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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In line with the preparation for the 2021 celebration of the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) opened the “Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons” on the First Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2017. The CBCP’s message for the “Year of the Clergy […]
POLA ON ITS MISSIONARY OPTION to the Peripheries The New Year is like starting over or beginning a new page for most people; but for us, members of the Province of Our Lady of the Assumption, the New Year is another year of adding more pages in our continuing efforts of rekindling our passion for Eucharistic […]
The Province of Our Lady of the Assumption is grateful to God for the gift of vocation to the religious life as Br. Ian Michael C. Abad, SSS, had his first profession of vows to the religious life in the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. Likewise, Br. Eddienel G. Villa, SSS, Br. Tedley T. Villanueva, SSS, […]
H.E. Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle and the new Papal Nuncio to the Philippines, Italian Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, crowning the centuries old statue of the Our Lady of the Pillar, patroness of Sta. Cruz Parish (Manila), during the Canonical Coronation Rite last December 7, 2017. For almost three hundred years, the image of the Blessed Virgin […]
