RANDOM THOUGHTS: Voices from yesterday and today…by Peachy Maramba

ST. NORBERT: FOUNDER of CANONS REGULAR of PREMONTRE 1080 – 1134 June 6 Norbert was born in Xanten in the duchy of Cleves, Germany in 1080 to a wealthy family of distinguished origins. His father, Heribert was Count of Gennep and related to the emperor as his mother Hedwig of Guise was from the houseContinue reading “RANDOM THOUGHTS: Voices from yesterday and today…by Peachy Maramba”

“Voices from yesterday and today. . .” RANDOM THOUGHTS by Peachy Maramba

ST. BEDE THE VENERABLE: Father of English History and Doctor of the Church 672 – 735 May 25 St. Bede popularized our current way of dating time – devised by Dionysius a Roman abbot – from the birth of Christ as B. C. and A. D. or anno domini, which means “in the year ofContinue reading ““Voices from yesterday and today. . .” RANDOM THOUGHTS by Peachy Maramba”

Voices from Yesterday and Today-Random Thoughts By Peachy Maramba

OUR BELOVED SANTO NINO Original Sto. Nino de Cebu Do you know that the original Sto. Nino de Cebu is the oldest religious image brought by the Spaniards to the Philippines? Although the odd thing was that the image was not really Spanish at all but came from Flanders, Belgium, which was then a colonyContinue reading “Voices from Yesterday and Today-Random Thoughts By Peachy Maramba”