Every September 28 we celebrate the festival with the first Philippine saint of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila. He was a righteous spouse life and father of three children during the seven fourteen th century. He blamed the killing sin in the Philippines, that left him with the missionaries and went to Japan where he incurred the great many difficulties and the dagmal by his faith. That until he died namahayag. “I die for the Lord, and unto Him I’m ready to give tens of thousands of lives if I …

By: Bro. Soc C. Fernandez
The years of my service to The citizen and the citizen is not New mapapas in remembrance of my life.
Godhead as a gift to the pagpanulat, I have sacrificed for tinuhoanong kaugdahan our Catholic faith.
From year 1961 in my life at the seminary of San Carlos Seminary I nagtampohan of a warp are clearly about to explain the faith-THE citizens.
In the year 1964-1965, Father Benny Tudtud who became bishop in 1968 is my editor’s citizens and I counted him that partnerships.
I tighipos parish in the news, …

1st Prize Winner
WHY I AM hitherto Catholic
Gilda Ledesma
St. Michael Parish, Samboan, Cebu
Gilda Ledesma with His Eminence Ricardo J.Cardinal Vidal

Lanete. The flowers, it is our young coconut basket.Flowers for Mother Mary to ikasabwag every night during the month of May. At age to four years (five pack to you?), I do unto another what attracts kanakong to “Flores” every night. I love you Mother Mary “. . . The ever see my age with the children or the heaters inigkahuman to Flores? Overlapping and poor Biscocho the heaters if the sponsors …

Archbishop Gabriel M. Reyes was born on March 24, 1892 in Kalibo, Capiz, to Filipino parents. At the age of 13 he entered the Seminary of Jaro which was then directed by the Vincentian Fathers. Bishop Dennis Dougherty of Jaro, who later became Cardinal Archbishop of Philadelphia, U.S.A., ordained him on March 27, 1915 after which he was immediately appointed Coadjutor Parish Priest of the Cardinal becoming in a few months its Parish Priest.
As Parish Priest of Balasan ( 1915 ) he covered sixteen small islands many of which of …

4th of series: The Diocese of Cebu at the turn of the 20th Century (Fr. Marvin S. Mejia)
The Laity
Bishop Hendrick: having been  briefed by the Vatican and Washington D.C., had adequate knowledge on the situation of his diocese. He understood his mission spelled out in Leo XIII’s Quae mari sinico. ‘To save souls of these people and to protect theme” were his words aas he was leaving Rochester; New York for Cebu.
According to the first census conducted by the US government in 1903, the total population of the Philippines Islands, …