Obituary: +Fray Manuel Macarat Lipardo, OAR (December 6, 1961-April 10, 2022)
Prot. SEM 079/22April 13, 2022 TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE AUGUSTINIAN RECOLLECT FAMILY “Across the barrier of death, and in configuration with Christ who died and rose again, the communion of love, begun by the brothers on earth, will reach its fullness in heaven, where all will be one in Christ.” (OAR Const. 93a)…
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San Vicente Ferrer Quasi Parish Celebrates Fiesta
APO ISLAND, NEGROS ORIENTAL – “Praise God!” exclaimed Fray Jay M. Parilla, OAR, the Parish Priest, during the Concelebrated Fiesta Mass of San Vicente Ferrer Quasi Parish last April 5, 2022. Fray Parilla, OAR, served the island for seven years. He recounted during his gratitude speech how generous the people are and praised God for…
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LECTIO DIVINA: Easter Sunday, Cycle C
Jn. 20:1-9 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 motions of God, put…
Read MoreFr. Miro presides funeral mass for Fr. Joel “Notnot” Naranja
His soul has gone back to the Father, his mortal remains are going back to the Philippines. The urn containing the ashes of Augustinian Recollect Fr. Joel Naranja, the member of the pioneering Recollect community in Cuba who succumbed to Covid-19 last August 8, finally arrived in Rome yesterday afternoon. Fellow Recollect Fr. Noe Servin…
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LECTIO DIVINA: Palm Sunday, Cycle C
Lk. 22:14-71; 23:1-56. 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 motions of God,…
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Fray Renacia successfully defends thesis
On April 1, 2022, Fray Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR successfully defended his Doctoral Thesis, entitled “An Ecological Approach to Augustine’s Teachings on Creation in the Light of Laudato Si’” presented at the Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid. He was awarded with an Outstanding (Sobresaliente) grade by the panel of examiners of the university. Religious from…
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