RECOLLECT PARISH IN INDONESIA, INAUGURATED

Ledo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia – The Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno and the Archdiocese of Pontianak inaugurated the new Augustinian Recollect Parish in Kecamatan Ledo, Kebupaten Bengkayang, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia last August 28, 2022, the day of the solemn feast of our Father St. Augustine. The new parish was declared as “Paroki Santo Agustinus dari…

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LECTIO DIVINA: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C

Lk. 14:25 – 33 A. Invoking the Holy Spirit. We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine.           Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant that we receive the…

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Recollection Material – September 2022: PASTORAL CO-RESPONSIBILITY

LAYMEN AND PASTORS CO-RESPONSIBLE IN MISSION Mt. 20:1 – 16.           Synodality is nothing more than communion put into action. The Ecclesiology of Communion, at the background of the synodal process, reminds us that we all form part of the Body of Christ, of the People of God, that journeys through this world toward the…

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RST Celebrates Mass of the Holy Spirit

MIRA NILA HOMES, Quezon City–The Recoletos School of Theology (RST) celebrated its Mass of the Holy Spirit at Our Lady of Consolation Parish last August 26, 2022. The celebration was presided over by Very Rev. Fr. Bernard Cañada Amparado, OAR, the newly elected prior provincial of the Augustinian Recollect Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno. Also…

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Celebrating the Religious ‘Birthright’: Fray Alcedo’s 25 Years as OAR

Twenty-five years of religious life and commitment.Nineteen brother priests.Two brother religious.One silver jubilarian.One Augustinian Recollect community in thanksgiving for the gift of religious vocation. SAN CARLOS CITY, Negros Occidental – Fray Raymund G. Alcedo, OAR has faithfully served as a religious brother for 25 years and has proven that the path he has chosen may…

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LECTIO DIVINA: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C

Lk. 14:1. 7 – 14 A. Invoking the Holy Spirit. We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine.           Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant that we receive…

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