Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Someone is quoted as saying to Mother Teresa: “You face such overwhelming problems of poverty and disease, how do you expect to be successful? How do you keep going?” And Mother Teresa replied: “God does not expect us to be successful, only faithful.”

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Solemnity of Our Lady of Consolation

The Lord Jesus invites us today to refresh ourselves in His true teachings. To be a Christian is to be witnesses of Christ’s Paschal Mystery, His life, death, and resurrection. This witnessing is not just by word or idea, it is a real taking on the life of Christ. It is entering into His life,…

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Obituary: Fray Loreto Ceasar Dacanay, OAR

We relay to you this notification that, in the early hours of July 4, 2016, after more than two weeks of lapsing in a coma, FRAY LORETO CEASAR HUFANA DACANAY, OAR died of brainstem failure due to cerebral toxoplasmosis at Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital (or Riverside Medical Center) in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.…

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23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

23rd Sunday in OT 4 September 2016 Solemnity of Our Lady of Consolation Reflection: The Lord Jesus invites us today to refresh ourselves in His true teachings. To be a Christian is to be witnesses of Christ’s Paschal Mystery, His life, death, and resurrection. This witnessing is not just by word or idea, it is…

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Pointless Points to Ponder Not

Pointless Points to Ponder Not We keep buying more and more stuff, we keep ourselves busy eating, drinking, smoking entertaining and getting wasted on alcohol and drugs in order to avoid dealing with life. We can deny it for as long as we like, but in the end it is us who suffer and regardless…

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Recollects dedicate first ecopark to Mary

Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 The Recoletos de Cebu Community blessed and inaugurated the Recoletos Eco-pilgrimage Park in Danao City northern Cebu and dedicated it to Mary under the title Nuestra Señora de la Salud (Our Lady of Health) yesterday, feast of the Queenship of Mary.

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Father Provincial answers questions about Recoletos de Saipan

PROVINCIALATE, Quezon City—Here are some significant notes from the desk of the Father Provincial, Fray Dionisio Q. Selma, OAR, who was asked about the newly-consolidated community of Recoletos de Saipan. Q. Father, a lot of lay people are interested to know about the new community of Recollects assigned in Saipan. Kindly tell us about this.…

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