CN/29/032/2020 Chancery Notice Special Collection for University of Saint Joseph and Higher Education Development in the Diocese
My life in the Heart of Jesus
Teresa Lo The first week of October was a boon to so many locals who longed to take a break and spend time with families and friends. On that weekend, Vila São José opened up the space for the first…
It is not enough to believe but persevere in faith
8 November 2020 – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Matthew 25:1-13 Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications, Macau When Matthew writes to a despondent community that could not see the second coming of the Lord as they had expected,…
Reflections on Fatima
Angela Chong While some people tend to assess the overall loyalty of the film “Fatima” to the original story, which has been told and retold countless times, I am particularly impressed by the description of Lucia’s predicament as she is…
St Martin de Porres
Fausto Gomez OP On November 3 the Church celebrates the memorial of St Martin de Porres, the day of his death on earth and of his birth in heaven.
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (103) – Is there a way of going around Purgatory?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org What does the “fire” of purgatory consist in? Pope Benedict explains: “Some recent theologians are of the opinion that the fire which both burns and saves is Christ himself, the Judge and Saviour. The encounter…
POPE AT ALL SOULS MASS “Christian hope is the Lord’s free gift”
(Vatican News) In his homily at Mass for the commemoration of the deceased faithful, in the Church of the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican, Pope Francis made the prophet Job’s words his own, and explained that Christian hope is a…
Why can’t people stand kneelers anymore?
Corrado Gnerre For some time I have noticed that there are fewer kneelers in churches today. Indeed, in modern buildings, often benches are found without the part assigned to welcome the faithful genuflected. I don’t understand why. I initially thought…
Mother’s meal inaugurated in Uganda
On the feast of their founder St Anthony Claret, the Bangalore Claretians inaugurated the Mother’s Meal program in Uganda, to provide support for 100 families in distress due to COVID.
PHILIPPINE BISHOP WEIGHS IN Explaining Pope’s civil union comments
Leonard Dollentas In the documentary film, “Francesco” premiered at the Rome Film Festival last October 16, 2020, filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky chronicles Pope Francis’s approach to pressing social issues. In one portion of the documentary referring to homosexual people, Pope Francis…