Christianity has been in Luzon and Visayas for 500 years whereas it has been in Mindanao for about 200 years. However, the church existed only in the coastal towns of Northern Mindanao (Zamboanga, Cagayan, Butuan, Caraga). The Southern part (now the 5 Cotabato and 5...
[caption id="attachment_26499" align="alignright" width="350"] 4th BEC National Assembly (Photo by Brenda P. Milan)[/caption]Spain and Portugal invaded South America in the 1500s. Today, after 500 years, South America remains as the hardest place to evangelize because of its 1. Size, 2. Terrain, mostly mountains and rain...
1. Impatience -- the Youth is drowning in government bureaucracy whether it’s getting a driver’s license, birth, marriage certificates, clearance to get a job or board exam. Some lose their cool looking for their precinct or their names in the voters list. They want things...
(Writer’s note: Archbishop Valles nominated me to represent the religious sector in the Davao City Water Management Council. He sent me to the March 20-22 National Water Summit at the Manila MOA SMX.) The National Water Summit was held at the SMX, Mall of Asia in...
Parish priests are re-assigned every 5 or 6 years. Unless for health or very special reasons, the outlook, experience and development of a priest will be limited or stunted the longer he stays on one place. The re-assignment will increase his zeal and dedication because...
(May 5 and 20 are important dates of the San Pablo Pangulo sa Liturhiya (PSL) and the Gagmayng Kristohanong Katilingban.) On May 5, our parish priest will preside over the renewal seminar ceremonies at 8 AM at the San Pablo Parish. A PSL cannot continue his...
The Spaniards left the Philippines after Magellan’s death on April 27, 1521. Returning 40 years later, Spain focused all their colonization and evangelization in Visayas and Luzon. Mission work in Mindanao began only in the middle part of the 16th century when the Jesuits landed...
On May 2016, former Mayor Duterte became the President of the Republic of the Philippines. On July, 2017 Archbishop Romulo Valles became the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). As President, Duterte represents the 100 million Filipinos while Archbishop Valles shepherds the...
Foreigners who come beginning September are jolted by the Christmas music played everywhere. We are the only nation with Christmas songs for 4 months; until January 6 questions often asked are 1) Do we not get tired listening to Christmas songs for 126 days? 2)...
Q: What is the difference between a marriage annulled by the church and that of the state? A: Juan and Fe were married in the Church. Unusual interference by the in-laws led to continuous quarrels. Juan filed a case in the matrimonial tribunal which after hearings,...