13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reflection: Our gospel this Sunday exhorts us of two essential aspects of our lives. First, the Cross is inevitable in Christian life. Jesus invites us to enter into His passion so that we may live our lives as worthy children of God. To follow Jesus is to carry our cross daily and this means that…
Read MoreSolemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Reflection: As we celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus et Sanguis Christi, we are invited to reflect on our faith in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharistic Species that we receive in Holy Communion.
Read MoreIngenium Series II, at the Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary, Baguio City
On 27 May 2017, 60 singers from the music classes of the senior high school and college levels of the Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary presented their classroom work in a chorus recital as part of the Ingenium series. They were led by their music teacher, John August Pamintuan.
Read More13th SARF National Biennial Convention
The Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity (SARF) Philis. held its 13th Biennial National Convention recently (May 12-14, 2017) at the Bulwagan Recoleto, Miranila Subd., Quezon City. Two hundred eleven (211) delegates and accompanying persons from 10 chapters in Luzon and 6 chapters from the Visayas attended the event. Out-of-towners were billeted at the San Nicolas de…
Read MoreSolemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Reflection: We are now back to the Ordinary Time of the Liturgy, but as we begin this second part of this season, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.
Read MoreA Maritime Pilgrimage (Part 2)
Cuyo and Agutaya 17 May, Wednesday At 2 am, I was awake. The night was absolutely still, there were a few stars. Prayed the rosary from the balcony of our common room, facing, across the courtyard below, an image of the Crucified Jesus. Four of us took an early morning dip, while Fr. Notnot was…
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A Maritime Pilgrimage (Part 1)
Journal of a pilgrimage to Recollect legacy in Palawan, 15 -19 May Deliver us from our wretched wanderings, our miserable mistakes, and establish us in Your way and comfort us, and say: Run, I”ll carry you, yes, and there also will I carry you” (St. Augustine, Conf., 6,26) Nota Previa: Almost a decade ago, in…
Read MoreSaving San Sebastian Basilica, the Philippines’ all-steel church
Saving San Sebastian Basilica, the Philippines’ all-steel church
Read MoreUSJ-R scores 3 CPA topnotchers
Harold Pacaña was riding on a motorcycle with his father on the evening of May 29 when he shouted for joy. He received a text message saying that he and two of his classmates topped the government’s licensure examination for the accountancy program. “I feel I was in cloud nine,” Pacaña, who graduated summa cum…
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