Parishes in the Archdiocese of Manila is set to observe “Red Wednesday” on November 29, 2023, as part of a global campaign to raise awareness about the plight of persecuted
The Archdiocesan celebration of the 7th World Day of the Poor was held at the San Vicente de Paul Parish ground last November 18, 2023, with the theme, “Do not
TO: ALL THE CLERGY AND FAITHFUL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MANILA RE: DEATH OF REV. FR. FERNANDO FONTANOZA CARPIO Dear Reverend Monsignori, Fathers, Brothers, and Sisters, Greetings of peace in
In order to promote a harmonious and spiritually enriching celebration for parishioners, Archbishop Jose F. Cardinal Advincula recently sent out a circular to all clergy members in the Archdiocese of
Caritas Manila, in collaboration with local designers and artists, recently hosted the ‘Nature and Fashion with Compassion’ event. This initiative showcased the creations of talented local designers and artists, along
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Clergy (CBCP-ECC) thanked the Lord for the unique opportunity that brought together priests for a period of reflection on their
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Clergy (CBCP-ECC) thanked the Lord for the unique opportunity that brought together priests for a period of reflection on their
RCAM is looking for a dedicated individual with a strong sense of ministry and mission to join our community as a Legal Office Assistant. If you are passionate about serving
Pope Francis has once again appealed for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas militant group, as well as in other countries experiencing turmoil. The leader of the
The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of the Black Nazarene, also known as Quiapo Church, invites the faithful, especially devotees of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno, to participate in the preparations
The Archdiocese of Manila called on the faithful to join the day of prayer, fasting and penance for peace on Friday, October 27, 2023. “We encourage our communities to organize
His Holiness Pope Francis reflected on the Sunday Angelus, the significance of the relationship between Church and state and the influence of earthly power in modern society. The Pope’s Angelus
Mission, like Christ’s love, has no boundaries. This is what Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula told the faithful as he celebrated the Holy Mass for World Mission Sunday at the
In the heart of Manila’s Tondo district, the Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of Santo Niño has sent a heartfelt message to families, inviting them to join the Filipino practice of
The Catholic Churches in the Philippines observance the 36th National Prison Awareness Week from October 23-29, 2023. The theme for this year is “The Correctional Community: Journeying Together in Mutual
Bishop Enrique Macaraeg of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarlac died on Monday evening. He was 67. According to CBCP News, Bishop Macaraeg died in Pangasinan province’s Malasaqui town “from
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president and Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David shared his thoughts on the ongoing Synod on Synodality at the Vatican where he and two
Filipino children from all over the country participated in the international prayer initiative called “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” on Wednesday, October 18, at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in
The Aid to the Church in Need is inviting everyone to participate in its prayer initiative, the One Million Children Praying the Rosary Campaign that will be held on October
The Archdiocese of Manila encouraged the faithful to pray for peace in the Holy Land as a united community following the recent horrendous attacks by militant group Hamas in Israel
Rev. Fr. Anton Pascual, our beloved head of Caritas Manila, dear brother priests, our generous benefactors and committed collaborators and volunteers of Caritas Manila, my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The 70th Anniversary of Caritas Manila is an important reminder to us of the enduring power of the love of God and the necessity of continuing the mission of salvation of every man and the whole man. God is love. God is caritas. And He wants us to become a living embodiment of this love. In the fourth chapter of the epistle of John, he tells us, “God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him… We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.” Caritas Manila makes visible and concrete our commitment to live by the greatest commandment of love of God and neighbor in our time today. In the first session of the Synod on Synodality that I have attended recently in Rome, the phrase “humility of concreteness” was mentioned
