An annual retreat is given to all members of the Philippine MSC province as an opportunity to reflect on a certain theme about ministry, prayer, mission, vocation, etc,. in view of what it means to live one’s religious life in our context and time. This year the retreat was facilitated by Fr. Wilfredo Dulay, MJ [...]

We congratulate CFA (Communication Foundation for Asia) for winning a special human rights award for its Peace Camp project and video documentary. The award was given jointly by the Toronto-based WACC (World Association for Christian Communication) and the Brussels-based SIGNIS (the World Catholic Association for Communication). The documentary is entitled “Dear Peace” which is based [...]

Today All Soul’s Day, we commemorate and pray for the faithful departed: our MSC confreres of the Philippine province especially for Fr. Ric Penaranda (whose burial will be on November 4, 2009 at 2:00 PM), and members of the whole congregation throughout the world, our relatives, benefactors and friends. And we pray particularly for the [...]

This year’s Chevalier Family Formands’ Big Day, an annual gathering of formands from the three Chevalier family congregations, 34 participants gathered in Bataan for a day of celebration, sharing and other activities. Its purpose is to deepen the bond between formands who are undergoing formation in different levels. This year the Big Day was held [...]

Every year different groupings of the on-going formation program of the members of the MSC Philippine province meet for a sharing of faith and life in the ministry. This year twelve of the YRM (Young Religious Missionaries), those who are 5 years in the ministry, met on July 6 – 10, 2009 at St. Ezekiel [...]

Fr. Ric Guieb Penaranda, MSC passed away at the Visayas Community Medical Center, Cebu City in the early morning of October 26, 2009 where he was confined due to complicated condition of his health. Fr. Ric was born on April 3, 1967 in Surigao City, Surigao. His father Senen C. Peñaranda (deceased) who was a [...]