Message of Prior General on the occasion of the 432nd Anniversary of the Augustinian Recollection
Happy Anniversary! “With gratitude and hope we celebrate on December 5 the Anniversary of the Augustinian Recollection. After 432 years, the restlessness of those brothers who at the Chapter of the Augustinian Province of Castile expressed their desire to live a more evangelical life with poverty, prayer and apostolic service, remains alive in our hearts.…
Read MoreSARF holds first National Online Novenas
by Jayzl Villafania Nebre, SAR (SARF de Provincialate) Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (Rom 8:35) This was a question posed by the greatest Christian theologian who has ever lived posed to the Romans about two thousand years…
Read MoreUSJ-R holds first virtual Christmas lighting ceremony
CEBU CITY–In the context of the new normal, the University of San Jose-Recoletos is the first and only university in Cebu which did an online launching of Christmas lights to date. USJ-R lit up its main campus on December 1 to formally usher the Josenian Christmas season. The 20-minute virtual activity started by reminiscing the…
Read MoreInvitation: Fray Jaranilla’s 25th Anniversary Celebration
Reflection on the 2nd Sunday of Advent, Cycle B
The first reading from Isaiah opens with: “Comfort ye my people…speak tenderly to Jerusalem…Her guilt is expiated.” At that time Israel was in exile in Babylon because of her sin of idolatry. She had suffered enough because of her sins and now the Lord wanted to console her. A voice would now cry out in…
Read MoreIn Action: Men and Women in Orange
Valencia, Negros Oriental—The humble Church of this municipality, the Parish Our Lady of the Abandoned administered by the religious of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, has been part of the lives of the people residing in this locality. For years already, the parish has provided all the means she has to provide the spiritual needs…
Read MoreInvitation: Fray Zabala’s 25th Presbyteral Anniversary Celebration
RAY de Caidiocan: Watchful and Alert
Caidiocan, Valencia, NEGROS ORIENTAL–We are sometimes scattered because of pandemic but this time we are gathered because of it. The RAY de Caidiocan launched their “Be watchful, Be alert!” service to attend and respond to the Church in the strict implementation of basic health protocols in preventing the spread of COVID-19. The youth members have…
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