Reverend Father Rufino Sescon, Jr., Rector at Kura Paroko ng Quiapo Church; mga kapatid na pari at diyakono; mga religious men and women; mga seminarista; ang pamilya, kamag-anak, at kaibigan ng ating kapatid na oordenan; mga minamahal na kapatid kay Kristo: Isang malaking biyaya ang magkatipon-tipon tayo ngayon dito sa simbahan ng Quiapo, isang lugar na pinababanal ng panalagin ng milyon-milyong deboto ng Mahal na Poong Hesus Nazareno. At sa araw na ito, sa harap ng makasaysayang at mapaghimalang imahen ng Poong Nazareno ng Quiapo, ay oordenan natin ang ating kapatid na si Ejay sa pagka-diyakono. Sa ngalan ng Archdiocese of Manila, nais kong pasalamatan ang pamilya ni Ejay sa pag-aalay ng inyong anak sa Simbahan. Isa sa mga dahilan kung bakit siya inoordenan ngayon ay dahil sa inyong paghubog, pagtuturo, paggabay, at pagmamahal sa kaniya. Kayo ang unang nag-alaga at nagpalago sa binhi ng bokasyon na inihasik sa kaniya ng Diyos. Salamat din sa buong komunidad ng Our Lady of Guadalupe Minor Seminary at San Carlos Seminary, at lahat ng mga tao at komunidad na naging bahagi ng paghuhubog ni Ejay. Sa natatanging paraan, nais kong pasalamatan si Fr. Jun, ang mga pari, mga empleyado, at ang buong komunidad
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, On the 45th edition of The Catholic Mass Media Awards, let us reflect on the theme, “Speaking with the heart the truth in love”. This is the core message of Pope Francis for the 57th World Day of Social Communications this year. To speak with the heart is to speak the truth in love. As media practitioners, you are categorically required to gather and broadcast the truth not fake news or lies. But you must do so always in charity and in love. This does not mean sugarcoating or manipulating the facts to suit one’s narrative. This means that we try to “look at one another with compassion, welcoming our mutual frailties with respect rather than judging by hearsay and sowing discord and division.” We are living in a world inundated with suspicion and lack of trust in one another. Everybody has something to say against everybody. In social media, it is done for the views and for virality. In the big networks, for-profit and for what sells. Since we know from psychology that negative news is more appetizing than the positive ones, we focus more on the former than on the stories
Reb. Padre Joselino Tuazon, ang ating kura paroko; mga kapatid na pari at diyakono; mga relihiyoso at relihiyosa; mga civil at lay leaders ng parokya; mga minamahal kong kapatid kay Kristo: Ipinagdiriwang natin ngayon ang kapistahan ng paghahandog sa ating Mahal na Birheng Maria sa templo. Ayon sa tradisyon, bilang pasasalamat sa ipinagkaloob sa kanilang anak sa kanilang katandaan at kabaugan, dinala nina San Joaquin at Santa Anna ang tatlong taong gulang na si Maria sa templo ng Herusalem upang ialay sa Diyos. Ayon pa sa ating paniniwala, nanatili siya roon upang maglingkod, manalangin, at lumago sa pananampalataya, hanggang sa siya’y magdalaga at maipagkasundong ikasal kay San Jose. Sa kanyang murang edad, natutunan na ng Mahal na Birhen na ituon at italaga ang kanyang sarili sa kapurihan ng Diyos. Ito ay itutuloy niya sa kanyang buong buhay, lalo nang tanggapin niya ang misyong maging ina ng ating Tagapagligtas. Siyang ipinaglihing walang kasalanan, at nanatiling walang bahid ng kasalanan, ang tunay, ganap, at karapat-dapat na handog sa Panginoon. Ang ating Mahal na Ina ay kinikilalang huwaran at modelo ng Simbahan. Ano kaya ang nais niyang ihabilin sa ating kanyang mga anak sa kapistahang ating ipinagdiriwang ngayon? Unang-una, marahil nais niyang ipaalala
