Covid-19 has not spared the clergy. Like many of us, they suffer from the boredom, isolation and loneliness that the lockdowns have impaled on this sick world. Suddenly, the parishes have become silent, bereft of social activities, empty of banter and chatter and denied of...
St. Therese of Calcutta once said: “The more we receive in our interior selves, the more we are able to give in our exterior lives.” In this article, Monsignor Bonifacio Burlaza shares a short and personal recollection of his having been a missionary to the...
The outbreak of Covid-19 empties the pews of the Church; suspension of the celebration of the Masses is thus ordered, but never to the desolation of its pastor. A “man of communion” (St. John Paul II, Pastores Dabo Vobis), the shepherd calls on his sheep...
Pope Francis has designated the last Sunday of July as the World Day for Grandparents and The Elderly. Davao Catholic Herald’s columnist and Guidance Advocate Dr. Nelson Magnaye sought out three senior citizens and asked them this question: As a senior citizen, how do you...
The Fourth Sunday of July is Fil-Mission Sunday as declared by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines. Your Davao Catholic Herald asked some friends what they consider to be their mission in life. Here are some interesting replies: KARLA KINTANAR-FERNANDEZ CEO - UGE-PHISSO (Urban Green Energy...
Mission. The etymology of the word comes from the Latin word mittere which means “send”, or “to send”, and which act of ‘sending’ was first used by the Jesuit missionaries in 1598. The Jesuit priests who are under the religious order of the Society of...
Our beloved Pope Francis designated the last Sunday of July every year as dedicated to the elderly. As the pandemic sweeps across countries, people are forced to think fast to find meaning on what is happening. It is at this time that the elderly plays...
The Filipino Mission Sunday is an annual celebration of our local Church every last Sunday of July with a theme “Gifted to Give” in line with the commemoration of the 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines. It is a special day of prayer and...
Since my early childhood, I had always been very fond of my teachers. Maybe it was because of my extroversion that I got along with people regardless of age, or maybe it was their devotion as teachers that made me feel at home at school,...
About five hundred years ago, a group of Augustinian fathers ushered the mission of evangelization in the Philippines. They were followed by the Dominicans and the Jesuits later. Initially part of the Spanish colonialization and conquest, the early missionaries did more than being an instrument...