Christmas Greetings and New Year Wishes! Aggregation of the Blessed Sacrament Successfully Launched at Saint John Marie Vianney Parish The members of the Ostiarette Ministry and of the Lectors and Commentators Ministry of St. John Marie Vianney Parish in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija, had their renewal on November 30, 2016. Rev. Fr. […]
#1 POLA’S 3 NEW CANONICALLY ERECTED COMMUNITIES As the Province of Our Lady of the Assumption awaited the solemn commemoration and celebration of the birth of the Savior, she received with great delight the news of the official birth of her three additional local communities. On December 20, 2016, the Province received the Official Decrees […]
The Present and Past of the P.O.L.A. Sta. Cruz Community THE PRESENT: There are nine SSS religious who are assigned in Sta. Cruz Community. The main commitment of the comunity is to promote the SSS Eucharistic charism especially by administering and taking care of the pastoral needs of the 397-year old Sta. Cruz Parish, which […]
Official Statement on the Burial of Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani We, the members of the ASSOCIATION OF MAJOR RELIGIOUS SUPERIORS IN THE PHILIPPINES, have recently expressed our outcry against the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani. Developments on this issue have come, albeit in ways […]
African Conference – Message Below is the Message of the General Assembly of the African Conference held from May 30 to June 04, 2016. Since POLA includes the Ugandan community (East Africa), it automatically forms part of the African Conference. However, because of the language barrier, Fr. Provincial was represented by Fr. George Ssali. […]
Fr. Provincial on Bro. John Bourque, SSS An ancient poem – Talmudic in origin – about the shortness of our individual lives goes something like this: We are like beautiful pottery that breaks, The grass that withers, The flower that fades, The shadow that passes, The cloud that vanishes, The breeze that blows, The dust […]
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ On 25 May 1845, Eymard had a profound experience of Jesus Christ while carrying the Blessed Sacrament at Saint-Paul in Lyon. He became aware of an intense attraction to Christ and to the sacrament of the eucharist. “This feast day of God, which the Church calls Festum […]
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, May 13 . . . We will honor Mary as the poor one of Yahweh and the Servant of the Lord (Cf. Lk.1:38), with a love like that of our Founder who also invoked her under the title of Our lady of the Blessed Sacrament. We will love to […]
The Election of Matthias – Deep in Prayer The Book of Acts (1:15-26) tells us that there came the time when Peter spoke to the disciples gathered in the Upper Room in Jerusalem. He told them of what transpired after Judas received the money for his betrayal of the Lord, and how Judas died. Peter […]
Servitium Christi: A Unique Form of Consecrated Life March 6, 2016 (Laetare Sunday) was certainly a day to rejoice and thank the Lord for the gift of vocation to consecrated life for the ladies belonging to Secular Institute Servitium Christi Davao Center. This was the day when Ms. Charito de Castro made her First Profession […]
