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In 1997, Pope St. John Paul II instituted the annual Feast of the Presentation of the Lord as the World Day for Men and Women in Consecrated Life. This global celebration is now in its 28th year. Members of religious congregation in the Diocese of San Carlos joined the 9 AM Eucharistic celebration at the cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo where Most Rev. Bishop Gerardo A. Alminaza, D.D. presided. Religious Sisters and priests accompanied His Excellency during the entrance procession. Rev. Fr. Christopher Maspara, OAR, and Rev. Fr. Joel Dequilla, OAR, concelebrated at the altar with Bishop Alminaza. Following the…
Father General feels loved, recharged at Casiciaco
BAGUIO CITY — This city may be cold, but the Father General certainly felt the warmth of fraternal love and Filipino hospitality during his recently concluded Visit of Renewal at Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary last March 13–14, 2019. The seminary was Fr. Miguel M. Miró, OAR’s third-to-the-last stop in his visit to all Philippine communities of…
One day visit not enough to renew community, Father General tells Recoletos de Miranila
Mira-Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY – “The community cannot be renewed by just one day of visit. The only one who can renew our hearts is the Holy Spirit,” said Rev. P. Fray Miguel Miro, OAR, Prior General of Order, addressing the formands and Religious Formators of Recoletos Formation Center during the Eucharistic celebration last March…
35 young men welcomed for search-in program
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL – The Sto. Tomas de Villanueva-Recoletos Formation House (STVR-FH) opened its doors to 35 young men who felt they have an initial calling for the priesthood and religious life. The came voluntarily for a three-day “Search-In Program” from March 8 to 10. Organized by STVR-FH, the said program was meant…
Four Pinoy Recollects among 35 participants in Escuela de Formación
El Desierto de la Candelaria, COLOMBIA – “We are learning a lot from other Provinces’ manner of forming candidates to the Order (of Augustinian Recollects),” said Fray James Castelo, OAR, Prenovitiate Director in Antipolo City, who is currently enrolled in the “Escuela de Formación” or Formation Course taking place at El Desierto de la Candelaria,…
CaRes observes feast of Sto. Niño with festive Sinulog atmosphere
Baguio City — The beat and rhythm of the Sinulog in Cebu City resonated even in a cold mountain city located some 1,900 kilometers from the center of the festivities. This as seminarians and devotees carrying with them different sizes and versions of the Sto. Niño statue flocked to the chapel of Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary…
Pre-novices attend APAC Symposium
MANILA—Eight Recollect prenovices participated in the symposium on Youth and the Digital World at La Consolacion College de Manila on January 19, 2019. Acting on the initiative of the Spirituality Commission of the Asia-Pacific Augustinian Conference (APAC), Fr. Francis Lucas of the Catholic Media Network Corporation expounded on the topic. The event hinged on the…
Recollect Formands Meet: Gathering focuses on Witnesses of Faith and Discernment
Antipolo City, RIZAL–The AR and OAR formands gathered at St. Ezekiel Moreno Novitiate-Recoletos, Antipolo City last December 15, 2018. The theme of the annual gathering was “AR-OAR Formands in the Millenial Age: Witnesses of Faith and Discernment.” The day started with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist presided by Fr. Ian Anthony Espartero, OAR, Vicar of…
CaReS holds 1st Appreciation Day for formators
BAGUIO CITY—Seminarians of Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary (CaReS) paid tribute to their religious and lay formators last November 25, feast of St. Thomas of Villanova, patron of studies of the Augustinian Family. “The 1st Religious and Lay Formators’ Day is born out of our desire to appreciate the religious and lay formators who took the time…
11 OAR Coristas pass LET 2018
Mira-Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY—The result of the recently concluded Licensure Examination for Teachers has been published last December 4, 2018. Eleven of Recoletos Formation Center’s Theology students passed and are now Licensed Professional Teachers. Based on the released data from philnews.ph, the following friars have passed the LET2018: 5535 AUSTRIA, RICKY JOHN ALARTE 15569 CEPE,…
