[caption id="attachment_20295" align="alignright" width="350"] Sister Mary Paul (Emelinda) Gabucan Diorico[/caption]TAMONTAKA, MAGUINDANAO --- Sister Mary Paul [Emelinda] Gabucan Diorico, 66, of the Oblate of Notre Dame (OND) Society, was solemnly conveyed to her final resting place at the OND Graveyard in Tamontaka, D.O.S., Maguindanao on 04...
Alleluia, JESUS is risen! So too could we be, so too are we --- risen! By JESUS’ Resurrection, HE has opened for us the way to new life; justified and reinstated us to GOD’s grace (CCC 654). HIS sacrifice is complete, full circle. The covenant with...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="20240,20241,20239"] KRAKOW, POLAND---Divine Mercy Sunday is celebrated on the Sunday after Easter. This year, the feast of the Divine Mercy falls on April 8. The feast of Divine Mercy was announced by Pope John Paul II in 2000, the same year when she canonized...
Have you ever felt abandoned by God? Let us learn from the story of Isa, a member of Singles for Christ, Tagum Chapter. * * * * * * After finishing high school, my parents and I were so worried since they might not send me to...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="19884,19885,19886,19887,19888,19889,19890,19891,19892,19893,19894,19895"] April 14, 1988 – March 1, 1993 Twenty five years ago, Davaoeños were shocked of the untimely demise of Bishop Alfredo B. Baquial, who died of excessive internal bleeding due to complication of diabetes. That was on March 1, 1993 at the Cardinal...
Early September last year, the CFC Handmaids of the LORD embarked into a spiritual journey with another soul. Handmaids were briefed on the reason and mechanics of the journey. Each Handmaid signs a pledge to pray daily for nine months for an unborn child she will...
The brief visit of Mila G. Glodava and Sr. Frances Mangabat, SDS, and highlighted by an audience with Archbishop Valles, CBCP president, rekindled and reinforced my desire to make people understand our responsibility before God as stewards of all created things. I can't help but...
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...
Saint Peter Damian was a reforming Benedictine monk and was cardinal to Pope Leo IX. He was also declared as Doctor of the Church in 1828 with his feast day being celebrated every February 21. Born in Ravenna around 1007, he was the youngest of...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="19736,19735,19734"] Mature not only in age but also in faith. When a community has produced a priest among them, the community becomes mature in faith. Since the local church of Davao produced not only one but three bishops, this confirms of her becoming a...