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ. We are gathered today to gratefully remember and earnestly pray for our deceased clergy and religious who worked in the Archdiocese of Manila. As our priesthood allows us to “offer Christ sacrificed for the sins of all” and make present the “holy and tremendous Victim”, we believe that our eucharistic celebration will cause “a great benefit to the souls on whose behalf [it] is offered” (CCC, 1371). We hope and pray that, in the words of our readings, they may peacefully rest in the hands of God, in the verdant pastures and restful waters of the shepherd’s care, and be welcomed to a seat at the master’s table. While this mass is clearly for them who have gone ahead of us, our commemoration is also for us who remain in this world. Our predecessors remind us of the certainty and imminence of our mortality, and the deliberateness and intentionality we need to live our priesthood to the full, given the limited time we have. One block to this end is an operative question or motivation behind our actions: “What is in it for me?” “Ano ba ang makukuha ko diyan?” Consciously or unconsciously,
Circular No. 2023 – 91 15 November 2023 TO: ALL THE CLERGY IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MANILA RE: MISA DE AGUINALDO/SIMBANG GABI AND CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES Dear Monsignori and Fathers: Greetings of peace in the Lord! Upon the recommendation of the Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission, the following guidelines for our Misa de Aguinaldo/Simbang Gabi Masses are hereby offered: 1. Simbang Gabi Masses can start as early as 7:00 p.m. for evening Masses. For the Dawn/Morning Masses, the last Simbang Gabi Mass can start at 5:30 a.m. 2. As a pastoral accommodation, the “anticipation” of the following day during evening Masses will be allowed, except for the anticipation of Monday during Sundays considering the principle of the primacy of Sunday. During these weekday evening Masses, the readings and prayers of the following day may be used (except during Sunday evenings when the Sunday readings and prayers are used). 3. Gloria is prayed/sung and white vestments are used in all Simbang Gabi Masses. The Creed is said only on Sundays. 4. Simbang Gabi Masses celebrated on Sunday will take the prayers and readings of the Sunday but white vestments are used, the Gloria and Creed are sung or recited. 5. Our Archdiocesan policy
Circular No. 2023 – 85 23 October 2023 TO: ALL THE CLERGY IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MANILA RE: DAY OF PRAYER, FASTING AND PENANCE FOR PEACE (27 OCTOBER 2023) Dear Brother Priests, Greetings of peace in the Lord! The Holy Father, Pope Francis, called for a day of fasting, prayer, and penance on Friday, 27 October 2023. In his Wednesday Audience homily last week he said, “Let us heed the cry for peace of populations, of the people, of the children! Brothers and sisters, war does not solve any problem: it sows only death and destruction, foments hate, and proliferates revenge. War cancels out the future. I urge believers to take just one side in this conflict: that of peace. But not with words — with prayer, with total dedication.” We encourage our communities to organize prayer initiatives for this intention like the Mass for Peace, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament/Holy Hour, the praying of the holy rosary, or any other celebrations of the Word of God. We are resending the sample liturgy of the Eucharistic Adoration for Peace in the Holy Land (English and Tagalog), which our communities can use. Thank you very much. Let us unite ourselves in
Circular No. 2023 – 81 13 October 2023 TO: ALL THE CLERGY, RELIGIOUS SUPERIORS (MEN AND WOMEN), HEADS OF SECULAR INSTITUTES, SCHOOLS, LAY ASSOCIATIONS AND MANDATED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MANILA RE: ARZOBISPADO DE MANILA OFFICES SCHEDULE Dear Reverend Monsignori, Fathers, Brothers and Sisters, Greetings of peace in the Lord! This is to inform you that Arzobispado de Manila offices will be closed on these dates: 30 October 2023 – Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections 31 October 2023 – Non-working Holiday 1 November 2023 – All Saints’ Day 2 November 2023 – All Soul’s Day Please disseminate this notification to your secretaries and parishioners so that clients from your parishes and communities will be properly advised. Be assured of our support and prayers for all your pastoral endeavors. Most sincerely in Christ, FR. ISIDRO T. MARINAY Chancellor
