ARCORES 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…

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Recoletos 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,…

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GomBurZa and the Recoletos:  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,…

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Second 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…

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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…

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First 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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𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗦 ‘𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗-𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗣’

Mayor Benjamin Magalong signed city ordinance no. 4, series of 2024, renaming a portion of Asin Road, here, particularly from the Naguilian-Asin Road Junction to the Asin Road-San Roque-San Luis Junction as ‘Asin Road-Recoletos Loop’. The approved measure directs the City Engineering Office to take the necessary actions in its implementation and shall install the…

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