“If you go to hell, you’ll be so busy shaking hands with people you know” --- so says a satirical post in social media. This implies that in eternal damnation, one’s thoughts and perception will be overwhelmed by the multitudes of acquaintances that ended up...
When friends come to me for prayers regarding danger of an unintended abortion, I advise them to consecrate their wombs to the Immaculate Heart of Mother Mary. When my daughter suffered from threatened abortion, we invoked the same prayer. My granddaughter is now six years...
Cancer, diabetes, fatty liver, unstable heart, high blood, obesity, osteoporosis, aids, skin diseases are health plagues that beset this generation. Responding to man’s need to be healthy, wellness salons and massage clinics dot our city, gyms and sets of exercise equipment are everywhere, and health supplements...
In the editorial, we quoted Pope Benedict XVI, his definition of prayer – an attempt to eternity. Our departed loved ones may have lost their bodily existence due to death, but they are very much alive. Our relationship with them did not cease when they...
Kaputian, Penaplata The Sto. Nino Parish used to be just one of the Chapels of the Immaculate Conception Parish of Penaplata, Davao. Its first patron was Sta. Teresa del Nino de Jesus. In the year 1958, the patron saint was changed to Sto. Nino, upon the...
La Verna Hills Subd., Diversion Road, Davao City The St. Francis of Assisi community which is located at La Verna Hills Subdivision, Brgy. Cabantian, Davao City was canonically established as a Quasi Parish last September 17, 2013 by his Excellency Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles, DD...
The GKKs around San Miguel Parish were once a part of St. Joseph the Worker Parish of Sasa and St. Francis Xavier of Tibungco. To cater most the needs of the parishioners the Archdiocese of Davao looked forward to create a new parish, with the...
The past fifty years have seen the Redemptorist presence in Davao filled with dynamism and apostolic zeal, constantly attending to the local church while ever mindful of promptings of the Holy Spirit urging them to follow Christ the Redeemer by preaching the Good news...
Once upon a time there was only one church in Davao City. That was the San Pedro Church. People all around had to go to San Pedro to hear Mass. Then as the city population grew, other parishes and churches were made like Sta. Ana,...
In a series of manifestations of initially sweet fragrance of lilies, and later physical apparitions, Mother Mary appeared and talked to postulant Teresita "Teresing" L. Castillo from August 7, 1948 - November 12, 1948. When Teresing asked who she was, the apparition said "B.V.M. (meaning...