Guillermo D. Afable, DD 4th National BEC Assembly November 11-14, 2019 Good morning everyone… Are you good? Let me start with showing a couple of logos of relevant past events, that you might recall...
[caption id="attachment_7613" align="alignright" width="259"] Abp. Antonio Ll. Mabutas J.C.D., D.D.[/caption]Archbishop Mabutas became a priest on April 6, 1946. When he celebrated his 50th year as a priest on April 6, 1996 Pope John Paul II wrote him in Latin saying among others “xx. we well...
Why is there so much evil, so much misery in the world? Natural and man-made calamities! All bring unwanted sufferings and even tragic death. Why? Why? There is no satisfactory explanation. Evil is a high mystery. It cannot be fully fathomed. It is almost impenetrable....
The sharer is a doctor, for 35 years, but working more with the people in different parts of the places where Msgr. Manuel Gabriel was assigned. He too is a pastoral worker and is more concerned with community based health program. Knowing that most of...
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...
Gikan sa Misa ngadto sa Lamesa… Kini ang sagad nakong mahinumduman sa daghan nakong kasinatian niining maong Gagmayng Kristohanong Katilingban (GKK). Lahi ra sa kasagarang kasinatian sa Parokya. Sa Misa… Pag-abot gayud ngadto sa katilingbang misahan sugaton ka dayon sa mga alagad. Kuhaon dayon ang mga kagamitan...
(Pakighinabi uban kang Most Rev. Medil Aseo, D.D., Obispo sa Tagum) Tinuod na nga ang BEC, Basic Ecclesial Communities, sa Inengles man na nuh, pero sa binisaya, GKK, Gagmay’ng Kristohanong Katilingban nagsugod sa Diocese sa Tagum 50 anyos na ang milabay. Mao na nga bag-o ra...
As October is dubbed as the month of the Holy Rosary, I am reminded of an item that I have wanted to have but can't find in any religious items store---a rosary made of real pearls. It took me several googling and checking websites until I...
As the Davao Archdiocese prepares to host the 4th National Assembly of the Basic Ecclesial Community on 11 to 14, 2019, it seems necessary and helpful to know how it all began in the history of the universal Church. And from there to reflect prayerfully...