Pastoral Exposure Program I am truly grateful for my ongoing pastoral exposure at the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament, Blessed Sacrament Parish, and the SSS Tacloban Community. Their kindness allows me to integrate my seminary formation, deepen my understanding of religious life, and appreciate the Eucharistic charism of our Congregation.
Dear Friends in Christ, Greetings of peace in Christ! We extend our heartfelt thanks for your continued support and generosity. As part of our ministry, we offer Mass Cards, the proceeds of which directly help cover the school fees of our seminarians. These cards not only provide spiritual comfort but also contribute to the formation […]
Honoring the Legacy Continuing St. Peter Julian Eymard’s legacy of Eucharistic devotion, the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament—POLA celebrated the 156th death anniversary of our founder with a Feast Day Mass. Presided by Father Rudsend Paragas, Provincial Superior of POLA, and concelebrated by religious priests of the congregation at Sta. Cruz Parish last August 2, […]
A Year Ending is Yet Another Year Beginning Thank God for bringing us to this end of 2023 filled with happy memories and life’s lessons that inspired us all to begin the year 2024 with enthusiasm. Let us be renewed then with our aspiration to more faithfully incarnate Jesus in us through the witness of […]
TO LIVE IN THE COMPANY OF MARY. submerged in loving ecstasy in the depths of her maternal heart. -St. Therese of Lisieux Peace to one and all! Months of September and October are observed with special prayer intentions for vocation to religious and priestly life as well as devotion to the Blessed Mother through the […]
Blessings and Jubilees! Almost every year, we celebrate Jubilee of Religious Profession and Priestly Ordination of our Filipino Sacramentinos. This is a profound testament to God’s constant gift of inspiration especially for the younger religious in their practice of self-donation. A jubilee does not mark the traces of aging but only the graces God gives […]
Greeting you all the Peace of our Risen Lord.Alleluia! Alleluia! Faith in the risen Lord is not something we explain by way of retelling the story of the resurrection, but by way of resurrecting also our actions of faith, hope and love which might have died along with our weaknesses and limitations. It can become […]
SCHOLASTICATE FORMATION UPDATEGraduation: Scholasticate Experience Since 2020, two years after I finished my novitiate formation, I have lived in the Eymard FormationCenter (EFC). I had the chance to learn more about God and myself in this house. My entire scholastic formation has been filled with both challenging and happy times. The four pillars of formation […]
Christmas Greetings Emmanuel!We are again in this joyous festivity of our Lord’s birth. Praise and thanks we all owe to God who is faithful in loving us through all these years. The birth of Christ is proof beyond all else of God’s desire to dwell among us, to bless us, to guide us and to […]
Peace to one and all!Christmas comes yearly, but it is one that never tires us to celebrate always with a sense of excitement and joy. It is the time in a year where the whole world recalls the most significant birth of a Child in the human history. Christmas marks the truth that never again […]
