December 14, 1984 at 8:30 in the morning, I was wavering my small flag on the roadside waiting for the arrival of the bishop. I was in second year high when we were informed that all of us would make small flag. I was curious, enjoying...
Two of several meanings of ‘bug’ in the Webster Dictionary are ‘enthusiast’ and ‘prominent person’. These two colloquial descriptive expressions seem to apply quite appropriately to the first bishop of the Diocese of Mati, His Excellency Bishop Patricio H. Alo. He turns 75 on December...
MANILA, Nov. 15, 2014–The head of Manila Archdiocese will conduct a recollection for media practitioners who will be covering Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to the Philippines. Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle said it will be held on December 3 so that interested participants from the...
The Pangulo sa Panudlo and the school catechists of San Pablo Vicariate gathered at the Regional Major Seminary in Catalunan Grande the whole day of November 16, 2014, in the celebration of the Vicariate Catechist Day. With the theme, “Katekista Banal at Bayani, Ikaw Na”, about...
MANILA, Nov. 14, 2014– Pope Francis will bring his message of “mercy and compassion” to at least 11 different venues in the province of Leyte and Metro Manila during his Apostolic Visit to the Philippines on January 15 to 19, 2015. Pope Francis is expected to...
It was a beloved friend who introduced me to the devotion to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Her story. She had 2 friends, and were a threesome in med school. My friend married and relocated here in Davao. In touch only on occasions, she heard that her...
“Usa kaTumong, Panaw, Tikang sa Pagkabalaan.” This is the theme of the culminating event of the Year of the Laity in the Diocese of Tagum. The gathering, which was attended by almost two thousand lay people representing the different parishes, was held last 15 November 2014...
Subay sa pag-ampo ni Hesus sa Juan 7:21 nga ang tanan magkahiusa, ang mga nagkalain-laing relihiyosong sekta sa Barangay Malabog nagkahiusa sa pagsaulog sa ika-50 nga Araw ng Malabog. Sa gipahigayong religious sectors’ night niadtong Nobyembre 17, nagtapok ang mga pastor sa mga nagkalain-laing mga sekta...
MANILA, Nov. 14, 2014–Pope Francis will celebrate Masses in Latin during his papal visit to the Philippines from January 15 to 19 next year. Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara, chairman of the CBCP Commission on Social Communications, said that all the responses, however, will be in...
MANILA, Nov. 4, 2014 — The University of Santo Tomas Theological Society’s exhibit on Mary featured her various images at the Rector’s Hall at the UST Central Seminary last Oct. 27 to 29, 2014 and aimed to increase Filipino families’ love for the Blessed Virgin...