Fr. Nestor D., Diocesan Clergy of Davao shared this during his homily while celebrating mass at San Pablo Parish in the late 1990s. As a seminarian in Ozamis, his class would visit hospital patients especially those without relatives or “bantay”. The loneliest public hospital wards are...
[caption id="attachment_7613" align="alignright" width="259"] Abp. Antonio Ll. Mabutas J.C.D., D.D.[/caption]SIXTH: Early in 1981, Pope John Paul II visited Davao City. This was the only place in Mindanao the Pope would visit and the official host was the Archbishop Mabutas. Again, he was at the right...
[caption id="attachment_7613" align="alignright" width="259"] Abp. Antonio Ll. Mabutas J.C.D., D.D.[/caption]During Martial Law, 1972 to 1986, the Catholic Church was the only big legitimate group that stood up against Marcos. The political opposition was weak. While the NPA’s and MNLF used force to resist martial law,...
[caption id="attachment_7613" align="alignright" width="259"] Abp. Antonio Ll. Mabutas J.C.D., D.D.[/caption]On August 31, 1971 Deputy Defense Secretary Barbero who is an Ilocano like the Archbishop arrived in Davao City. The hearings landed in national and international papers including Time Magazine. The Barbero-Mabutas hearings finally revealed to...
[caption id="attachment_7613" align="alignright" width="259"] Abp. Antonio Ll. Mabutas J.C.D., D.D.[/caption]Archbishop Mabutas became a priest on April 6, 1946. When he celebrated his 50th year as a priest on April 6, 1996 Pope John Paul II wrote him in Latin saying among others “xx. we well...
Christianity has been in Luzon and Visayas for 500 years whereas it has been in Mindanao for about 200 years. However, the church existed only in the coastal towns of Northern Mindanao (Zamboanga, Cagayan, Butuan, Caraga). The Southern part (now the 5 Cotabato and 5...
[caption id="attachment_26499" align="alignright" width="350"] 4th BEC National Assembly (Photo by Brenda P. Milan)[/caption]Spain and Portugal invaded South America in the 1500s. Today, after 500 years, South America remains as the hardest place to evangelize because of its 1. Size, 2. Terrain, mostly mountains and rain...
1. Impatience -- the Youth is drowning in government bureaucracy whether it’s getting a driver’s license, birth, marriage certificates, clearance to get a job or board exam. Some lose their cool looking for their precinct or their names in the voters list. They want things...
(Writer’s note: Archbishop Valles nominated me to represent the religious sector in the Davao City Water Management Council. He sent me to the March 20-22 National Water Summit at the Manila MOA SMX.) The National Water Summit was held at the SMX, Mall of Asia in...
Parish priests are re-assigned every 5 or 6 years. Unless for health or very special reasons, the outlook, experience and development of a priest will be limited or stunted the longer he stays on one place. The re-assignment will increase his zeal and dedication because...