A SIMPLE LESSON FROM ST. JOHN MARY VIANNEY’S CHILDHOOD Popular saint? One of the most important saints of all time is St. John Mary Vianney. In the Philippines, he is however, not as famous as our…
INSPIRING PRIEST IN CHINA (sharing of my student Seminarian Martin from China) After two years of hard work, finally most of the underground church faithful came to join the Holy Mass that Fr. Zhu Junchang celebrated. It has been a…
REASONS BEHIND THE ACTIONS 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time We love rituals. We love to do things that make celebrations solemn and long even if we do not understand what we are doing. One day I was…
WHY AM I STILL A CATHOLIC? 21st Sunday Look around and you will notice the proliferation of sects and cults around. They have one target: to convert Catholics into their ranks. They visit homes, preach and…
EUCHARIST ENTAILS SERIOUSNESS In the parish, we receive requests for instructions of adults who want to be accepted into full membership in the Catholic Church. While before it was easy to convert, today this process entails…