LECTIO DIVINA: Second Sunday of Advent, Cycle C
Translated by Fray Hubert Dunstan M. Decena, OAR Lk. 3:1-6. 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,…
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Recollection Material – December 2021 Vision of Hope 1
Phil. 2:5 – 8. With a simple tone and plain language Fr. General offers us a glimpse of the reality that supposes a passage from lament that paralyzes to a hopeful vision: Let us not detain ourselves on what does not function well to justify our own mediocrity. We can all count. We all go…
Read MorePinunong Recoletos Wave 2 virtually gathers Recollect Student-Leaders
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—Five years after its first edition, the Pinunong Recoletos Leadership Camp is back! The second edition of the leadership training centered on inculcating Augustinian Values among student-leaders happened via Zoom Meeting last November 26 and 27, 2021 with 66 participants from six Recollect education centers in the Visayas. Fray Rommel L.…
Read MoreUNO-Rian is Rank 2 in Civil Engineering Board
Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–Charlene Grace Varrera Gelotin, an alumna of UNO-R College of Engineering; UNO-R High school and UNO-R Grade school, got 2nd rank in the November 2021 Civil Engineering Licensure Examination. Engineer Charlene is a true-blue UNO-Rian since her kindergarten, and finished valedictorian and salutatorian during her elementary and high school years. She was…
Read MoreBishop Gaa ordains 3 OAR friars to Sacred Order of the Diaconate
Mira Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY—A day before the 23rd anniversary of the foundation of the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno, three Augustinian Recollect solemnly professed friars were ordained to the Sacred Order of the Diaconate on November 27, 2021 at Our Lady of Consolation Parish. Most Rev. Roberto O. Gaa, DD, Bishop of the Diocese…
Read MorePursuing ecumenical dialogue in the synodal journey
Catholic faith communities must also see the ecumenical relevance of the synodal process The central theme of the synodal process points to communion—koinonia, a key element of ecumenism. The Roman Catholic faith communities must also see the ecumenical relevance of the synodal process, while it is important to deal first with the internal aspects of…
Read More1621-2021: Four centuries of the First General Chapter
The Order of Augustinian Recollects will begin to celebrate on November 29 the 400th anniversary of the first general chapter, held in 1621 in the historic convent of Madrid. November 19, 1621. It is the date of the beginning of the first general chapter of the Augustinian Recollects. We are in Madrid, in the convent whose…
Read MoreInvitation: Presbysteral Ordination (Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno)
Sunday Reflection: 1st Sunday of Advent, Cycle C
1st Reading Jeremiah 33:14-162nd Reading 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2Gospel Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 This Sunday, we begin a new Liturgical Year. The Season of Advent reminds us of two things: first, the First Coming of Jesus or the Incarnation of God. Second, it reminds us also of Christ return in glory to judge the living and…
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