Some relationships are forged in the most unexpected of crucibles. For me, my lifelong bond with Saint Francis of Assisi wasn't born in quiet prayer or from a book, but on a stage, under the glow of theater lights. The year was 1987, a time...
A Garden for Sharing As faith informs our work, we realize that events as described in the preceding sections can no longer be taken for granted. The lives of loved ones, hard earned assets and the magnificent beauty of the land and nature around us are...
Right from the first day when the conquering unit of Don Jose Oyanguren set foot at the Santa Ana waterfront (which half a century later became Davao’s first port), the symbolism and importance of religious icons or images were already aligned with historicity. Many of the...
Introduction The book of Genesis narrates how God in His love and glory, created the universe, the sky, the seas, the mountains and living creatures - plants, trees, animals and all of nature, the visible and invisible elements that sustain life. On the 6th day, God...
The present-day San Pedro Metropolitical Cathedral, during the prewar era, was already a significant landmark that defined the town and where the central business district. Historically, the original church, built in the late 1840s under the Spaniards, was made of nipa and bamboo, later replaced with...
The Rosary is not an ornament. It’s not just beads hanging from a car mirror or kept in a pocket. It is prayer. It’s a help in hard times. It is a garden where peace, patience, and hope grow. When I was a child, my...
The feast of San Pedro, which falls every 29th of June, carries historical significance that dates back to the year when Davao, then a settlement, had about 70–80 houses, mostly occupied by settlers from Leyte, Samar, and other Visayan islands whom Oyanguren recruited. Its population...
Dear Ate Emz, Ako po ay 28 yrs old working in the Middle East. Pagod na pagod na po ako sa trabaho ko, araw araw straight duty, wala ng tulog at wala ng pahinga, dahil sa area manager namin na nagpapahirap samin, kaya ang daming nagreresign...
For years, YouTube account Islamic Origins, visited so far by only 8,200 subscribers, has always been an interesting stop for open-minded Catholics and Muslims wanting to explore landscapes outside oral tradition. Managed by a former Franciscan monk, the vlog dissects Christianity and Islam from the...
The tribes of Davao, fragmented by identity and diversified by indigenous idiosyncrasies are the greatest contributors to the spread of Catholicism in Davao. Unlike the priests, the tribes conveyed their own gifts of participation in small packages that in their absence would have made the...