[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...
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...
August waves its “Salt air~” lyrics for Swifties out there, and got me to wave back to my Anatomy and Physiology of the Cardiopulmonary system. Our preliminary discussion is all about oxygenation, which pushed me to review my medication studies for respiratory diseases. I say,...
The advance Protestantism gained in its first 13 years in Davao created animosity with the Catholic preachers in Davao. From being without rival before the Americans took over, the new wave of evangelists, more aggressive and superior in number, did not lose time in braving...
"Justice is rooted in God's character and creation." (Corinne Sulliven, Womansday.com, August 4, 2022) A simple way of explaining God's love is His emphasis on justice, on the belief that all human beings are created equal. Justice for our God is fundamental such that compassion could...
“Cavete Liberi” which literally means “Children Beware” sounds very sad because it touches, in fact, pierces the very core of our responsibility as adults, as parents, most especially, as mothers. Yes!!! CAVETE LIBERI because our children are now in an abyss, a labyrinth of confusion brought...
Fifteen years into the American regime, the population of Catholics in Davao region was anywhere close to 80,000 which, in terms of ratio, was 45 to 55% of the estimated demographics. This was followed by animist and indigenous believers at 20 to 30%; Islam followers,...
August 11, the Feast of St. Clare, marks four years since I first found the Monasterio de Sta. Clara in Catalunan Grande. I still remember searching on Google for a place where I could present myself as an aspirant for a contemplative community. The monastery...
A quiet, dark night; birds humming the chirping sounds of their dreams. Inside a house, it filled the unusually mundane night with the irregular sound of silence — a silence that was usually filled with the laughter of a teenage boy, where the mom’s nagging...
Dear Ate Emz, Duna akoy pamilya, naay anak duha. I’ll go straight to the point, high tempered ako nga pagkatawo. Gamay lang nga issue murag big deal na kaayo nako. Ang generation man gud sa mga batan-on karon lahi. Ang inistoryahan murag pabalang, sounds like no...