instead focus on Jesus, love and giving.
Read MoreThe Nativity of Christ (Christmas Day)
Readings: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1,2-3,3-4,5-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-14 “COME.” This has been our cry while hopefully waiting for our Savior Jesus Christ. This prayerful supplication is a confession of a wounded race that is incapable of coming closer to God without God himself extending his hands. At the same time, it is our confession…
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