[gallery columns="2" link="file" size="full" ids="39350,39351"] Last February 25, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. 36 couples from different GKKs under Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Ma-a received the Sacrament of Matrimony. Fr. Ranebe Magallanes, parish vicar was the main presider together with Fr. Adam Cajipo and Fr. Leonie...
Among the goals of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Maa is for inmates to be baptized and confirmed thus, twenty-five lady inmates received adult baptism and confirmation on Sunday, March 5, 2023. As a part of the parish’s pastoral care, moral, and spiritual formation,...
Ika-5 Domingo sa Panahon sa Kwaresma (March 26, 2023) Ez. 37:12-14 / Ps. 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 / Rom. 8:8-11 / Jn. 11:1-45 Si Jesus miingon, “Kuhaa ang bato.” Si Marta, ang igsoon nga babaye sa namatay, miingon kaniya, “Ginoo, baho na karon; upat na siya ka...
(Excerpt from the Homily of Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles, D.D., on the Third Sunday of Lent, San Pedro Cathedral, San Pedro St., Davao City) The great act of salvation in Jesus is passion, His suffering, His death on calvary and His victorious resurrection. A proof...
Next to the Blessed Mother, no other saint came closer to Jesus than St. Joseph. Upon learning from a dream that the Blessed Virgin is going to be his bride, his fear and anxiety turned to resolute acceptance and action. Thus, he took the Blessed...
On a rainy morning at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, I met an old friend who was a carpenter constructing a two-storey building near our compound. He was wearing his usual faded denim shirt and a pair of worn-out jeans, which seemed to have...
Davao City celebrates Fire Prevention Month beginning March 1, 2023, coinciding with the formal start of the 86th Araw ng Dabaw. This year’s theme is “Sa Pag-iwas sa Sunog, Hindi Ka Nag-iisa,” which underlines the necessity of team effort in avoiding fires and safeguarding the...
Retired Bishop Angel Hobayan, the first bishop of the Diocese of Catarman who oversaw the growth of the local church for 30 years, died March 11. He was 93. The country’s oldest bishop died at around 2:30 a.m. at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in Metro...
“The first word that comes to me is that it seems like yesterday...
In pursuit to the Proclamation No. 227 series of 1998 provides for the observance of the month of March as Women's Month, Paquito Blas, Jr., Diocesan SocCom Coordinator together with Rey Comania, SOCCOM from Divine Mercy Parish gear up in promoting good news through YOUTH...