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“I have not done much” pipila lamang sa mga pulong nga gibungat ni Sir Lunar Fayloga, magtutudlo sa Ateneo de Davao University, usa sa mga gihatagan og pasidungog atol sa Archdiocese of Davao Diamond Jubilee Celebration. Kini iyang nabungat tungod kay dili siya makatuo nga...

Dear Ate Emz, Ang akong story basically walay kalahian sa uban o kasagaran, tungod ang akong kasinatian sama kanatong tanan dunay mga pagsulay. Kini nga pagsulay in relation to service o pagpangalagad. Usa ako ka PSL sa among GKK. Akong mga anak active sa Youth for Christ...

The late Jesuit historian Fr. Jose Arcilla, in his preface to the six-volume ‘Jesuit Missionary Letters from Mindanao,’ wrote: ‘One of the problems the Jesuits to contend with was the strong influence of the Muslims. Being strategically located, they were a force to reckon with. Occupying...

The mission of Caraga was established by Fr. Pablo Pastells, SJ, and Fr. Juan Terricabras, SJ, who earlier substituted for Fr. Gregorio Parache, SJ, in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. Fr. Pastells left his Surigao assignment on October 4, 1876 and arrived at Cateel on November 1....

The mission to attract pagans to Catholicism was hampered by realities on the ground. The natives of Samal, for instance, opposed the plan to pay tribute to the Church. Invoking the 1848 promise made by Don Jose Oyanguren exempting them from tithes, they left the...