Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (31 January 1673 – 28 April 1716) was a French Roman Catholic priest and Confessor. He was known in his time as a preacher and was made a missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI. As well as preaching, Montfort found time...
[caption id="attachment_8143" align="alignright" width="350"] Entrance to Our Lady of Manaoag Chapel, GenSan. (Photo Courtesy Myrna Agetro FB)[/caption]About two years ago, a year after I arrived in Gen. Santos City for my new assignment, we started to organize the Lay Dominican group. The Dominican Order, as...
First of all, I would like to apologize for not having posted recently. A few weeks ago, one of my misfortunes struck me. I was in my weakest moment...
Treyntay singko (35) na ka tuig sukad misulod siya sa buluhaton sa Simbahan. Si Nanay Nena Cabig gikan sa Our Lady of the Holy Rosary GKK, 68 na ka tuig ang panuigon. Nagsugod isip volunteer, nutrition program ang nahimong flagship sa social action panahon sa RVM...
August 9 is declared as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples” (HB 4420) with the theme “Ensuring indigenous peoples’ health and well-being.” HB 4420 is a bill that provides the mandate to advance the rights and collective well-being of indigenous peoples through...
VISION A God-centered community where gospel values of FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, and RESPECT of human dignity is fostered and lived. MISSION We are committed Christians collaborating to share GOD’s love and compassion by building a community of people in the jail who are self-reliant, faithful and dignified; to...
NOAH – His name means “to rest”. His work: Before he had heard the voice from God, we don’t know yet what he did for a living. But, after he had encountered with God, he became a successful carpenter. His character: He was really a righteous person,...
IT was about two months after I graduated from high school that I entered the Dominican seminary on June 6, 1981. I was 17 years old then. The first stage of my seminary formation was called Aspirancy. Our batch was composed of 18 first year...
Almost 3,650 years proceeding the earliest records of breast cancer by ancient Egyptians, we still succumb to formulate taboos and illusions just by this worldwide fear-inducing phenomenon. It is a mindset that a “single cure for cancer” is non-existent and nearly impossible. Is it? Or...
There is a saying that “great things come from small beginnings”. There is this story of a boy from Gensan who lived a life of abject poverty. He lived with his parents, sister, and two younger brothers in a single-room shack in a rugged landscape of...