Formation | Continuous Formation
Cebu City, January 16–17, 2025 — Young clergy and religious of the Order of Augustinian Recollects (OAR) in their first five years of ministry convened at the Talavera House of Prayer for a two-day program focused on ongoing formation and fellowship. Organized by the Secretariat of Spirituality, Charism, and Permanent Formation (SSCPF), the event aimed to address the unique challenges of transitioning from seminary life to active ministry. With the theme “Journeying Together: Strengthening Brotherhood and Resilience in Ministry,” the gathering provided a blend of conferences, workshops, and fellowship activities, fostering both spiritual growth and personal well-being among participants. The program began with an…
Day of the Order at CARES
BAGUIO CITY – December 5 is the Day of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. It was on that date, 427 years ago (1588) that the Recollection came into existence in the Province of Castile, Spain and thereat spread to twenty countries.
Recoletos Filipinas celebrates anniversary of the Order in Antipolo
ANTIPOLO, RIZAL—The Recoletos family of the Philippines flocked to the St. Ezekiel Moreno Novitiate House to celebrate the day of the Order. This big day also marked the opening of the year-long celebration of the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of the novitiate building.
All roads lead to Antipolo on December 5
ANTIPOLO, RIZAL—All roads will lead to Antipolo on December 5, 2015 as the Recoletos de Antipolo launches the year-long celebration of it’s 25th founding anniversary next year. Fray Emilio Edgardo Quilatan, OAR will give a talk on the celebration’s theme at 9:00 A.M. before the Holy Eucharist starts.
St. Ezekiel Moreno Province at 17 has 5 New Deacons
Mira-Nila Homes, Quezon City – On November 28, 2015, the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno celebrated its 17th Anniversary Foundation. As a fitting gratitude to God’s goodness, the province offered five of its brothers to Mother Church as deacons. His Excellency, Bishop Julito B. Cortes, DD, of the Diocese of Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, ordained to…
CARES Seniors Present Thesis Proposal
BAGUIO CITY–Fourteen graduating seminarians of Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary (CaReS) successfully presented their Thesis Proposal. They were scheduled individually, from Tuesday, October 27, 2015 until Saturday, November 7, 2015, to face, with their thesis adviser, the three-member panel.
Son delivers Kapampangan elegy for imá
STA. ANA, PAMPANGA – Sonny Caparas dedicated a beautiful poem in Kapampangan to imá Apolonia, the Matriarch of the Caparas Family, after the Holy Mass celebrated by the youngest of the siblings, Fray Radni L. Caparas, OAR, and held at 9:00 AM in San Pedro Chapel in this town. Several Augustinian Recollect friars joined…
RFC opens intramurals 2015
EXERCISE OF THE MIND… EXERCISE OF THE BODY… LEAD TO MISSION! Mira-Nila: Fray Lauro V. Larlar, OAR, the new local prior of Recoletos Formation Center (RFC), in his opening remarks to commence the seminary intramurals 2015 reminded the seminarians and formators divided in three teams — red, black, and yellow — that winning prizes is…
