[caption id="attachment_7613" align="alignright" width="259"] Abp. Antonio Ll. Mabutas J.C.D., D.D.[/caption]During Martial Law, 1972 to 1986, the Catholic Church was the only big legitimate group that stood up against Marcos. The political opposition was weak. While the NPA’s and MNLF used force to resist martial law,...
When my mother-in-law and I got widowed, we traveled overland during summer and Christmas vacations to and from Manila. It was cheaper, given that we were 6 people in the van, plus the “uwi-probinsya-kadami” luggages and food “baons”! Except for one time when the barges were...
[caption id="attachment_7613" align="alignright" width="259"] Abp. Antonio Ll. Mabutas J.C.D., D.D.[/caption]On August 31, 1971 Deputy Defense Secretary Barbero who is an Ilocano like the Archbishop arrived in Davao City. The hearings landed in national and international papers including Time Magazine. The Barbero-Mabutas hearings finally revealed to...
Guillermo D. Afable, DD 4th National BEC Assembly November 11-14, 2019 Good morning everyone… Are you good? Let me start with showing a couple of logos of relevant past events, that you might recall...
[caption id="attachment_7613" align="alignright" width="259"] Abp. Antonio Ll. Mabutas J.C.D., D.D.[/caption]Archbishop Mabutas became a priest on April 6, 1946. When he celebrated his 50th year as a priest on April 6, 1996 Pope John Paul II wrote him in Latin saying among others “xx. we well...
Why is there so much evil, so much misery in the world? Natural and man-made calamities! All bring unwanted sufferings and even tragic death. Why? Why? There is no satisfactory explanation. Evil is a high mystery. It cannot be fully fathomed. It is almost impenetrable....
The sharer is a doctor, for 35 years, but working more with the people in different parts of the places where Msgr. Manuel Gabriel was assigned. He too is a pastoral worker and is more concerned with community based health program. Knowing that most of...
Christianity has been in Luzon and Visayas for 500 years whereas it has been in Mindanao for about 200 years. However, the church existed only in the coastal towns of Northern Mindanao (Zamboanga, Cagayan, Butuan, Caraga). The Southern part (now the 5 Cotabato and 5...
[caption id="attachment_26499" align="alignright" width="350"] 4th BEC National Assembly (Photo by Brenda P. Milan)[/caption]Spain and Portugal invaded South America in the 1500s. Today, after 500 years, South America remains as the hardest place to evangelize because of its 1. Size, 2. Terrain, mostly mountains and rain...
Gikan sa Misa ngadto sa Lamesa… Kini ang sagad nakong mahinumduman sa daghan nakong kasinatian niining maong Gagmayng Kristohanong Katilingban (GKK). Lahi ra sa kasagarang kasinatian sa Parokya. Sa Misa… Pag-abot gayud ngadto sa katilingbang misahan sugaton ka dayon sa mga alagad. Kuhaon dayon ang mga kagamitan...