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 […]
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 […]
SSS Annual Retreat – Another Unique Experience Of God The members of the Province of Our Lady of the Assumption, both religious and seminarians, took an almost weeklong break to devote time with the Lord and to spend time in silence with one another. The venue was the Saint Scholastica’s Center of Spirituality in Tagaytay […]
Three New Sacramentino Priests – A Joyful Day in the Life of the Church! For the family, relatives, and friends of three ordinands, love came a day early, so to speak, as on February 13, 2016, at Sta. Cruz Church, Manila, the family of the Apostle of the Eucharist, Fr. Saint Peter […]
The 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) was successfully held from January 24 to 31, 2016 in Cebu, Philippines. Thousands of pilgrims all over the country and across the globe converged on the island bringing with them an abundance of faith thus causing ‘faith explosion’. And as an affirmation of faith and hope for the future, […]
The Asia-Oceania Conference once again took up the idea of a common project between the different Provinces in Asia-Australia to establish an SSS presence in another Asian country. Malaysia was the country initially considered by the previous Conference. But after learning of the enormous difficulties in carrying out the project there, other countries were […]
Buksan ang ating puso at tanggapin ang napakagandang regalo ng diyos, ang kanyang maawaing anak! THE PATH TRACED OUT FOR STAR OF THE SEA AND ST. JOSEPH: To be Stewards of the Gospel is at the very heart of the Diocesan Pastoral Plan for 2016-2020 of the Diocese of Honolulu. This pastoral plan […]
JUBILEE OF MERCY (DEC. 8, 2015-NOV. 20, 2016: On March 13, 2015, during a Lenten Reconciliation Service, Pope Francis made a surprise announcement of an Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. He made it official with the issuance of the Bull of Indiction (an especially important document bearing the papal seal) titled Misericordiae Vultus or “The Face […]
