Updated Schedule of Pananalig Reco
RECOLLECTION FOR THE YEAR OF FAITH AT LAYFORCE 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM 10 PARTICIPANTS PER PARISH MARCH 9, 2013 VICARIATE OF SAN FERNANDO DE DILAO Our Lady of Penafrancia St. Maria Goretti St. Peter the Apostle San Fernando de Dilao Santo Nino de Pandacan APRIL 13, 2013 VICARIATE OF SANTA CLARA DE MONTEFALCO Shrine of Jesus, the Way, the Truth Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Sorrows Our Lady of the Airways Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament San Isidro San Juan Nepomuceno San Rafael San Roque Sta. Clara de Montefalco MAY 11,…
Mission Sending Ceremony
ARCHDIOCESAN COMMISSION ON MISSION c/o LORENZO MISSION INSTITUTE San Carlos Pastoral Formation Complex Tel: 8909561, 8958855 loc. 450 EDSA, Guadalupe, MC PO Box 1414 Fax: 8960587 Telefax: 8959062 1254 Makati City, 1200 Philippines E-mail: lmi@lrms.com.ph 19 February 2013 TO: ALL PRIESTS, SUPERIORS OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES, CATECHISTS, HEADS OF MANDATED ORGANIZATIONS AND TRANSPAROCHIAL CHARISMATIC COMMUNITIES, DIRECTORS OF RCAM-ES SCHOOLS AND CEAP SCHOOLS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MANILA RE: MISSION SENDING CEREMONY ————————————————————————————————————————– Dear Reverend Monsignor/Father/Brother/Sister: Pax Christi! We are pleased to inform your Reverences that the Archdiocesan Commission on Mission (ACOM) is organizing two priority activities in this Year of…
Five churches declared as Pilgrim Churches in the Archdiocese of Manila during the Year of Faith
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle has declared five churches as Pilgrim Churches in the Archdiocese of Manila during the Year of Faith (Oct. 11, 2012-Nov. 24, 2013). The five are: Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Plaza Miranda, Quiapo, Manila; Saint John the Baptist Parish in Pinaglabanan Street, San Juan City; Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in F.B. Harrison Street, Pasay City; Archdiocesan Shrine of Divine Mercy in Maysilo Circle, Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong City; and the National Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Sacred Heart Street, San Antonio Village, Makati City According to the decree issued by…
Pope creates six new Cardinals
(Vatican Radio) Pope Benedict XVI created six new Cardinals on Saturday in an Ordinary Public Consistory for the purpose here at the Vatican. The six new “Princes of the Church” are: Archbishop James M. Harvey, Prefect of the Papal Household; His Beatitude, Bechara Boutros Raï, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch in Lebanon; His Beatitude, Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum in India and head of the Syro-Malankara Church; Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, Nigeria; Archbishop Ruben Salazar Gomez of Bogotá, Colombia; and Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila in the Philippines. The Cardinals are the “Clergy of Rome”. They…
Pope canonises seven new saints
(Vatican Radio) Following in the footsteps of Paul VI and John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated World Mission Sunday by canonizing seven new Saints. Tens of thousands of pilgrims from around the world gathered in Saint Peter’s Square as Jacques Berthieu, Pedro Calungsod, Giovanni Battista Piamarta, Marìa Carmen Sallés y Barangueras, Marianne Cope, Kateri Tekakwitha, and Anna Schäffer were raised to the honours of the altar. In his homily during the Mass, Pope Benedict noted that the canonization is taking place as Bishops from around the world are gathered in Rome to take part in the General Assembly of…
Saint Hildegard of Bingen and Saint John of Avila, New Doctors of the Church
St. Hildegard of Bingen Hildegard was a most remarkable woman, and one of the greatest figures of the 12th century. This German mystic was a poet and a prophet, a physician and a moralist. She fearlessly rebuked popes and bishops, princes and lay people. Becoming a nun at 15, Hildegard led an uneventful life for the next 17 years. But more and more she found herself foretelling the future in her conversations. After she became prioress of her community she felt the need to begin writing down the visions and revelations that were coming to her. The archbishop of Mainz…
PLENARY INDULGENCE FOR THE YEAR OF FAITH
Vatican City, (VIS) – According to a decree made public today and signed by Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro and Bishop Krzysztof Nykiel, respectively penitentiary major and regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Benedict XVI will grant faithful Plenary Indulgence for the occasion of the Year of Faith. The indulgence will be valid from the opening of the Year on 11 October 2012 until its end on 24 November 2013. “The day of the fiftieth anniversary of the solemn opening of Vatican Council II”, the text reads, “the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI has decreed the beginning of a Year especially dedicated…
PASTORAL LETTER ON THE YEAR OF FAITH
My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Pope Benedict XV, in his Apostolic Letter Porta Fidei, announced a Year of Faith that will begin on October 11, 2012 and conclude on November 24, 2013, the Solemnity of Christ the King. The whole Church is invited to celebrate the precious gift of faith, to receive it again and to transmit it joyfully. Our beloved Archdiocese of Manila is one with the Church worldwide in welcoming the Year of Faith. The Rationale for the Year of Faith The date of the opening of the Year of Faith was chosen carefully. It also…
Manila archdiocese prepares for ‘Year of Faith’
MANILA, Sept. 25, 2012—The Archdiocese of Manila prepares for the upcoming celebration of the ‘Year of Faith’ on October 11, declaredby Pope Benedict XVI, by giving an orientation-seminar about the celebration and the new evangelization. Almost 700 priests, religious nuns from various congregations and lay people under the archdiocese attended the orientation about the celebration and the upcoming activities that they themselves will re-echo to their parishes and communities. In his talk, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle said the Year of Faith marks the 50th anniversary of Vatican II and the 20th anniversary of the catechism of the Catholic Church….
