Fiesta Mass today (Oct. 9) of Our Lady of the Rosary La Naval de Manila at the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City will be at 8 a.m. Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco will officiate.

Traditional La Naval grand procession will be after the 4 p.m. Mass

Meanwhile, in connection with the 800th anniversary celebration of the Order of Preachers (OP), Santo Domingo Church is holding every Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., the perpetual novena to Saint Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominican Order.

Santo Domingo Church is also holding the perpetual novena to the Santissimo Rosario de La Naval de Manila every Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Mass follows at 6 p.m.

Teresa of Avila relic

The image and first-class relic of St. Teresa of Avila are enshrined for veneration at the Our Lady of Veritas Chapel in Quezon City until Oct. 15, her feast.

St. Teresa of Avila was born in Gotarrendura, in the province of Ávila, Spain, in 1515. After the death of her mother she was sent for her education to the Augustinian nuns at Ávila.

In the monastery she suffered greatly from illness. During these years of suffering she began the practice of mental prayer, eventually she started to have visions and the vivid sense of the presence of God that led her to a life of extreme devotion.

At the age of 43, she became determined to found a new convent that went back to the basics of a contemplative order: a simple life of poverty devoted to prayer. This effort met strong opposition from several quarters but, in 1562, she received an approval for a new foundation, the Discalced Carmelites, later joined by Saint John of the Cross, eventually leading to the establishment of a new foundation for men that was placed under his care.

St. Teresa was canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622 and was named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI on Sept. 27, 1970. She is the patron saint of lacemakers, the religious, headaches sufferers and sickness.

Radio Veritas chapel is at 2/F, Veritas Tower, 162 West Ave. and Edsa, QC.  

Typhoon-struck Batanes

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, through the National Secretariat for Social Action (Nassa) and Caritas Philippines, launched a solidarity appeal to all the 85 dioceses nationwide to help the families affected by the recent strong typhoons which hit Batanes.

Batanes Bishop Camilo D. Gregorio has particularly appealed for the rehabilitation of at least two schools and five churches which were heavily damaged by the typhoon.

Latest data from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) showed that supertyphoon “Ferdie” (Meranti) affected 4,588 families and damaged more than 2,000 houses.

Donations can be made to the Bank of the Philippine Islands, Intramuros, Manila; account name: CBCP Caritas Filipinas Foundation, Inc. NASSA; account number: 4951-0071-08.

UST digital media forum

The Master of Arts (MA)  Social/Pastoral Communication program of the University of Santo Tomas Graduate School and the UST Faculty of Sacred Theology will hold the research colloquium, “The Gospel in Digital Society:  Asian Realities and Challenges,” on Oct. 27 at the UST Thomas Aquinas Research Complex, 1-5 p.m.

This colloquium, organized  with the St. Joseph Freinademetz Communication Center, will tackle the impact of digitalization amid pastoral challenges in Asia. Key presentation will be made by Fr. Anthony Le Duc, SVD, who holds a doctorate in religious studies from the Assumption University of Thailand.

Other presentations: Sharing Faith in a Digital World: Catechesis and Religious Instruction; The Marketplace of Apps and the Church; Between Digital and Spiritual Reality: Is God Online or Offline; Social Communication in Pastoral Ministry: From Hierarchy to Networks; Church Documents on New Media and their Messages; and Radio Streaming: A New Way of Communicating.

Church communicators, priests, seminarians, media personnel, communication students, and those interested in the field of pastoral communication may register online via bit.ly/maspc16 or e-mail [email protected] on or before Oct. 24. They may also contact 7327170 (Kenneth Rayco) or 0916-1438490 (Marcelo Yap).

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