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News Archive
MANILA, July 12, 2010—The Episcopal Commission for the Biblical Apostolate (ECBA) of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is coming out with a handwritten Bible in an effort to deepen the public’s awareness of the Scriptures and foster love for the Word of God among various sectors in the country. Retired Jesuit Bishop Francisco Claver, a vocal defender of civil rights in the Marcos martial law era, succumbed this morning (July 1, 2010) to pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lung. He was 81. “Come and go.” Newly ordained Fr. Simon Petrus Bala Duli Koten, SVD from Indonesia arrived May 17, 2010 in the provincialate of the Northern Province. He was ordained in Indonesia on October 18, 2009. He will study Ilocano, the widely used language in northern Luzon while he awaits his first assignment. CATHOLICS in the city of Surigao bid farewell to “jolly” Bishop Miguel Cinches of the Society of the Divine Word who died on April 12 after a colorful ministry that included confrontations with a group he considered a religious sect in the southern Philippines. THE bishops of the metropolitan province of Tuguegarao has issued pastoral guidelines to the faithful for the upcoming May elections. At around five in the afternoon of April 1, 2007, a Palm Sunday, Fr. Francis Madhu, SVD was shot dead as he was preparing to say Mass that fateful afternoon in barangay Mabongtot, Lubuagan, Kalinga in northern Philippines. St. Nicholas de Flue Parish in Sallapadan, Abra celebrated its golden jubilee on March 20, 2010. A procession was held in the morning to ask for rain and good harvest. Afterwards, the Holy Mass was celebrated with Fr. Devasagayam Savariyappan, SVD as main celebrant. Fr. Savariyappan, in his homily, emphasized the importance of giving thanks t... The Divine Word Formation in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan has released on March 1, 2010 a partial list of aspirants for SY 2010-2011. IN partnership with Earth Day Network Philippines, ESSC is sharing some of their information materials as part of the Earth Day preparatory activities. Earth Day is a global celebration held every 22nd of April, and this year is its 40th anniversary. Earth Day Network Philippines is the local network organized in 1999 to prepare the Ear... Every year the Divine Word Missionaries (SVD) assigned in the northern part of the country (PHN) gather together for a common jubilee celebration. This year’s (November 12-13, 2009) gathering started with a basketball game between the Junior (15 years and below in perpetual vows) and Senior (16 years and above) SVDs. The final score showed ... Fr. Jaimelito Gealan, SVD, the PHN Biblical Apostolate Coordinator has announced that the 2010 Summer Youth Bible Camp will be held in San Antonio Parish in Ilagan, Isabela from April 5-11, 2010. The second Sunday of October 2009, we celebrated the 30th Indigenous Peoples’ Sunday. Fr. Emil B. Pati, SVD, in the Mass he celebrated at the Carmelite Monastery in Pindangan, San Fernando City, La Union, stressed the importance of protecting their ancerstral domain for the Indigenous Peo... Figure 1 Mt. Capcapo, Licuan – Baay, Abra, the site of small scale mining operations. Its mountainside, along the Abra – Kalinga Road, is already pockmarked with holes and shallow tunnels by miners. Excavated earth materials such as rocks and soil masses accumulated at the slopes might erode and fall down along the national road ... It’s been few days since I last heard the noise of a garden cart either
being dragged or being pushed around the compound from early morning
until late afternoon except on Sundays. Grass have grown taller, dry
leaves remain uncollected, plants await pruning. The hands that care of
these things, and many more, some mundane, has been absent f... The Association of Private Schools, Colleges & Universities (APSCU) of Eastern Pangasinan Chapter re-elected Fr. Dominador O. Ramos, SVD (the president of the DWCU) for a two-year term as president of the association with more than a hundred member institutions covering the 5th and 6th districts of the Province of Pangasinan. The te... Seven members of the Maramisa Class of the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay City and one from the Immaculate Conception School of Theology (ICST) in Vigan were ordained deacons by Bishop Leopoldo Jaucian, SVD, DD on July 2, 2009 at the Our Lady of the Pillar Parish Church in San isidro, Abra, formerly Cagutongan, the first mission station of the So... It is a year now since Fr. Gerry Cabillo, SVD, succumbed to a fatal heart attack. As we remember him on the first anniversary of his death, we pray that God, in His loving kindness and mercy, grant Fr. Gerry eternal rest and may His light shine upon him.
