As I have known for a long time a rosary is that string of beads used for praying. Recently, I learned that when the prayer is being referred to it is spelled with a capital letter “R” such as “Rosary” otherwise when the string of beads is being referred to it is spelled with a small letter …
A bishop is a Catholic Church’s leader of a diocese. I don’t know much about other faith or religion so I would just confine my definition within Catholicism. A diocese is a district or a community assigned to a bishop for pastoral caring. According to portlanddiocese.org and may I quote “ A bishop is regarded by …
I have been to five first communions. My own first communion and the first communions of my 4 children. I believe that attending this sacred Catholic event multiple times made me realize its importance to personal and communal lives . This article will contain all my realizations and the reasons for my resolve that first …
We have friends who are oblate. They are prayerful, warm hearted, kind and most of all God-fearing people. My whole family have known them for more than three years now. During the pre-pandemic years, we visited them almost every week. My youngest daughter and I would eat breakfast with them and joined them as choirs …
On May 24 of this year, 2022, our parish will have a grand event for the Pontifical Coronation of Mary Help of Christians, our patron saint. The title, Help of Christians, was first bestowed upon to the mother of Christ by St. John Chrysostom in year 345 AD and the devotion to the title was started …
In our parish of National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians, there is an announcement board dedicated for the Friends of Laura Vicuña. I got curious when I saw it. Seeing the smiles of the young people in the pictures posted on the board made me ask myself ‘Who is Laura Vicuña?’ Who is she …
He was born on May 11, 1827 at Meta of Sorrento and was baptized with the name of Aniello Maresca. Not much is known about his family and early life except that he was a student of Nautical Institute. At the age of 17, while he was studying there, he felt that he is being …
Venerable Father Simpliciano of the Nativity. Who is He? Read More »
My wife and I were not really fans of drinking tea. We choose to drink coffee over tea most of the time. We used to drink 3-4 cups of coffee a day.. That changed when we joined a group in our parish that aims to accompany families by giving seminars and lectures on how to …
