BHUBANESHWAR, India — Early this year, nine Catholic young media professionals from six countries met together to participate in the first SIGNIS International Fellowship Program on Compassion and Social Communication at the Xavier University Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India. The three-month intensive, interdisciplinary and interfaith course...
IT IS MORE EASY AND CONVENIENT now to connect to Pope Francis and to Catholics around the world to pray in one voice and network right from mobile phones. Pope Francis launched an online platform called “Click to Pray” during his Angelus address last Sunday, January...
In November this year, a 19-year-old college student from Davao City was found hanging inside his room. He left a note narrating his frustrations in life involving relationship and family. Two days before his death, he posted several suicidal thoughts and messages on his Twitter...
[caption id="attachment_7717" align="alignright" width="350"] Former and current media apostolate movers, Sr. Pinky Barrientos, FSP and DCHerald Social Media Coordinator Perry Lamanilao share experiences at the 1st international confab on e-Evangelization in HK.[/caption]It makes sense that one should not face/use computers and gadgets before going to...
[caption id="attachment_6481" align="aligncenter" width="800"]CHRISM MASS. Bishop Emeritus Patricio Alo, D.D. presided over the Chrism Mass joined by 37 priests both from diocesan clergy and religious congregations last Holy Thursday, April 2, 2015 at the San Nicholas de Tolentino Cathedral in Mati City. Photo by Perry...
The Social Action Center of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Mati, together with The Order of the Ministers of the Infirms-Philippine Province, and Camillian Task Force launched the "Awuyon Baganga" Agro-Forestry and Livelihood Project last March 19, 2015 at Lambajon, Baganga, Davao Oriental. The...
We are now down to our last two things you should know about this season of Lent. 9) '40' IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER. References tell us that the number forty has many Biblical references: the forty days Moses spent on Mount Sinai with God (Exodus 24:18);...
Last week, I have shared to you the difference between Fasting and Abstinence which we Catholics practice during the season of Lent. Now, let us learn about: Fat Tuesday and Palm Sunday 7. FAT TUESDAY (MARDI GRAS) Mardi Gras (French), or literally “Fat Tuesday” is a popular celebration...
Last week, I have shared to you the Biblical basis for abstaining from meat as a sign of repentance and the reason why Fridays are days of abstinence. We’ve been talking about fasting and abstinence lately but I know some of us may still don’t know...
Last week, I shared to you two things: First, reckoning the forty days is not importantly numerically exact. Second, the 40 days of self-examination, fasting and penance is called Lent because that is the Old English word for spring, the season of the year during...