[caption id="attachment_21633" align="alignright" width="350"] (Photo credit: Stefano Rellandini/Poo/REUTERS)[/caption]The Year of the Clergy and the ensuing sexual scandal committed by some priests is almost a cause for alarm. The media are actively exposing this heinous crime amidst the perceived silence and almost non-reaction from the Catholic...
The other two deacons to be ordained in San Pedro Cathedral this September 3, 2018 are Efren Gubac, Jr. and Ramon Jamora. [caption id="attachment_21854" align="alignright" width="157"] Rev. Efren Gubac, Jr.[/caption]As often as he found himself in the arms of his girlfriend, all the more he was...
Dear KNOT, Sa pagdiriwang ng Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons, hayaan mong ishare ko ang aking experience. Tatlong beses akong pumasok ng seminaryo, twice sa religious congregation at once sa diocesan. Nahimo nakong point of reference ang akong pagkadisgrasya tong 14 years old pa ko....
The Archdiocese of Davao will be gifted with new deacons this coming September 3, 2018. Let us know each of them. Two of the six to be ordained deacons are: First, Louis Jasper Alfeche of the Immaculate Conception of Mintal is a man of conviction. Having...
Dear KNOT, Akong nahinomduman niadtong bata pa ko, ang akong papa kuyaw kaayo mokastigo nako, naagian nako nga gilatos ko niya ug pisi, bakos sa pantalon, bugsay sa bangka, ug gisulod pa gyod ko niya og sako ug gibitay sa sulod sa among balay. Nagtuo ko kaniadto...
St. Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish priest who had done so much for Jesus through Mary. He was a pioneer of the apostolate of the communications media when he started the circulation of the magazine, “Knights of the Immaculate.” All told, millions were distributed to...
Dear KNOT, Isa ako sa mga aktibong kabataan ng aking parokya noon. Isa din akong miyembro ng music ministry. Napakahalaga ng ministriya kong iyon dahil nag iikot kami sa mga kapilya o GKK upang tumugtog, mag praise and worship, mag prayer meeting. Ngunit, dumating ang araw...
[caption id="attachment_21441" align="alignright" width="350"] Photo courtesy Tjeerd Wiersma (Flickr)[/caption]Dear KNOT, My mosquito net. Eto ang tawag ko sa kulambong nasa paanan ko gabi-gabi. Di ako makatulog kapag wala ito. Kahit nasa camping site ako, dala ko pa rin ito. Kahit na nabu-bully ako dahil ako ay...
Surviving a difficult life situation in temporary shelters and commune. This is the status quo that members of the Manobo tribe from Talaingod, Davao del Norte will struggle in an evacuation site. Months of military operations in the hinterlands of Davao del Norte have forced them...
Dear KNOT, Early morning last month, I called up home to greet my Mom and with her frail but steady voice she sang to me: “Mother dear I love you and you love me too you are my dearest playmate that I ever knew though I'm not very big I'm...