The PME Fathers (Société des Missions-Étrangères du Québec), Canadian missionaries sent to Davao, played a crucial role in the Catholic evangelization of the region before and during World War II. Their mission was relatively young: they had taken over from the Jesuits in Davao in...
“Unforgettable December 11, 2024. I could not move my arms, legs, my body was uncooperatively heavy. Tried to take a step, but like a candle burning to its end, totally weak, I fell on my butt. It was confirmed in the hospital that I had...
Today is the first Sunday of Advent. It is the time of the year where people starts to prepare for the the yuletide season. It is also a Christian season of preparation and anticipation for the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas. In the Catholic...
While Freemasons in Spain were known to have flourished in number a couple of centu-ries after the Crusades, their arrival in the Philippines was not organized. Many of the Ma-sons who served in the colonial period were military officers and administrators already affil-iated with the...
“GINOO, PASAYLOA KAMI! KAY KAMI MAKASASALA …” intoned the roving Rosary leader. “AMAHAN NAMO,” … “Ang kalan-on namo, …” “MAGHIMAYA KA MARIA,” … “Santa Maria, Inahan sa DIYOS” in song, rang sweetly from the Coastal Road up to the San Pedro Cathedral. Alongside us were three...
[gallery link="file" size="full" columns="2" ids="50447,50448"] There were 19 members of our Pangulo sa Liturhiya (PSL) group from GKK, Zone 6, Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish, Davao City, who planned to embark on this pilgrimage, but only 16 of us were able to go. Still, with...
In the missionary world, a personal space far from the family, one of the most challenging aspects of the priestly tradition while on a fieldwork, is the struggle to fight off loneliness. During Spanish times, reaching remote missions was not about the hardships along the...
According to St. Ephrem the Syrian, “No one will ever be able worthily to praise to Joseph, whom thou, O true only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, has deigned to have for thy foster father.” St. Joseph was a legal spiritual and foster father of...
There was a time during the Marcos Sr. administration that his project called… Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) designed to bring renewal to society was not going well. It simply did not work. This is similar to our situation today where our weak institutions are teetering...
Nahinumdoman nako ang akong kasinatian sa nagkaduol ang adlaw sa Penitential Walk. Biyernes sa gabii, ug wa ko makatulog tungod sa kahadlok nga basin ma-late ko sa dakong kalihokan sa sunod adlaw. Mga alas-diyes sa gabii, kalit lang nga nitingog ang dalugdog ug kusog kaayo...