by Mariele Aquino | May 13, 2018 | Personal Blog
Five years ago, I lost a very important person in my life. She has been my best friend, my sister, my biggest supporter, my inspiration and most especially, my MOTHER. Words are not enough to describe how grateful I am to be her daughter. Ever since I was young, my...
by Camille Cabal | May 13, 2018 | Personal Blog
“Me: Ma, Why is this coffee so sweet? Mama: Of course, that is how sweet my love is for you” These words will forever be tattooed in my mind wherever I might be. These words are the only words I can think of every time I feel so sad. The only words that kept me...
by Rocky Ortega | May 10, 2018 | Aranzazu News, Catholic Faith, Personal Blog
BEYOND SIMPLE THOUGHTS Reflections Little White Flower Flowers here. Flowers there. Flowers everywhere! And yes, definitely, Mayflower devotion is still one of the widely celebrated Marian devotion in the Philippines. The month of May is contemporaneous with the start...
by Aranzazu Events | Apr 2, 2018 | Aranzazu News, Fr. Bembol, Personal Blog
Fr. Bembol, together with the community of San Mateo, Rizal, celebrated his first Easter Sunday Mass last April 1, 2018. Photo: Aldrin Llagas / MPIM AS OUR ADDITIONAL WRITER ON HIS SEGMENT ON OUR WEBSITE: “POINT-COUNTERPOINT” I choose Point-Counterpoint as...
by Lester de Castro | Apr 1, 2018 | Personal Blog
Easter is the most significant celebration in the Catholic Church that commemorates the resurrection of Jesus from the dead after his crucifixion. Coincidentally, the said celebration lands on the same day with April Fools, the time where most of the people send off...
by Mariele Aquino | Mar 31, 2018 | Personal Blog
The Holy week atmosphere will never be complete unless you walk the streets and hear the uninterrupted chants of people that narrates the passion, death and resurrection of Christ. The ‘Pabasa ng Pasyon’ has already been part of the Filipino Lenten tradition in which...