CEBU CITY, Philippines – On Saturdays, the MSC collegians usually do general manualia in the morning and apostolate in the afternoon. But 29 November 2008 became an exemption when Fr. Mark McDonald, the MSC General Supeirior, came to visit the MSC College Formation Center in Banawa, Cebu City. Fr Tito Maratas, Jr., the Provincial [...]

GOSPEL READING: Mark 13:33-37
Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. Therefore, keep awake—for you do not know [...]

SAN LUIS, Agusan del Sur – Thirty-eight new applicants for the Lay Ministry program in the Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga Parish in San Luis, Agusan del Sur began training on 27 November 2008 at the San Luis parish seminar house. Their training will end on 29 November 2008.
The three-day seminar is the second phase [...]

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – “Viva Señora Birhen sa Regla!” This was the resounding acclamation of the tens of thousands of devotees and pilgrims who attended the novena (Nov 12-20) and fiesta Masses (Nov 21) in honor of Lapu-lapu City’s beloved patroness Nuestra Señora de Regla (Our Lady of the Rule).
“Pagpamalandong sa Kasingkasing ni Jesus Diha [...]

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines – Three MSC postulants traveled to Surigao del Norte to start their congregational exposure on 19 November 2008. The three are Ramel Tapales, Dominic Leolegao and Bien Castel. They were accompanied by the MSC Postulancy director, Fr Sansin Ebuña, MSC.
The main objective of the congregational exposure program is to give postulants ample [...]

BUTUAN CITY, Philippines – One hundred seventy-nine parishioners of the Immaculate Conception Parish of St. Joseph Subdivision, Butuan City, gathered at the Department of Education – Agusan del Norte Training Center last 15 November 2008 for a one-day Parish Assembly. The participants represented the 12 Chapels, 10 Blocks and various religious and mandated [...]

The important thing is we have made our gifts available for use. For surely, all these gifts will have their proper time and use. Meantime, we could “put them in the bank” in the sense that we keep nurturing them, honing our God given gifts or talents to perfection, etc. and thus gaining some interests. In that sense, no gift is really completely lost or useless.

BATULAO, Batangas – It was both a rejuvenating and reinvigorating experience for the twenty nine members of the MSC Philippine Province who attended the retreat on 10-14 November 2008 at the Don Bosco Retreat House in Batulao, Batangas.  The theme of the five-day spiritual activity was “Obedience and Authority According to Fr Jules Chevalier“. It [...]

BANGKAL, Bataan – Four second-year MSC novices lived in an Aeta community in Bangkal, Abucay, Bataan from 14 October 2008 to 13 November 2008. The month-long activity was part of the exposure program of the MSC novitiate to prepare novices for the pastoral duties which their service to the community requires.
The Aeta are an indigenous [...]

TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur – The Saint Estanislao Kostka Parish in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur celebrated its patronal fiesta on 13 November 2008. The theme chosen for this year’s celebration was “Kinabuhing Balaan – Usa Ka Tawag sa Pagsaksi sa Kinabuhi ni Kristo Diha sa Kristohanong Katilingban nga Nangandoy sa Kinatibuk-ang Kalingkawasan” (Holy Life – [...]