Equipping New Tools for the Same Tasks
BACOLOD, Negros Occidental – March 1-2, 2024- all the Local Vocation Promoters (LVP) from the different communities of the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno together with the Augustinian Recollect Sisters and the OAR Nuns of St. Ezekiel Monastery in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod gathered for a two-day worshop with the topic “St. Augustine and the Art…
Read MoreThird Sunday of Lent, Year B
Habang isinusulat ko ang pagninilay na ito may nagchat sa akin. Oo at oras na ng pagtulog (hating gabi na) subalit mayroong nais na magpadasal at magpapahid ng langis na may edad na at nasa bingit na ng kamatayan. Ako ba ay nasa ilalim ng schedule na ako ay dapat magpahinga na at matulog? O…
Read MoreARCORES Filipinas conducts Medical Mission
CEBU CITY – On February 17, 2024 the University of San Jose- Recoletos (USJ-R), through the Center for Recollect Community Engagement and Social Involvement (CRCESI), and in partnership with ARCORES, conducted the Medical, Optical, Dental, and Legal Mission at the Recoletos Eco-Park in Barangay Maslog, Danao City, together with 85 volunteers. There were 155 beneficiaries…
Read MoreRecoletos Formators undergo Formation
MIRA NILA Homes, Quezon City – On February 23, 2024, the OAR-AR ‘formators of the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno gathered for their annual updating, marking the second year of the Formation of Formators program at the Recoletos Formation Center in Quezon City. A number of religious participants, primarily those assigned to the formation houses,…
Read MoreGomBurZa and the Recoletos:Â Uncovering Historical Facts
One hundred and fifty-two years ago, on February 17, 1872, three Filipino diocesan priests – Padre Mariano Gomes, Padre Jose Burgos, and Padre Jacinto Zamora – were publicly executed by strangulation, a method known as garrote vil, at Bagumbayan (now Rizal Park). They had been arrested on allegations of involvement in the failed January 20,…
Read MoreSecond Sunday of Lent, Cycle B
1st Reading- Gen 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 2nd Reading- Rom 8:31b-34 Gospel- Mark 9:2-10 Reflection: “If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all, how will he not also give us everything else along with him?” The Transfuguration, our…
Read MorePresbyteral Ordination of Fray Jhoben M. Rodriguez, OAR and Fray Ivan C. Cuison, OAR
Invitation: Formation of Formators
Communio is back!
Mira Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY – Recoletos School of Theology (RST) and Immaculate Conception Major Seminary – Graduate School of Theology (ICMAS- GST) once again met for Communio 2024 last Saturday, February 17, 2024, after a seven-year hiatus with the theme, “Vocatio ad Unitatem, Vocatio ad Sanctitatem,” at Immaculate Conception Major Seminary, Guiguinto, Bulacan. At…
Read MoreFirst Sunday of Lent, Cycle B
1st Reading- Gen 9:8-152nd Reading- 1 Peter 3:18-22Gospel: Mark 1:12-15 Reflection: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel. “ The usual Gospel reading on the 1st Sunday of Lent is on the Temptations of Jesus. We are reminded here that our journey to…
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