CST-R, 3 Public Schools, Brgy. Rizal Now Partners through G.U.G.M.A.
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—The Thomasian family now includes three public elementary schools in Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City. Under the Community Extension and Development Office (CEDO) of Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos, the adoption of Ansulag, Katiclan and Nabataan Elementary Schools marks the beginning of a partnership “to provide education, values formation and basic social…
Read MoreVisit of Renewal in Cavite: Presence of Renewal and Encounter
CAVITE CITY—Isolation is the greatest negative consequence of the COVID-19 lock down. Families and friends are prohibited to gather and be connected with each other for more than a year now. This is felt most significantly by the Augustinian Recollect communities whose member would regularly gather and bond fraternally. The presence and Renewal Visit of…
Read MoreSunday Reflection: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
1st Reading: Amos 7:12-152nd Reading: Ephesians 1:3-14Gospel: Mark 6:7-13 St. Paul in our 2nd Reading this Sunday says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be…
Read MoreFray Cabarles’ 50th Presbyteral Anniversary: A Marian and Communitarian Celebration
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—Fifty years have passed since a man of the Recollects became an ordained priest. Since 1971, he has been in mission in the Philippine Recollect schools and communities. Fray Rafael E. Cabarles, OAR, the octogenarian Recollect, who is among the oldest religious in the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno today, achieved…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: XV Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
MK. 6:7-13 A. INVOCATION OF 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…
Read MorePrior Provincial receives Simple Profession of Vows of 4 friars
ANTIPOLO CITY—July 3, 2021, the special day when the whole Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno of the Order of Augustinian Recollects is grateful to God for the four courageous friars who made their Simple Profession of the Evangelical Vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. The event took place at the chapel of St. Ezekiel Moreno…
Read MoreRecollection Material for July 2021: AN OPTION FOR PEACE
Orientation Pope Francis, in his Encyclical Letter “Fratelli tutti”, notes that after the great wars of the last century, it would seem that in the new millennium humanity is heading towards a new era of solidarity, justice and peace. The first steps towards the formation of the European Union seemed to be the prelude to…
Read MoreVisit of Renewal: Reaffirming Charity and Unity among Brothers
Mira-Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY—Fray Dionisio Q. Selma, OAR conducts Visit of Renewal to Recoletos Formation Center Community from June 11 – 12, 2021; it is worth asking what the significance of this visit is when RFC is just a few minutes away from the Provincial House? The Prior Provincial answered this question from the point…
Read MoreSunday Reflection: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
One of the painful realities of life is rejection. It haunts us even after many years. Rejection leads us to think that we are not worth loving; we are good for nothing; and that we are not good enough for anything or anyone in this life. Our Gospel this Sunday talks about the rejection of…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: XIV Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
Translated by Fray Dunstan Huberto Decena, OAR MK. 6:1-6 A. INVOCATION OF 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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