Feb 15, 2013

Middle Religious Gathered

Ongoing formation in the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament is given importance. This aims at taking care of the formation of those who have already made their perpetual profession of vows and ordination to the priesthood. To facilitate its coordination and more importantly to enter into the relevance of the formation, they are grouped into years of profession for perpetually professed brothers and of priestly ordination. This formation happens every year. The following are the groupings: Young Religious for the newly perpetually professed brother or ordained priest to 5 years of ministry, Junior Religious for 6-10 years of ministry, Middle Religious for 11-15 years, Senior Religious for 16-20, Jubilarian for those who are 20 years and above.

For this, the Middle Religious gathered last January 2-5 in Cagayan de Oro. Msgr. Florencio Salvador Jr., SSJV, SLD, the Vicar General of the Arrchdiocese of Cagayan de Oro gave them an input on the Story of the Liturgical Reforms brought about by the Second Vatican Council. This was given at the St. Francis Xavier Chaplaincy, Pueblo de Oro where Msgr. Boy is assigned.  Then, the group which is composed of Fr. Lito Hitosis, SSS, Fr. Joseph Matitu, SSS, Fr. Edgard Bugna, SSS, Fr. Melchor Catañeda, SSS and Fr. Joel Lasutaz, SSS spent the rest of the days Rest House of Msgr. Boy in Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. The next day January 3, they went to the Dahilayan Forest Park and enjoyed the day with adventure rides on top of the mountain. See some pictures here.  In the evening of January 4, Friday, the SSS Local Community dined with the group at Centrio. Fr. Robin Custodio, SSS was not able to join for some valid reasons.

This was for me a truly formative experience with my brothers in the ministry. We were given an updating. We had time to share our learnings and our pastoral experiences enriching each other for the ministry. We had a day of rest that helped us conquer our fear of height and speed. In short, these days of formation gave us a time to treasure God’s grace of ministry. We went back to our respective assignments on Saturday, January 5, refreshed and revitalized for our Eucharistic Mission.

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Nov 13, 2012

A Poor Widow Commended

Gospel Reflection (Mk. 12:38-44) 11 Nov 2012 Sunday
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr Muriel Uy, SSS

“It is through the heart that we can see things rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye,” says Saint Antoine du Exupery in The Little Prince. Oftentimes we are mislead by our senses by what we see and experience. We usually and easily believe by what we experience. To think or maybe reflect of what we experience later follows.

In our gospel for today we have heard of the poor widow being commended by Jesus because of her generosity. She gives just two small coins worth a few cents. Small amount as what we see but deep inside of the poor widow it is worth a million because it is from her poverty that she gives. It is not so much of the amount but of the value.

We may be rich and we may give so much for the needy, however, if our hearts are not in what we do then it is nothing but a show. Worst of all is if we give to the needy because we are disturbed by their presence before us then it is better for us not to give.

Lord Jesus, it is with full knowledge that we know that everything in us comes from you. Teach us to be generous to others with our hearts in it. Teach us to give from the bottom of our hearts. Let us feel the pain of our brothers and sisters that we may truly understand their situation and learn to give from our hearts.

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Nov 12, 2012

Fr Provincial visits Holy Family Parish in Panal

Fr Poli Ty, SSS came to the Holy Family Parish in Panal upon the invitation of Fr Junvic Diolata, SSS, the current pastor of the said parish in order to grace the three significant events that were featured last November 11, 2012, i.e., the opening and blessing of the EYMARDIAN EXHIBIT in commemoration of the 50th Canonization Anniversary of St Peter Julian Eymard; the official LAUNCHING of the Holy Family Parish Pastoral Plans and the INDUCTION of the new Parish Pastoral Council Officers. The presence of the provincial superior added some morale booster, confidence and joy to the parishioners of the Holy Family Parish and to the SSS community members as they formally commenced their implementation of the parish projects and programs. In the thanksgiving mass that the provincial has presided over, he mentioned in his homily the importance of prioritization of tasks and projects that we would like to accomplish in the face of many demands of the ministry and apostolate. Furthermore, he reminded the parishioners of the essential of trust and confidence in the Lord’s providence as exemplified by the poor widow in the Gospel. The parishioners were not only grateful but also appreciative to the support the congregation is throwing behind the SSS Fathers Brothers here in Panal community evidenced by the short but meaningful visits and stop-over by the Sacramentinos, especially by no less than the Provincial Superior himself. DIOS MABALOS PO SAIMO, PADRE PROVINCIAL! Looking forward to see you again in your next stop-over.

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Oct 13, 2012

ON-GOING FORMATION

Junior Religious Gathering 2012

As part of the on-going formation of the SSS Religious, those who have been perpetually professed for six up to ten years and in the ministry for the same period, decided to come together in order to realize not only the mandated on-going formation process but more especially to enrich one’s religious life by learning from one another’s experiences. The JRG, i.e., Junior Religious Gathering is the next category after Young Religious Gathering – those belonging to this category are the 5 years below professed religious. This program was interrupted for some years for some reasons. Thus, it was not given priority. Officially, there are fifteen (15) religious who are members of the JRG but unfortunately not everyone of them was able to make it this year. The following religious were present in our gathering in Cebu City from August 21-24, 2012: Fr Roel, Fr Pat, Fr Froilan, Fr Randy, Fr Juned, Fr Muriel, Fr Dannen, Fr Junvic, Fr Thonn, Br Rey and Br Reno. Members of the group who were not around were Fr Rudsend (on study leave), Fr Ford,  Fr Justin and Fr Bobit (assigned abroad).

Fr Poli, the Provincial, took time to grace the occasion.

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