Category: Faith & Life

THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF SISTER MARIA – Convert, Widow, Mother Of 4 Nuns and a Priest, Takes Perpetual Vows

adminAll Categories, Faith & Life

Sister Maria Zhang Yue Chun made her perpetual vows on May 13,2025 at the convent of the Augustinian Recollects in Vitigudino, Salamanca province, Spain. Her prioress, Sister Berta, said she is “an example” for her community. Born in Shangqiu, Henan province, China, Maria lived without any connection to Catholicism. She was married and took care of her five children. During a serious illness, however, the support provided to her by a community of active Augustinian Recollects opened her eyes to the faith.

Email, RSS Follow
Print

DISCERNING AND WALKING TOGETHER – Philippine Bishops hold 130th retreat and plenary assembly

adminAll Categories, Faith & Life

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) opened its first-ever retreat in Bohol province on Monday, marking a historic step in the Church’s ongoing journey of synodality. At the welcome Mass at Dauis Church, Tagbilaran Bishop Alberto Uy greeted more than a hundred bishops and synodal delegates — a mix of priests, consecrated persons and laypeople — with a message of urgency and hope. “The bishop’s decision to come to Bohol is not just for a change in venue,” he said. “It is deeply symbolic. Like Jesus moving from village to village, he said, the bishops came not just to rest but to reflect, pray and walk with the people.

Email, RSS Follow
Print

KEEPER OF THE KEYS (10) – The Easter Question and Papal Charities: Anicetus, Soterus, Eleutherius

adminAll Categories, Faith & Life

The 11th Pope in the official Vatican list is St Anicetus, born in Syria. Like the previous pontiffs, he actively fought against Gnosticism and Marcionism.  He asked the clergy not to wear long hair, following St Paul (“Does not nature itself teach you that for a man to wear long hair is degrading to him?”

Email, RSS Follow
Print

JOURNEYING WITH FAITH (2) – Theological Virtues: Faith, Hope and Charity

adminAll Categories, Faith & Life

The life of an authentic Christian is a virtuous life: following the Virtuous One Jesus Christ, God and Man. A virtuous life is the life of a disciple of Christ who practices virtues: the Seven Magnificent Virtues which according to St. Thomas Aquinas make a good Chattian, namely, faith, hope and charity (the theological virtues), and prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance (the cardinal moral virtues). 

Email, RSS Follow
Print

GOD’S CALL, UNIQUE IN ITS ORDINARINESS – Persevering in God’s Call Through Simplicity and Service

adminAll Categories, Faith & Life

Sister Maria Rosa Viloria, a member of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, shared her inspiring journey to religious life in a recent interview, reflecting on the profound experiences that led her to dedicate her life to serving others. Her story, marked by personal loss, family support, and a deep trust in God, offers a powerful testament to the calling of a Good Shepherd Sister.

Email, RSS Follow
Print

JOURNEYING TOGETHER WITH FAITH AND HOPE (8) – Hope: Fidelity to the Moment

adminAll Categories, Faith & Life

Today is in our hands but not fully: today is made up of many moments. Only this moment is in our hands. From the perspective of Christian faith, of spiritual/moral life, what is the meaning of “the moment”? When she was very young, St. Therese of the Child Jesus was worried about the future. After she became a Carmelite nun, she focused her life on the present moment: “I just keep concentrating on the present moment. I forget the past, and preserve myself from worries about the future… Let us see each instant as if there were no other. An instant is a treasure.”   

Email, RSS Follow
Print

THE TABLE OF FELLOWSHIP – Bread, Blessed, Broken and Given (Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ – June 22, 2025)

adminAll Categories, Faith & Life

In a quiet corner of the hills, far from the noise of cities and the distractions of daily life, thousands gathered around a man who spoke not just with words, but with compassion that fed the soul. These people came with emptiness, some of body, some of spirit, and they found in the presence of Jesus, more than they ever expected. They were met not with scarcity, but with abundance. Not with dismissal, but with welcome. This moment, where five loaves and two fish became a feast for thousands, we are invited to live it anew.

Email, RSS Follow
Print

JOURNEYING TOGETHER WITH FAITH AND HOPE (8) – Hope: Fidelity to the Moment

adminAll Categories, Faith & Life

Today is in our hands but not fully: today is made up of many moments. Only this moment is in our hands. From the perspective of Christian faith, of spiritual/moral life, what is the meaning of “the moment”? When she was very young, St. Therese of the Child Jesus was worried about the future. After she became a Carmelite nun, she focused her life on the present moment: “I just keep concentrating on the present moment. I forget the past, and preserve myself from worries about the future… Let us see each instant as if there were no other. An instant is a treasure.”   

Email, RSS Follow
Print