New Members of the Aggregation With Father Provincial and Frs. Melchor, Jonelito and Renoir are the Tacloban first batch of Aggregates from the Blessed Sacrament Parish: Abella, Faustina M.; Abello, Editha E.; Angeles, Severina B.; Anino, Antidio B.; Barredo, Helen S.; Basog, Ma. Elena B.; Bayane, Zenaida T.; Cabrellas, Clara O.; Cadano, Jocelyn B.; Cadayong, […]

Brother Sacramentinos, Advance Happy Feast Day of our Beloved Founder, Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Apostle of the Eucharist! Yesterday we began a series of prayers called novena principally as a prayer of petition, which will last for nine days, to prepare us to a more meaningful celebration of the feast of our Founder, the propagator […]

In his homily at the culmination of the three-day Vocation Convention of the Blessed Sacrament Vocation Club (BSVC) and the SSS-Parish Youth, Fr. Provincial spoke of the importance of the participants as possible successors in the mission of the SSS to “respond to the hungers of the human family with the riches of God’s love […]

POLA’s ANNUAL UPDATING & RETREAT The second week of Easter is always set aside for the annual updating and retreat of all the SSS Religious of POLA except for those who cannot come for very valid reason(s). This year, it took place on April 23 to 29 at the Saint Scholastica’s Center for Spirituality. In […]

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. […]

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 […]

 #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 […]

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.   […]

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 […]

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 […]