VISION A God-centered community where gospel values of FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, and RESPECT of human dignity is fostered and lived. MISSION We are committed Christians collaborating to share GOD’s love and compassion by building a community of people in the jail who are self-reliant, faithful and dignified; to...
NOAH – His name means “to rest”. His work: Before he had heard the voice from God, we don’t know yet what he did for a living. But, after he had encountered with God, he became a successful carpenter. His character: He was really a righteous person,...
IT was about two months after I graduated from high school that I entered the Dominican seminary on June 6, 1981. I was 17 years old then. The first stage of my seminary formation was called Aspirancy. Our batch was composed of 18 first year...
Almost 3,650 years proceeding the earliest records of breast cancer by ancient Egyptians, we still succumb to formulate taboos and illusions just by this worldwide fear-inducing phenomenon. It is a mindset that a “single cure for cancer” is non-existent and nearly impossible. Is it? Or...
There is a saying that “great things come from small beginnings”. There is this story of a boy from Gensan who lived a life of abject poverty. He lived with his parents, sister, and two younger brothers in a single-room shack in a rugged landscape of...
[caption id="attachment_8045" align="alignright" width="350"] Fr. Evangelista[/caption]I have been living and working among the Tagakaolu in the mountains of Malita, Davao del Sur for more than four years now and I have never been happier! The most important lesson that the Tagakaolu have taught me is...
[caption id="attachment_8002" align="aligncenter" width="800"] The Commemorative monument of Peace and unity fronting San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City (Photo Source: Wikipedia)[/caption] THE introduction and early development of Christianity in Mindanao is associated with the work of early missionaries, predominantly by a small band of Spanish Jesuit...
Last May 2015, the Dominican Missions launched a Facebook page called “Send A Child To School”. This is to support the education of high school students studying in our mission schools in our mission stations in the Babuyan Islands. This educational assistance program was initiated...
Vision: A transformed academic communities of non-sectarian schools in the Archdiocese of Davao, matured and committed in faith, being nourished by God’s word and sacrament and witnessing the Gospel values of love, mercy, reconciliation, welcome, peace, respect and unity. Mission: A pastoral agency afire with the...
“Pray for vocations; pray for young men to be priests in Davao,” said Archbishop Romulo G. Valles in celebrating the 50th anniversary and installation of new sets of officers of Serra Club of Davao on June 15. In celebration of the feast of St. Bonaventure by...