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Another milestone in the history of the Notre Dame Archdiocesan Seminary is set on November 29-30, 2014 when all its alumni will gather in an event dubbed as DayoTayo” Alumni Homecoming 2014 at Barangay Rebuken, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.Series of activities have been lined up to highlight the gathering.

MANILA — A Daughter of St. Paul today raised concerns over the violence and obscenity being peddled by a number of tabloid newspapers in the country today.Some of these dailies flood the streets of Metro Manila with violent and lewd stories, assailing the moral weakness of the young, said Sr. Pinky Barrientos (FSP). Violence and sex are the staples of tabloid reporting,” she said.

COTABATO CITY - Hundreds of elderly and sick flocked to the Rosary Heights Church as Fr. Fernando Suarez, the renowned healing priest, performed healing session Wednesday afternoon.Before the healing session, Cotabato Auxiliary Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo, DD celebrated the mass with Fr. Suarez giving the homily. The Rosary Heights Church was full, many were standing to hear the Holy Eucharist celebration. Your faith to God will heal you, Suarez told the Church packed with parishioners, mostly elderly and some in wheel chairs.

PARAÑAQUE CITY — A priest stressed that the official closing of the Year of the Laity is only the start of fresh challenges to the lay faithful towards the realization that each of them is Called to Be Saints, Sent Forth as Heroes”. The Church is overwhelmingly lay … You make up more than 99 percent of the Church … That’s how important your role is,” Msgr. Gerardo O.

A missionary journey to EnglandIn less than two years after ordination, left the Philippines to serve in the OMI Anglo-Irish Province, to fulfill the mission of the OMI Philippine Province of witnessing withimmense hope to the Good News beyond all frontiers” (Vision Statement excerpt).On September 3, 2011, Fr. Irvin boarded the flight bound for London. Mixed feelings of excitement, anxiety, and fear surrounded him.

MANDALUYONG City, Nov. 19, 2014—A priest believes the humble way Pope Francis talks offers a lesson on how preachers can faithfully propagate the Creed with its ethical requirements, and at once be able to connect to the world. Fr. Carlos V.

ILOILO CITY— A youth group in Iloilo marked the first anniversary of super-typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) by intensifying preparations for the papal visit, saying they want an event that will be marked by mercy and compassion and not attention grabbing.

MANDALUYONG CITY -Catholic priest lauded a Muslim woman, who recently sponsored a mass Christian wedding for her pupils’ unmarried parents, for her efforts at fostering good will and warm relations among the city’s Muslim and Christian residents. We greatly appreciate the efforts of Hadja Sarah Lucman Handang, principal of Lima Elementary School in Barangay Baluno, in organizing a community wedding so as to facilitate the issuance of birth certificates to her students.We appreciate Hadja Sarah’s dedication to her Islamic faith which urges her to seek interfaith harmony,” shared Fr.

MANILA - Below is the statement of CBCP President Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Soc Villegas on calls for the CBCP to mediate on peace talks between the National Democratic Front and governmentandTHE National Democratic Front presents itself as the umbrella organization of which the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s army is supposedly its military arm. We make these statements with trepidation because we are not sure about the degree of cohesiveness that exists between the top echelons of the Front and local cadres of the New People’s Army.

MANILA — Entertaining various views and opinions pertaining to faith is not a betrayal of dogmatic Catholic teachings, but an avenue to tackle complex situations that are oftentimes left unaddressed,Manila’s top prelate said. Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle noted the importance of diversity and complexity in the life of the Church, as noted by Pope Francis in the recently concluded Synod on the Family held in Rome last October 5 to 19. In all the synods, there was freedom of expression.