CALL FROM FVR -- I was pleasantly surprised to get a call from former President Fidel "FVR" Ramos a few days ago after he read my article entitled "PHILS vs. CHINA, CRAZY!" He said all the countries, including China must come together and organize a...
The title of this column can provoke different reactions from different people. One set of these are people who would say, "Oh no, I don't have any difficulty at all in following Jesus. I go to our parish church on Sunday; I put some amount...
I don’t pretend to sound very original here for there’s nothing new under the sun. But I only wish to reecho for wide diffusion the points of Bert Ghezzi in an article published a few months ago in Our Sunday Visitor (3-25-2013) (See http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9190/Why-Catholics-make-the-sign-of-the-cross.aspx). According to...
It is always pleasant and mentally therapeutic to walk along the shore of any calm and scenic beach. Boracay is obviously not one of them in my list of fun beaches. Anyways, as a child I enjoyed beach-combing with my father. He didn’t only love...
“I DID not come to call the righteous but sinners.” (Mt 1,13) That’s quite clear. Christ came to save all men. That’s what’s always in his mind. While not neglecting anyone, he however...
It is important that you be true to yourself from the very depths of your nature. It’s no use to pretend to be what you are not. Sooner or later your true nature will show itself. So it’s no use pretending to...
During the middle ages, at the time of the crusades when the Christian nations of Europe were engaged in a prolonged and fierce war with the Saracens for control of the Holy Land, the French, the English, the German crusaders flew the banners of their...
Representatives from various GKKs and church organizations held BEC validation last June 23, 2013. More than a hundred of lay leaders gathered that whole day at the Dreamvet Gym, Central Park, Bangkal. Initiated by OLLP Parish Priest Fr. Dexter Veloso and Lay Coordinator Bro. Nestor...
The Kahiusahan sa mga Layko sa Mindanao (KALAMI) will be launching its 9th KALAMI Regional Gathering this coming July 8-12, 2013, to be held at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Cagayan de Oro City. On the said gathering, the laypeople in Mindanao will contemplate on its...
MATI CITY - Natuman gayud ang damgo sa bag-ong pabalay alang sa 25 ka mapasalamaton nga mga recipient families sa Barangay Poblacion, Sitio Baguidanan, Cateel, Davao Oriental, ug ang pagbendita sa ilang GKK San Pedro Calungsod chapel niadtong Hunyo 21, 2013, adlaw sa Awarding of...
