Sacred Protest – Esitis 2022

Peace as Protest is a visual articulation of the universal language of peace—as embraced by different religions, institutions and individuals. The exhibit will feature the recent artworks of Jaazeal Jakosalem, OAR, a Filipino social justice activist and a MESt student of the University of Bonn (Faculty of Protestant Theology). The artist uses various symbols related…

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USJ-R senior high department publishes its digital magazine for AY 2021-2022

The Josenian Premier (TJP), the official student publication of the USJ-R Senior High School Department, released the digital copy of its issue for the first semester of Academic Year 2021-2022 on March 13. Click here to download their issue for the first semester of Academic Year 2021 – 2022 The theme for this issue is…

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Fray Romeo Ben Potencio, Jr., OAR, a religious of the Augustinian Recollect Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno, serves as translator during the #56CapítuloGeneralOAR

“The best thing that happens is the fact that I am given the opportunity to serve the Order. It must be difficult but I see it in the perspective of serving the Order and the Church as a whole.” – Fray Potencio, OAR

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Commissions work on respective topics

This week, the Chapter commissions work on their areas of concern. The 56th General Chapter of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, currently taking place in Rome since 1 March, goes into its third week. Having heard the reports on the different areas and discussed them, the capitulars now work in their respective commissions to draft proposals. …

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LECTIO DIVINA: Third Sunday of Lent, Cycle C

Lk. 13:1-9. 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, Holt Spirit, grant that we receive the motions of God,…

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Thomasians Win Third During UP OBEM Events

SAN CARLOS CITY, Negros Occidental—Twelfth graders of Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos placed third during the AMPLIFY Eco-No Mix 2022 Economics Quiz Bee and Essay Writing Contests of the University of the Philippines Organization of Business Economics Major (UP OBEM). Alyana N. Yap (ABM Strand) won third place after a grueling finals round last March 13,…

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For the protection of children and vulnerable people

The prevention of abuse and attention to victims are the most relevant topics of the tenth day of the 56th General Chapter. Since 2015, the Order of Augustinian Recollects has been working on abuse prevention in its environments. A stable team and new tools have been developed in this regard. In 2019, the Commission for the…

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