We refer to Christmas as the season of giving and party celebrations. Most of us try hard to prepare party food that we often like to eat rather than the food friends and family would want to eat, say our Recollection Master, Fr. Reu Jose C. Galoy, OFM Parish Priest during the OFS Advent RecollectionContinue reading “Christmas, the Giving of Self OFS Advent Recollection By Cristina Teehankee”
Category Archives: Ministries
“I WAS IN PRISON AND YOU CAME TO ME.” – Matthew 25:36, by Alli Raval – Prison Ministry Head
October is Prison Awareness Month. We are celebrating the National Correctional Consciousness Week (NACOCOW) with The Taguig City Jail (TCJ) inmates this coming week October 26-30, 2015. Once a year we place our focus on the prisoner. Look at how often criminals were mentioned in the bible, how they are looked down upon by society,Continue reading ““I WAS IN PRISON AND YOU CAME TO ME.” – Matthew 25:36, by Alli Raval – Prison Ministry Head”
Francisfest 2015 Beneficiaries: St. Francis Friendship Home Livelihood & Spirituality Center
The St. Francis Home Livelihood & Spirituality Center is a safe haven where the Secular Franciscans (OFS) of our Parish serve needy mothers and their children living in the poor communities of West Rembo, Makati City. The OFS and involved parishioners of Santuario de San Antonio support, animate and encourage spiritual growth as well asContinue reading “Francisfest 2015 Beneficiaries: St. Francis Friendship Home Livelihood & Spirituality Center”
Angels By Letty Syquia
Recently, the Marian Cenacle Group of the Contemplative ministry of our parish organized a talk on the angels and invited one of the few real experts on angels. He is Fr. Winston Cabading, O.P., a Dominican priest and the secretary general of UST. He is a professor of Theology at the UST Central Seminary andContinue reading “Angels By Letty Syquia”
ADULT LAY SPIRITUALITY SEMINAR By Javier Luis Gomez
Every time I mention the name of Father Phil Estrella, I keep hearing things like “Uy, Magaling yan,” or “He really gave me a lot to think about.” So I was really excited when Grace Padilla and the Contemplative Ministry told me that they had invited him to give his Adult Lay Spirituality Program hereContinue reading “ADULT LAY SPIRITUALITY SEMINAR By Javier Luis Gomez”
OFS Feeding Program at the Friendship Home By Cristina Teehankee
It was the 29th day of May, 2015, Friday before the last weekend of Summer Vacation. The day was special for the families that gathered in St. Francis Friendship Home Livelihood & Spirituality Center, composed of the underprivileged mothers, fathers and children of West Rembo and its surrounding communities in Makati. It was the RecognitionContinue reading “OFS Feeding Program at the Friendship Home By Cristina Teehankee”
BETTER WITH AGE . . . OFS NEWLY PROFESSED MEMBERS by Tina Teehankee
Many of us fear aging with all the trouble it brings. The older we get, the worse we get physically. Our bodies keep ticking away in inevitable decline in spite of daily workouts, vitamins, organic food. Let’s face it . . . the decades that follow our twenties and thirties can no longer ensure longContinue reading “BETTER WITH AGE . . . OFS NEWLY PROFESSED MEMBERS by Tina Teehankee”
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING, FORGIVENESS AND LOVE, Black Saturday at Taguig City Jail By LC Fernandez and Ria Campos
Photos by: Victor Roman and Rocky Chan As part of the recent Lenten celebration on Black Saturday, a group of more than 30 volunteers of the Single Young Adults (SYA) joined together to answer the call to share God’s love to a hundred selected residents of the Taguig City Jail (TCJ). LC: It was myContinue reading “PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING, FORGIVENESS AND LOVE, Black Saturday at Taguig City Jail By LC Fernandez and Ria Campos”
Ground Breaking of Multi-Purpose Chapel in Taguig City Jail By Jayme Blanco
Last April 7, the Santuario De San Antonio Single Young Adults (SYA) visited the Taguig City Jail (TCJ) for the Ground Breaking of the TCJ Multi-Faith Chapel. The chapel will be designed and built by the SYA community through donations. Jolly Gomez gave a speech referring to Psalm 118, “The stone the builders rejected hasContinue reading “Ground Breaking of Multi-Purpose Chapel in Taguig City Jail By Jayme Blanco”
29th SYA Weekend Retreat (March 13-15, 2015) By Mara Boquiren
People find themselves attending our retreat for different reasons. Many come to deepen or restore their relationship with God. Others are there to find respite, gain clarity, or join a faith family. Some were compelled by a friend or relative to be there. Whatever their reason for joining, they finish the retreat consistently receiving farContinue reading “29th SYA Weekend Retreat (March 13-15, 2015) By Mara Boquiren”
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