Our prayer sums up the life of Fr. Gerry. Because in life, Fr. Gerry was a restless soul and... Remembering Fr. Francis two years after his death is like remembering a long lost son: acutely painful. How could a young man, full of life, full of potential and hope in God’s vineyard die at such a young age and in such manner? His only fault was that he happened to be at the right place at the wrong time!
I met Fr. Francis when he came to A... SAN FERNANDO CITY, LA UNION – Two SVD missionaries, both natives of La Union province, have been given recognition during the 159th Foundation Anniversary of the province on March 2, 2009. Bishop Artemio Rillera, SVD, DD of the Diocese of San Fernando de La Union was conferred the Saranay Award, the highest award given to a resident of La Union.<... VIGAN CITY -- The Immaculate Conception School of Theology (ICST) is the home of most priests and a number of bishops serving in Northern Luzon. Five years ago, the seminary celebrated its golden jubilee as an institution in its relocated site at Pantay Daya, Vigan City. Today, it continues to foster and nurture priestly vocations for Northern Luzo... BANGUED, ABRA (Abra Today) – With the theme "May they be one; put a Bible in every house," the 28th Hearts on Fire was held on February 7, 2009 at the Divine Word College of Bangued gymnasium as part of the activities of the Diocese of Bangued for the National Bible Week Celebration. The Hearts on Fire is an annual gospel festival held in Abra wh... DAY ONE:
Eucharistic Celebration
On January 15, 2009, at 4 o’ clock in the afternoon, the DWCB community solemnly celebrated the Holy Mass to commemorate the centenary year of St. Arnold Janssen’s death. The mass started with a processional and the dancing of Pallo-ok, a Tinguian dance, by the students of the college department.
Fr. Devass...
Bishop Claver drafted the 1986 Philippine bishops’ statement that is believed to have triggered People Power that was to unseat Ferdinand M...
Two words, two occasions, two years.
Speaking before more than two hundred parishioners of the Holy Family Mission Station in Sadsadan, Bauko, Mt. Province on May 31, 2010, Bishop Rodolfo F. Beltran expressed those couple of words that inspired the laity as they celebrated their church’s second foundation annivers...
The following are the names of those who qualified for the Divine Word Formation Center in Urdaneta, Pangasinan for school year 2010-2011 released by the Office of the PHN Vocation Director.
First year:
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With the arrival of Fr. Simon Petrus, there ar...
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Tuguegarao Archbishop Diosdado Talamayan, Bayombong Bishop Ramon Villena, Tabuk Bishop Prudencio Andaya, and Ilagan Bishop Joseph Nacua released a joint pastoral exhortation reminding the faithful to exercise ...
Consequently, a murder case was filed against three suspects: Nestor Wailan, Acmor Bonggawon and Joel Awingan. Wailan...
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MANILA, December 6, 2009—Thousands of people in the Biblical Apostolate have participated in the Ilocano Bible Centennial Celebration held at the Teacher’s Camp in Baguio City last December 2, 2009.
With the theme, “May They Be One: 100 Years of Solidarity for the Word,” this celebration aimed to provide an opportunity for the Il...
The Episcopal Commission for the Biblical Apostolate of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines(ECBA-CBCP) and the Philippine Bible Society (PBS) are preparing to meet a major challenge in relation to the ‘May They be One’ (MTBO) Bible Campaign. A partnership between ECBA-CBCP and the Philippine Bible Society, the campaign is a j...
“Catholic education is integral education,” which aims to “develop the physical, mental and moral faculties of the child” to prepare him for both his future and the next life.
This is how Bishop Jacinto Jose of the Diocese of Urdaneta describes the kind of education a child receives from a Catholic School in his Pastoral Letter on C...
Divine Word Formation Center in Urdaneta City is now giving entrance tests for their prospective first year students. Aside from graduating high school students, the said exam is also open to college graduates who are interested to enter the seminary.
The exam is given every Saturday at 9 o’clock in the morning at the Formation Center...
The Bible Camp, popularly known as Hearts On Fire with the theme “Young Missionaries…dialogue with the Word!” aims to provide a venue a...
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Fr. Joseph Taschner, SVD, now 88, celebrated his 60th ordination anniversary on September 25 at the Mary Consolatrix of the Eucharist chapel in Angin, Naguilian, La Union.
Bishop Artemio Rillera of the Diocese of San Fernando of La Union, in his short message before the final blessing, thanked Fr. Taschner for his “gift of pri...