Ross Belle Santos Balatbat The Pahiyas festival is a tradition that originated in Lucban, Quezon in the Philippines to thank God for the bountiful harvest and honor the patron saint of farmers, Saint Isidore the Farmer and Saint Maria Toribia,…
Flores de Mayo at São Domingos Church
Fr Leonard Dollentas Flores de Mayo (“Flowers of May”) is a traditional celebration for Filipinos in the month of May. A Filipino in Macau who hails from Cebu recalls: “Decades ago, when I was still a boy, I remember that…
Medieval people and beauty
Corrado Gnerre I really appreciate your magazine. For a very simple reason, because you know how to combine Faith and Beauty well. In this regard, I would like you to relate to me about how medieval people loved Beauty. When…
Losing Oneself in the Meditation of the Trinity
Fr. Jijo Kandamkulathy CMFClaretian Publications, Macau 30 May 2021 – Solemnity of the Holy Trinity-Year BMt 28:16-20 Trinity Sunday is a time that the Church has dedicated to the reflection of our concept about God. Trinity is the summit of…
POPE AT ANGELUS – “The living sign of God the Trinity is love for all”
(Vatican News) Pope Francis, during the Angelus from St Peter’s Square recalled the feast of the Most Holy Trinity this Sunday, describing it as an immense mystery which “exceeds the capacity of our mind, but which speaks to our heart,…
The UFOs and the US
Aurelio Porfiri I do not know if you have in mind those beautiful verses of Psalm 8: “If I look at your sky, the work of your fingers, at the moon and the stars that you have set in place,…
The Hypothesis that still poses questions to us
Aurelio Porfiri When I happen to tell a little about my life to others, I must always mention about a book that created an important turning point in my adolescence that was spent in post-conciliar Christianity, fed on catechisms with…
The Etymology of Deacon
The English word deacon (Old-Eng. diacon) refers to the first degree of the Church’s Holy Orders, it derives from the Ancient Greek term διάκονος diā́konos through Latin diaconus. Its original meaning is ‘servant’ and it was often used in the…
A visit from the Queen
António dos Santos May is the month dedicated to Mary Most Holy. It begins and ends by praising the Mother of the Lord. On the 31st of May, the “cycle” of Mary closes, celebrating the visit of Our Lady to…
Princess Grace, legendary Catholic Princess of Hollywood and Monaco (3)
ROBAIRD O’CEARBHAILL Why would a girl bullied by her parents and sisters become a Hollywood and royalty star? The persona non grata ostracization in her family was her first motivation, the second was the love and care of the Sisters…