A few months ago, Fr. Mon Mendez, OP, one of our missionaries in Davao City, asked me to meet Ms. Erna Caquilala, the campus minister of the University of Mindanao. She is also the adviser of the IP students of UM. Fr. Mon wants us...
June 13 (1195-1231) Quote: In his sermon Anthony writes: "The saints are like the stars. In his providence Christ conceals them in a hidden place that they may not shine before others when they might wish to do so. Yet they are always ready to exchange the quiet of...
(part 2 of 3) Continuation… The pen is for fill out writing; while the pencil is for shading. For this segment of the story, well I think it is an exaggeration that I still have to take the risk. I already have my pencil like others on...
Here is from Dessa Marie Palanca GKK Sto. Nino, Dona Rosa Sto. Rosario Parish Dear Ma, Thank you kaayo sa tanan nimong sacrifices for our family. I can truly say na you are the best mother in the whole universe. Maski naa nami tanan sa Cebu, you...
In 2008, I was working as the parish priest at St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in Babuyan Islands. One time I was invited to attend a dinner by a group of Letran alumni. It was the induction of officers of a group known as Letran Grupo...
Husband texted his wife, "Hi babe. I will be late. Pls try & wash my dirty clothes & don't forget to prepare my favorite dish." He sent another text, "I forgot to tell you that I got an increase in salary next month & I'm getting...
A man gave his nagging wife a diamond necklace as a gift for their wedding anniversary & his wife didn't speak to him for 3 months! Was it fake? No, that was the Deal....
Patron Saint of Germany Boniface, known as the apostle of the Germans, was an English Benedictine monk who gave up being elected abbot to devote his life for the conversion of the Germanic tribes. Two characteristics stand out: his Christian orthodoxy and his fidelity to the...
It was in 1995, my second year as a priest, and the first year that I learned how to drive, that I was apprehended by law enforcers for a traffic violation for the first time. I was driving an old service car of our convent...
The world now is a big hub of modern technology and of anything that’s instant. Even people’s communication with each other becomes overwhelming in such a way that they exchange “Thank Yous” and “I love Yous” in an instantaneous manner despite being miles away. The...