Provincial Update #11


FR. WILLY VALLAR: After twelve (12) years and nine (9) months of service to the Ugandan people especially in the dioceses of Masaka and Jinja as community superior, formator and parochial vicar, Fr. Willy is coming back to the Philippines this July 1st in order to assume another important responsibility. People who have known Fr. […]

Provincial Update #9


GREETINGS! Belated yet still warm greetings to all of you who celebrated Birthdays and Anniversaries of Professions and Ordinations. Issues with my mobile and email accounts prevented me from sending you my personal wishes. Rest assured though of my prayers for you all during each of our inspiring Eucharistic celebrations and creative adorations.   AMPLIFIED […]

Provincial Update #8


SESSION OF FORMATION FOR PROVINCIAL AND REGIONAL SUPERIORS (APRIL 13-16, 2015) It is a four-day working together, recalling and deepening important elements of the mission as members of the government of the Congregation and as animators of the Consecrated Life of SSS religious. OPENING CELEBRATION: On April 13, 2015 (Monday), at 08:30 AM, the celebration […]

Provincial Update #7


EASTER IN THE YEAR OF THE POOR AND CONSECRATED LIFE: The aims of the Year of Consecrated Life as specified by Pope Francis – “to look to the past with gratitude, to live the present with passion and to embrace the future with hope” – demand CHANGED LIVES. At the same time, there is the […]

Provincial Update #6


  The 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) will be held in Cebu on January 24-31, 2016, with the theme “Christ in You, the Hope of Glory.” The Eucharistic Congress is held as a periodic wake-up call for us to take time out from our busy daily routine to be reminded and to reflect on the […]

Provincial Update #5


ON THE LENTEN MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS: Pope Francis, in his message for Lent 2015, wants us to guard against becoming indifferent to the suffering of others.  This Lent which he calls “a favorable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like him”; “a favorable time for showing […]

Provincial Update #4


EYMARD’S 204th BIRTHDAY AND BAPTISM: Today, February 4, we celebrate the 204th Birthday anniversary and tomorrow the 204th Baptism anniversary of our founder, Saint Peter Julian Eymard. Fr. Eymard, whom Blessed Pope John XXIII called the Modern Apostle of the Eucharist during the former’s canonization on 9 December 1962, needs to be promoted so that […]

Provincial Update #3


PRAYER FOR THE POPE’S SAFE VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES: The CBCP has issued a circular (with accompanying Novena) admonishing all the faithful in the country to pray for the safety of Pope Francis as he visits the Philippines this coming January 15-19. In our daily mass and adoration we can also include this intention.   […]

Provincial Update #2


TACLOBAN COMMUNITY: The community and parish were spared from the onslaught of typhoon Ruby.  And as an act of solidarity with the most stricken province, Samar, the parish is doing all it can to bring aid for the Diocese of Borongan, Samar. The Province and some communities have already responded and sent some help. Fr. […]