Benedictine Nuns celebrate jubilees

JUBILEES are times of great harvest for their community. These sisters have given their entire life to God and in service of their community, the Benedictine Nuns of the Eucharistic King.

These Benedictine nuns celebrated their 50th and 25th jubilees to the monastic life at Our Lady of Peace Abbey in Cogon, Digos City, last May 30.

A special Mass where the nuns received their vows was held celebrated with Most Rev. Guillermo D. Afable, D.D., Bishop of Diocese of Digos and Most Rev. Wilfredo D. Manlapaz, D.D., STD, Bishop of Diocese of Tagum. A lunch and reception followed at St. Benedict Retreat House. Let us praise God in the spirit of St. Benedict who says: “that in all things God may be glorified.”

VIVA MARIA! VIVA HESUS!

Sr. Mary Gabriel Cajis Sayon, OSB
50 Years of Monastic Life
1965-2015

Fifty years ago, Sr. Mary from Toril, Davao City, entered there Abbey in Vigan on the 28th day of May, 1965. She’s the first vocation in Mindanao. She is the second child of the six children of the late Catalino and Donata Sayon. Three of the girls survived until now, while the three males have been called to eternity.

Sr. Maria Fatima Severino Suelan, OSB
25 Years of Monastic Profession
1990-2015

Sr. Ma. Fatima, from Digos City, Davao del Sur, had her first profession of Monastic vows twenty five years ago. She is the only girl of the family of eight children. Two years ago, her father departed from this life, and last year two of her brothers passed away. She made her first profession of Monastic vows last June 23, 1990. (Nemric Kiel Umali)