Provincial Update #70


25th Elevation into a Province Anniversary May 27, 1993  May 27, 2018 Keep your soul in constant thanksgiving; it is most pleasing to Our Lord, the most refreshing for the heart. Turn everything into thanksgiving, because everything is a grace, everything can be praise of God. — Fr. Eymard When the year 1992 came, it […]

Provincial Update #69


On April 14, 2018, the Holy Father Francis received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. During the audience, the Supreme Pontiff authorized the Congregation to promulgate the Decrees concerning the heroic virtues of several Servants of God, among whom is Father Lodovico Longari, a professed priest […]

Provincial Update #68


POLA FRATERNAL BONDING, PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY & ANNUAL RETREAT The Provincial Assembly that took place on Tuesday, April 10, prior to the POLA Retreat proper, was indeed grace-filled – a momentous opportunity to assess in a nutshell the status of the Province and, at the same time, proactively anticipate what is in store in terms of […]

Provincial Update #67


The profession of the evangelical counsels makes one a consecrated person.  Religious clerics, brothers, and sisters profess evangelical poverty, chastity in the celibate state, and obedience; hence, they are consecrated persons.  However, there are other Christ’s faithful who likewise profess the same evangelical counsels but don’t belong to any religious institute.  Such Christ’s faithful might […]

Provincial Update #66


To the many volunteers and people living in the surrounding areas, the Parish of Sta. Cruz is not a second home but also a refuge. And for us Sacramentinos administering the parish, we take this as an opportunity to serve the social dimension of the Eucharist – our simple way of expressing our desire to […]

Provincial Update #65


Every vocation is a gift from God. I have reached this far in my formation journey primarily because of God’s grace. He has infused an attitude of perseverance and gift of consolation into me. According to Pope Francis, perseverance is “patience; the ability to support, to remain faithful, even when the weight seems to become […]

Communio: Lenten and Easter Issue (Cagayan de Oro Community)


Lent: a Season of Grace BY: FR MURIEL UY, SSS “Today I have set before you life and prosperity, daeth and doom. If you obey the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I enjoin on you today, loving him, and walking in his ways, and keeping his commandments, statutes and decrees, you will live […]

Provincial Update #64


The Rev. Fr. Miguel M. Garcia, SSS, the pastor of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish in Torres, Mapandan, Pangasinan, invited the Manila LITES Team to conduct the very first Life In The Eucharist Seminar (LITES) in his parish. The two-day seminar was held on 17 and 18 February, 2018  at the Torres High […]

Provincial Update #63


  Currently, the Province of Our Lady of the Assumption has three local communities in Mindanao, the southern part of the Philippines. They are in Davao City, Cagayan de Oro City and Surigao del Norte. Davao, the oldest of the three communities and host of the Postulancy program of the Province, was founded in 1972 […]

Provincial Update #62


Holy Father Reminds Pastors to Encourage Adoration Pope Francis on February 5, 2018, stressed the importance of silent adoration of God.  His comments came in his homily at Mass at Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican. With several newly installed pastors in the congregation, the Pope urged the teaching of the importance of adoration, calling […]