International Eucharistic Congress 2016 Opening Salvo Report
(January 24, 2016) CEBU CITY–hundreds of cardinals, archbishops, bishops and priests are gathered to concelebrate with the Papal Legate, His Eminence Charles Maung Cardinal Bo. Pope Francis appointed him to be his representative for the opening Mass of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress.
Read MoreKenyan Bishop visits Provincial Curia
PROVINCIAL CURIA—Most Rev. Dominick Kimenchich, S.M.A., bishop of Lodwar, Kenya paid a visit to the Prior Provincial, Fray Dionisio Selma, on January 22, 2016. The visit was partly occasioned by the bishop’s acquaintance with the Augustinian Recollect nuns in his diocese and partly by the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu where the prelate intends…
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Invitation to CARRERA DE ORO 2016
Greetings from the SSC-RdC Alumni Federation! We are happy to invite you to be part of our charity fun run entitled “Carrera de Oro”.Attached are the relevant documents for your reference including the GROUP PACKAGE offering for 50 participants and up. The Federation is a non – stock, non – profit organization with its main goal of promoting…
Read MoreOf judging others…
“We must avoid the attitude of someone who judges and condemns from the lofty heights of his own certainty, looking for the splinter in his brother’s eye while remaining unaware of the beam in his own” (The Name of God is Mercy). Pope Francis
Read MoreFeast of the Sto. Nino
FEAST OF THE STO. NIŇO One of the most popular devotions in the Philippines is the devotion to Sto. Niño. Practically you can see the image of the Sto. Niño in every corner of the archipelago—from barber shops to billiard halls, beer houses included. In a wine store, the image is placed side by side…
Read MoreFEAST of the STO NINO
FEAST OF THE STO. NIŇO One of the most popular devotions in the Philippines is the devotion to Sto. Niño. Practically you can see the image of the Sto. Niño in every corner of the archipelago—from barber shops to billiard halls, beer houses included. In a wine store, the image is placed side by side…
Read MoreBAPTISM OF THE LORD
There is a two-fold element to our Lord’s baptism: FIRST – to declare who He is – God’s own Son. -After Jesus is baptized, the Spirit descends like a dove upon him and a voice from heaven announces who he is: THIS IS MY BELOVED SON. MY FAVOR RESTS ON HIM. SECOND – his…
Read MorePointless points . . . .
Today, treat everyone with kindness even if they are rude; not because they are nice, but because you are nice.
Read MoreDays after Christmas … some pointless points
The Days after Christmas. . . It is just a few days after celebrating Christ’s birth. But there is the inevitable letdown. The empty boxes, the pretty papers on the floor, the empty bottles . . . Life has come back to normal, whatever that is, and it means that the diversion of the past…
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