Mission
San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish, QUEZON CITY — In a concelebrated Holy Mass presided over by the Prior Provincial, Rev. Fr. Bernard Amparado, OAR, the Augustinian Recollect community gathered to bid farewell to Rev. Jhyryx Vincent Gamulo, OAR, as he embarks on a mission to the heart of West Africa — Sierra Leone.A mission cross was blessed and given to Rev. Jhyryx as a symbol of his commitment to his faith and mission. This also signifies the start of his journey. Rev. Jhyryx, with a humble heart, accepted the cross, knowing it would guide him throughout his mission.Rev. Jhyryx is…
International Eucharistic Congress 2016 Day 2 Report
CEBU CITY, January 25, 2016—The Pavilion serves as the melting pot of thousands of Catholics representing 72 countries for the second day of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress. Today’s event opened with the morning prayers led by Most Rev. Patricio Buzon, SDB, DD and the Jesuit seminarians. Following the morning praise, the Most Rev. Miguel…
Kenyan Bishop visits Provincial Curia
PROVINCIAL CURIA—Most Rev. Dominick Kimenchich, S.M.A., bishop of Lodwar, Kenya paid a visit to the Prior Provincial, Fray Dionisio Selma, on January 22, 2016. The visit was partly occasioned by the bishop’s acquaintance with the Augustinian Recollect nuns in his diocese and partly by the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu where the prelate intends…
San Vicente Ferrer Chapel: inaugurated and blessed
Before the break of dawn on December 12, 2015, the people flocked in the ground of San Nicolas de Tolentino Church to fetch the first class bone-Relic of San Vicente Ferrer from St. Ezekiel Moreno Monastery of the Augustinian Recollect Nuns.
Sierra Leone is Ebola free!
Bacolod City—Today Sierra Leone is declared Ebola-free. Thanks to the divine providence and endless supplications. The people on that part of the globe can continue to live a normal life. Indeed the people of Sierra Leone have lost their loved ones, friends, or neighbors adding to the death toll of more than 10, 000. Africans…
Bishop Juanich celebrates fiesta with the Tagbanuas
CASIAN—Bishop Edgardo Juanich, DD celebrates the fiesta with a mass together with the indigenous peoples of Palawan (Tagbanuas) this November 4, 2015 At San Martin chapel, Mayteguid. Concelebrants are Recollect priests from the parish of San Isidro Labrador.
Bishop-elect Paganelli is Apostolic Administrator of Makeni
PROVINCIALATE — July 18, 2015, at 4:33 A.M., Philippine time, Fray Dominador Mercado, Jr., OAR, local prior of Recoletos de Kamalo in Sierra Leone, which is eight hours behind us, sent an FB message to the Provincial Secretary with two updates: first, that Ebola is already absent in their district for more than three months…
4 Filipino Missionaries one with the People in Sierra Leone, West Africa amidst Ebola virus
SIERRA LEONE – The Filipino Recollect missionaries working in Sierra Leone could have easily opted to pack their bags and go home during the harrowing outbreak of Ebola virus in late 2014. But they chose, instead, the less-beaten path of staying put and serving the people they had considered their own. The four (4) Filipino…
