USJ-R Breaks Ground on 6-story SHS Building
Cebu City — As a response to the influx of senior high school students choosing to study at USJ-R, the university will be constructing a senior high school (SHS) building to address the growing demand for classrooms. USJ-R religious administrators headed by University President Rev. Fr. Cristopher Maspara, OAR led the blessing, ceremonial groundbreaking…
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28th Sunday C ***** In the biblical world, no disease arouses more dread and fear in people’s hearts than leprosy and no individual is as tragic as the leper. Forced to abandon all contact with family and friends, he must camp outside towns and cities alone or with other lepers. When he encounters people on…
Read MoreDo you carry your umbrella?
We all have something to learn from this young girl. As a drought continued for what seemed an eternity, a small community of farmers was in a quandary as to what to do. Rain was important to keep their crops healthy and sustain the townspeople’s way of life. As the problem became more acute, a…
Read MoreGeneral Chapter highlights: October 2-4, 2016
October 2: ARRIVAL AT THE VENUE All the 40 participants to the LV General Chapter were reportedly present on this day at the venue: Casa Nostra Signora Madre della Misericordia at the Via di Monte Cucco in Rome. The delegates from the Philippines arrived earlier in Rome, in pairs (Frays Selma and Buhay on September…
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Bishop Ryan Jimenez visits OAR Generalate
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Read MoreNo Matter Who You Are
No Matter Who You Are, Always Delay Judgment A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mum came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile: “my sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?” The girl looked up at her mum for some seconds, then she…
Read MoreChange the Battle Ground
Change the Battle Ground The Eagle does not fight the snake on the ground. It picks it up into the sky and changes the battle ground, and then it releases the snake into the sky. The snake has no stamina, no power and no balance in the air. It is useless, weak and vulnerable unlike…
Read More27th Sunday C
27th Sunday C (Luke 17: 5-10) The point that Jesus is making in the parable is that faith demands that we serve God unconditionally. Jesus insists that God owes us nothing and we do not conduct our business with God on a contractual basis. We are mere creatures and creatures as we are; we…
Read MoreSix Filipino Recollects among members of 55th General Chapter
ROME—Fray Dionisio Selma, Prior Provincial of the St. Ezekiel Moreno Province, leads the group of Filipino Recollects who are participating in the sexennial General Chapter to be held at Casa di Esercizi Spirituali Nostra Signora Madre della Misericordia in Via di Monte Cucco, Rome, starting October 2, 2016. The other Filipinos in the list are…
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