Reflection on the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
Dt. 18:15-20; 1 Cor. 7:32-35; Mk. 1:21-28. Deuteronomy 18 gives us a very important prophecy concerning the Messiah who is to come. First of all he was to be a prophet sent by God and would speak the message from God. He was to be a kin of the Israelites, one of them who descended…
Read MoreSSC–R Manila celebrates 80th Founding Anniversary
MANILA–San Sebastian College–Recoletos, Manila began its 80th Foundation Anniversary celebration on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, coinciding with the Feast Day of St. Sebastian. In the commencement of foundation activities, a Eucharistic Celebration was held at the Basilica Minore de San Sebastian. The Solemnity celebration of the Mass was presided by Most Rev. Honesto F. Ongtioco,…
Read MoreFebruary 2021 Recollection Materials: HE EMPTIED HIMSELF
Translated by Fray Dunstan Huberto Decena, OAR Philippians 2:7 The 4th chapter of the document To live out Poverty: Grace and Challenge of the Prior General, is entitled “Our Poverty: Grace and Hope.” From this we can say that it is a reflection on the elemental dispositions that should be in our lives in order…
Read MoreThomasian CEDO creates network of donors and beneficiaries through Abag Recoleto Operations
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—Colegio de Santo Tomas-Recoletos’ Community Extension and Development Office (CST-R CEDO) bridged hundreds of donors and beneficiaries through the “Abag Recoleto” Calamity Relief Operations this January 2021. After barangays in San Carlos City were flooded, CEDO reached at least 300 households in Barangays I, V and Rizal. Donations were from hundreds…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
Translated by Fray Dunstan Huberto Decena, OAR Mk. 1:21-28 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, grant…
Read MoreInvitation: Presbyteral Ordination (Province of Sto. Tomas de Villanueva)
Invitation: Diaconal Ordination (Province of Sto. Tomas de Villanueva)
CST-R CEDO responds to calamity victims in San Carlos
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—“God’s love is higher than any flood,” Fray Monday Benjamine Edobor, OAR, said as he led the “Abag Recoleto,” an emergency relief operation of CST-R Community Extension and Development Office (CEDO) for the victims of the flash flood in San Carlos City. Water Rising On January 16, 2021, Saturday, heavy rain…
Read MorePrior Provincial on SSC-R Manila’s 80th Founding Anniversary
On January 20, 2021, the Prior Provincial, Fray Dionisio Q. Selma, OAR, greeted the whole Sebastinian community on the occasion of the 80th founding anniversary of SSC-R Manila.
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
Translated by Fray Dunstan Huberto Decena, OAR Mk.1:14-20 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, grant that…
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