I can still vividly remember the first time I set foot on Stella Maris’ campus grounds. My hair was in ponytails adorned with little flower clips, strapped to my back was a princess backpack filled with a box of crayons, a bunch of pencils, and...
[caption id="attachment_12146" align="alignright" width="350"] Mission partners of Missionaries of Assumption[/caption]April 1, 1989 saw the birthing of a new community which started with 29 Lay Women whose founder is Bp. Antonio Lloren Mabutas, JCD., DD., the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Davao. Their awareness and experience with...
Hiyee! Devotee ka ba ng Mother of Perpetual Help? Here is the story from Jomil C. Baring, CSsR on the 150th Jubilee of OMPH: The ICON of LOVE and COMPASSION. Thank you Jom! * * * * * * One of the most common titles of Mary...
[caption id="attachment_12190" align="alignright" width="350"] Missionaries of the Assumption with Abp Capalla[/caption]“We are partners in the development of people.” This assertion of the Indigenous People helps well-intentioned groups in reassessing and redefining their approach to IP communities, such that they have to shift from an empowerment...
Saint Roch or Rocco (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327) was a Catholic saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August; he is specially invoked against the plague. He may also be called Rock in English, and has the designation of St. Rollox in...
[gallery columns="1" size="medium" ids="12166,12165"] Malabog, Paquibato District, Davao City Dekada singkwenta, ang Malabog puluy-anan sa sa atong mga igsoong Lumad, ang tribu Ata-Matigsalog. Apan pipila ka mga langyaw gikan kabisayaan ug uban pang parte sa Mindanao ang miabot sa Malabog paglabay sa katuigan. Niadtong Marso 9, 1962, sila...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="11913,11908,11909,11910,11911,11912"] Sayo sa 1920, misugod paggitib ang iyang politikanhon, ekonomikanhon, ug relihiyosong kahimtang. Daghan ang mga dayuhan gikan sa Luzon ug Visayas, gani may mga hapon ug intsik dinhi nanimpalad, dinala ang ilang kaugalingong relihiyon ug nakigbayluay og kaminyoon tali sa mga lumad. Agosto...
1950s January 18, 1952. Land donation was made by Doña Vicenta Monteverde vda. De Tionko for which Assumption Church would be located. 1956. The Redemptorist Fathers led by Fr. John Scanlan, CSsR came and started building a mission church. August 15, 1959. Our lady of...
Hanggang kailan ba tayo magpatawad? Hanggang kailan ba tayo magtimpi? Heto ang kwento ng isang asawa, ina at ngayon ay volunteer na ng prison ministry na si Marian. * * * * * * [caption id="attachment_11900" align="alignright" width="337"] Marian and daughter, Joanna[/caption]April 18, 1984. A young man...
“I respond to God’s call by leaving the exigency of my life as a consecrated person. To those who are called to married life, their response to God’s call is by being faithful to their commitment, and good work even to a single blessed Christian.”...