BEC Holy Week Recollection
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‘ Church in the World ’ Category
BEC, Church in the World, Ministry
Last year, the BEC Advanced Team had its Holy Week recollection. It was attended by the group I have been meeting every Sunday for the past four years. Today, April 3, 2012, we had our first recollection attended ...
Church in the World
The CBCP has issued a pastoral statement entitled Lay Participation in Politics and Peace. The pastoral statement is prefaced with a theological conviction that justifies its call for an active lay participation in the coming 2010 elections:
Call for Lay Participation in Honest Elections
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Church in the World, Magisterium
It was I think in the year 1985 when I first heard about “Humanae Vitae”. I was in first year theology then taking up Moral Theology. In one lesson under the section Family and Marriage, the professor, a Spanish Dominican discussing the Church’s teaching ...
Humanae Vitae and the Great Peirasmos
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Augustiniana, Augustinians, Church in the World
I was going through some of my old things in Antipolo yesterday and I found this memento from an Augustinian youth gathering held in Cartoceto back in the early 90s. I don't know how to call it: it ...
Thoughts From A Twenty Year-Old Memento
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Church in the World, Pop Culture
Cartoons can be a great way to bring across the message of the Scriptures. This it does through a rereading of the Biblical message and present it to a "visual" generation in an attractive way. But there is also a ...
Cartoons and the Bible
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Church in the World
I received an email from Bato, Leyte inquiring about the St. Monica chaplet. It goes
A St. Monica Group from Leyte
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Augustiniana, Augustinians, Church in the World, Spirituality
Where is the site for Ten Augustinian Values?" I've been asked this question several times and in several ways for the past few months. The reason is that the website that used to house the article called "Ten Augustinian Values" ...
Where is “Ten Augustinian Values”?
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BEC, Bible Apostolate, Church in the World, Lectio Divina, MGCP, Ministry, PREX, Scriptures
Below are links to articles on this website regarding the BEC Project in our parish. It complements another article that I posted back in 2008. Much has changed in the way our BEC Project is carried out. ...
Records of an Ecclesial Experiment II
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Church in the World, Liturgy
It is Ash Wednesday, and the Season of Lent begins once more. For this season, I offer a set of links to articles on this site that appropriately describe the season. The ashen cross reminds us of the ...
Let’s Get Cuaresma-tic!
{ No Comment \ Tags: ash wednesday, cross, lent, sequela christi \ Feb22 }
Christian Life, Church in the World, Spirituality
St. Valentine is not just one saint, there are three mentioned in different martyrologies connected to February 14: St. Valentine, priest-martyr during the time of Emperor Claudius II, St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni (venerated in the Eastern Churches), and a ...
St. Valentine and his Dublin Shrine
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Christian Life, Church in the World, Lectio Divina, Scriptures, Spirituality
The post "Encountering the Lord in the Midst of Life's Upheavals" is the one of the most read articles in the Mystical Geek. It is actually John Chrysostom's commentary on Matthew 14:22-33, which is the account of Jesus' walking ...
Encountering the Lord in the Midst of Life’s Upheavals II
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Christian Life, Church in the World, Vocation
I have completed two sessions with some of the fathers in a subdivision that is covered by our parish. We started last week with a session on "What does being male mean today?" This afternoon, I had two questions thrown at them: "What does ...
Ministry to Fathers
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Church in the World
Catholics in the US are now in an uproar. The reason? A professed atheist and professor at one of their universities, desecrated a consecrated host and made a public show of it in his blog. The Confraternity of the Catholic ...