Circular No. 2023 – 62 14 August 2023 TO: ALL CLERGY, RELIGIOUS MEN AND WOMEN, AND LAY COLLABORATORS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MANILA RE: SUMMARY OF APPOINTMENTS (JANUARY TO JULY 2023) Dear Brother-Priests, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Greetings of peace in the Lord! Please find herewith the summary of appointments issued by His Eminence Jose F. Cardinal Advincula, Archbishop of Manila, from January to July 2023. As we congratulate and promise our support and prayers to the new appointees, we likewise thank their predecessors for their generous and dedicated service to the Lord and the Church in their respective ministries. Be assured of our support and prayers for all your pastoral endeavors for the furtherance of God’s Kingdom. Most sincerely in Christ, (signed) FR. ISIDRO T. MARINAY Chancellor
Circular No. 2023 – 61 10 August 2023 TO: ALL THE CLERGY, MEN AND WOMEN IN CONSECRATED LIFE, AND THE LAY FAITHFUL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MANILA RE: UPDATED PROTOCOLS FOR LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, We thank the Lord that the global pandemic is over, and our government has lifted the public health emergency. The pandemic has brought upon us so many difficulties, losses, and deprivations – sickness, deaths, loss of livelihood, depression, and separation from loved ones. As one doctor said, “The cruelty of COVID allowed no hugs or tearful goodbyes.” Grieving the death of fellow medical practitioners and other front liners, she said, “Many of these heroes will not be there to hear our thanks – nor the peal of wedding bells, or their child’s first word, or the sob of a daughter being walked to the altar.” Nevertheless, there are also things that we can be more grateful for. We have discovered a sense of mission and fostered a season of selflessness. We found a new sense of purpose as many were able to spend more time with family and loved ones, and our homes have truly become domestic churches. We have
A Marian Conference was held at St. John the Baptish Parish in Pinaglabanan, San Juan City during the visit of the image of Our Lady of Loreto, widely known as
Santa Cruz Parish in Manila is a buzz with excitement as it celebrates the annual Feast of Nuestra Señora Del Pilar, the beloved patron of this vibrant community. The grand
Masayang ipinagdiwang ang Kapistahan ng Pagtatampok sa Banal na Krus sa St. Joseph Parish, Gagalangin noong ika-14 ng Setyembre sa ika-6 ng gabi ng Maringal na Misang Pontipikal na pinamunuan
In celebration of the feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the San Juan Nepomuceno Parish in Pasay organized a Marian exhibit with the different titles of the
In his message for the 53rd World Communications Day in 2019, the Holy Father, Pope Francis reminded social communicators around the world that the Church is a network “woven together
The Vicariate of Santa Clara de Montefalco held the first SOCCO-LAM at the Santa Clara de Montefalco Parish in Pasay last July 23, 2023. SOCCO-LAM, a seminar-workshop on social communications
Ipinagdiwang ang Kapistahan ng Mahal na Patron ng Bayan ng Malibay, Lungsod ng Pasay na si San Juan Nepomuceno, ang Martir ng Sakramento ng Kumpisal na sinimulan noong ika-15 hanggang
Kambal na Krus Community Chapel is a chapel under the jurisdiction of St. Joseph Parish in Gagalangin, Tondo, Manila. It was established after the discovery of the impression of the
The Our Lady of Remedies Parish Church located in the Malate area of Manila was recently recognized as an “important cultural property” by the National Museum of the Philippines. On
FIRST LOVE AFTER 16 YEARS IN THE PRIESTHOOD Rev. Fr. Benjamin Deogracias M. Fajota was solemnly installed as the eighth parish priest of San Roque de Manila Parish in Blumentritt,
Noong Ika-30 ng Nobyembre ng kasalukuyang taon ay ginanap ang Archdiocesan BEC Advent Assembly. Nagsimula ito sa ganap na ika-1 ng hapon sa pamamagitan ng panalangin na pinamunuan ni Sis.
August 17, 2022 marked the 158th parish fiesta of the Santa Clara de Montefalco parish of Pasay City, the sole church in the Archdiocese of Manila dedicated to the said
Last July 11, 2022 at 5PM, the Franciscan Friars of St. Anthony Shrine in Sampaloc, Manila together with the members of the Order of Franciscan Seculars (OFS) and numerous devotees
Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown gave insights into the spirituality of human work during his homily for the Solemn Mass at the Manila Cathedral on June 27, to commemorate the
Every 16th of May, the town of Malibay, in the city of Pasay, celebrates the feast of their patron St. John Nepomucene or better known to the locals as ‘Tata
