Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity
For many Filipinos, Maguindanao would always be associated with the brutal killings of 58 people, including 32 journalists. It would be hard to say Maguindanao without having the word “massacre” at the back of your head. It has left a scar in our collective memory that is quite hard to move on. Given the province’s notorious reputation (now split into Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur), the Commission on Elections called on the Gubernatorial Candidates of two provinces to sign a Covenant of Peace, thereby enunciating the use of violence in these elections. To witness the mentioned covenant, the…
The 20th SARF Visayas Regional Annual Reunion: Coming Together is the Beginning. Staying Together is Progress. Working Together is Success.
The 20th SARF Visayas Regional Annual Reunion, themed “COMMUNION: OUR MISSION,” took place on October 26-27, 2024, at the Bethel Guest House in Dumaguete City. 115 delegates from the six Visayas chapters and their respective spiritual advisers attended the event. The opening program on the first day featured welcome greetings from Sis. Fe Violeta B.…
Ardent Hearts Unite: SARF Palawan’s Second Regional Annual Reunion celebrates “Communion: Our Mission”
OCTOBER 12, 2024 – The halls of St. Ezekiel Moreno Spirituality and Development Center in Puerto Princesa City were furnished with fellowship and faith, as 84 active members gathered for the 2nd SARF Palawan Regional Annual Reunion. Four chapters from across the region—Sacred Heart of Jesus High School (Brooke’s Point), Our Lady of Mount Carmel…
Celebrating Communion: SARF 26th Luzon Regional Annual Reunion
Quezon City – The Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity celebrates communion as SARF de Recoletos Formation Center hosted the 16th annual regional reunion of SARF Luzon, in Mira Nila Homes, Quezon City. 248 delegates from 8 chapters of mainland Luzon filled Bulwagang Recoletos’ Bagumbayan Hall accompanied by their respective Spiritual Directors. They celebrated the morning prayer…
RAY and SARF de Provincialate Pastoral Visit: Fostering Harmony in the Community
San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish, Quezon City — The Recollect Family of the Provincialate warmly welcomed the Prior Provincial, Rev. Fr. Bernard Amparado, OAR, for an evening of dinner and discourse. During his visit, Fr. Amparado assessed the activities and status of the RAY de Provincialate and the SARF de Provincialate, marking the first such…
SARF de Filipinas joins 11 Countries in the 1st International Encounter in Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – With one soul and one heart, members of the Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity de Filipinas joined 11 countries in the very first International Encounter that was held in Rio de Janeiro last 13-16 November 2023 in Sitio Santo Agostinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The group was composed of 8 fraternity…
The Secular Fraternities walk together
The national councils of the Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity, as well as the religious formators and assistants, held for the first time a fraternal meeting in a virtual way. To walk together means to move forward without leaving anyone behind. This is what the Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity is doing. The national councils of the…
The Augustinian Recollect charism, in the heart of the laity
Editorial Augustinus has published the new manual of the Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity which includes the Rule of Life, the Statutes, the Orational and the Ritual of the Secular Augustinian Recollects. The Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternities have a new manual for their life of faith. The Augustinus Publishing House, in collaboration with the General Secretariat…
SARF Luzon Chapter Celebrates Reunion
URBIZTONDO, Pangasinan-After years of lockdowns and virtual gatherings, this year’s Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity (SARF) 25th Luzon Annual Reunion finally happened face to face last October 22-23, 2022 at Our Lady of the Visitation Parish in Pasibe East, Urbiztondo, Pangasinan. What was so exciting about this event was that it set a very first in…
