The Fruits of the Holy Rosary
The Rosary is not an ornament. It’s not just beads hanging from a car mirror or kept in a pocket. It is prayer. It’s a help in hard times. It is a garden where peace, patience, and hope grow. When I was a child, my...
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San Pedro’s feast
The feast of San Pedro, which falls every 29th of June, carries historical significance that dates back to the year when Davao, then a settlement, had about 70–80 houses, mostly occupied by settlers from Leyte, Samar, and other Visayan islands whom Oyanguren recruited. Its population...
Saludo Sa Mga Modernong Bayani
Dear Ate Emz, Ako po ay 28 yrs old working in the Middle East. Pagod na pagod na po ako sa trabaho ko, araw araw straight duty, wala ng tulog at wala ng pahinga, dahil sa area manager namin na nagpapahirap samin, kaya ang daming nagreresign...
More than just ‘daily’ bread
For years, YouTube account Islamic Origins, visited so far by only 8,200 subscribers, has always been an interesting stop for open-minded Catholics and Muslims wanting to explore landscapes outside oral tradition. Managed by a former Franciscan monk, the vlog dissects Christianity and Islam from the...
Catholicism and the tribes
The tribes of Davao, fragmented by identity and diversified by indigenous idiosyncrasies are the greatest contributors to the spread of Catholicism in Davao. Unlike the priests, the tribes conveyed their own gifts of participation in small packages that in their absence would have made the...
Maria Bambinella: The Immaculate Daughter of Lola Ana
[gallery link="file" columns="2" size="full" ids="49585,49586"] In 2019, the image of the Blessed Mother under the title Immaculate Conception of Mary was episcopally-crowned by Most Rev. Romulo Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, in Sta. Ana Shrine Parish, emphasizing the deep relationship of Saint Anne with Mary, who...
Role of tribes in Evangelization
The spread of Catholicism in Davao following its Spanish conquest was not solely attributed to the missionaries; it was also shaped by the active (and sometimes reluctant) participation of local tribes. Their helps varied depending on their geographic location, political alliances, and degree of contact...
Holy in a Hoodie: Blessed Carlo Acutis and the Call to Be Saints Today
In a time when holiness often feels distant, Blessed Carlo Acutis reminds us that sanctity is not a thing of the past—it is something young people can live out today, even in sneakers and with a laptop. Carlo was born in 1991 in London but grew...
The Call That Waited, The Heart That Answered
[gallery link="file" columns="2" size="full" ids="49552,49553"] The call that waited in silence has found its answer in a heart ready to serve the people of God On September 8, 2025, on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the bells of San Pedro Cathedral Parish...
Faith on a blade’s edge
In the decades before the Americans took possession of the islands in 1898, Davao was a frontier where faith, culture, and power clashed. Jesuit missionaries, who returned to Mindanao in after nearly two centuries of absence, found themselves in one of the most complex and...