SARF Vicariate of the USA Newsletter (May 2021)
Late May greetings to all of our brothers in the Province of St. Nicholas, the Order, our Secular Augustinian Recollects, Guild members, and the Hispanic Committee, as well as our parishioners at Sacred Heart Church! First Communions: Thirty-eight children in the Sacred Heart Religious Education Program received their First Communion in three sessions, one on…
Read MoreCHED awards three plaques to USJ-R
CEBU CITY–The University of San Jose – Recoletos (USJ-R) received three plaques from the Commission on Higher Education during the first National Higher Education Day. The first one is the Plaque of Institutional Programs Excellence. This was given because the University has 5 programs issued as Centers of Excellence (COE) and Centers of Development (COD). …
Read MoreJUNE 2021 RECOLLECTION MATERIAL: Economy and the Gospel
OrientationOne of the boundaries in which the dialogue really became urgent is the field of the economy. The actual economy, guided by parameters merely monetary and political economy and where all ethical criteria are absent, is provoking a terrible crisis in the whole planet. To the culture of solidarity and austerity have substituted the consumeristic…
Read MoreOLCP conducts “Bakuna sa Parokya” against COVID-19
Mira Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY–May 16, 2021 was a milestone for Our Lady of Consolation Parish (OLCP) to be numbered among the parishes that hosted free COVID-19 vaccination program held particularly in Bulwagang Recoletos. The vaccination started at around 8:00 AM and ended around 5:00 PM. Orientations were also held prior and after the vaccination…
Read MoreOur Lady of the Visitation Parish-Recoletos 10th Parochial Fiesta
The Our Lady of Visitation Parish-Recoletos in Brgy. Pasibi East, Urbiztondo, Pangasinan celebrated their 10th Parochial Fiesta. His Excellency, Most Rev. Socrates Villegas, DD, Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, presided the Holy Eucharist together with the Augustinian Recollect Priests from Quezon City, Manila and Cavite. Credits to: Video and editing: John Serenado Music: Love-Romantic Background Music for…
Read MoreInvitation: First Profession of Vows (AR Sisters)
Invitation: RST Solemn Investiture 2021
Heart Solidarity Award in the Philippines
Note: This article is also posted on the official website of ARCORES International (https://www.arcores.org/heart-solidarity-award/) ARCORES International, the social arm of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, recognizes, giving “the Heart Solidarity Award”, the exemplary efforts of organizations animated by the religious communities and partners during the covid pandemic in the Philippines. The 2020 Heart Solidarity Campaign…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Cycle B
Translated by Fray Dunstan Huberto Decena, OAR MT. 28: 16-20 A. INVOCATION OF THE HOLY SPIRITWE INVOKE THE HOLY SPIRIT USING THE WORDS OF ST. AUGUSTINECome, 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…
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