A resolution proclaiming August 12 as International Youth Day was adopted during the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth in 1998. That recommendation was later endorsed by the UN General Assembly in 1999.The Assembly recommended that public information activities be organized to support the...
Subcultures are ways of social living that characterize behaviour of people. They are arresting moments that are difficult to avoid because they entertain and reflect the inner desires of people. They possess educational and ethical value and power. In a word, they are attitudes and...
Excerpts of the Fiesta Mass Homily at Most Sacred Heart Parish of Calinan August 7, 2015 Bag-o pa man ang homiliya, gi congratulate nang daan ni Yanong Muloy ang mga kaparian (relihiyoso og diocesan) nga mitambong sa kasaulogan. Malipayon siyang gipaila ila ang mga kongregasyon nga nagatabang...
[caption id="attachment_8134" align="alignright" width="350"] Photo Courtesy: Habagat Central[/caption]Mayor Elias Lopez created the Kadayawan festival as an integral part of the city’s yearly program of activities in 1985. The purpose is to honor the Lumads or indigenous tribes of Davao who in August hold religious rituals...
Sa umaabot nga Sabado Agosto 22, 2015 saulogon na usab sa tibuok Simbahan ang Paghandum sa Pagka Rayna sa Bulahang Birhen Maria. Sa Diyosesis sa Digos, ika-64 nga kapistahan kining adlawa sa Mary Mediatrix of all Grace Cathedral. Viva Maria, Viva Jesus! Kining kapistahan karon makahuluganon...
Many of our people today are caught up with evil, malicious movements pretending to save the nation, yet are fomenting hatred and murder as you see by the end result. In their clamor for justice they multiply the killings of co-Filipinos, all under the guise...
Next month of September is Vocation Month in the archdiocese. Many communities of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life from within and outside Davao will join the Davao Chapter of the National Association of Diocesan Vocation Directors in a month-long special prayer, search-in sessions...
The most Blessed Virgin Mary, “preserved from all stain of original sin, when Her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen of all things. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a...
I CAN still vividly recall how my dad used to enjoy teaching us proverbial phrases. He got a book, I now forget the title, and showed us some pictures accompanied by wisdom-filled sayings. One of them had an amusing caricature of a man jumping into a...
The hottest issues hugging the headlines these days are about problems whose solutions would depend on effective dialogue. Two of these are the BBL and Ph-China controversy. Respected political analysts commented several times on the lack of creative dialogue. Religious leaders are in the position to...