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The Reyna Elena: The Santacruzan tradition is a ‘spectacular’ way to unite a community
By Megan Villarin My name is Megan Villarin and I am a member of St. Raphael Holy Angel’s Filipino Community in Hamilton, New Jersey. Here at our parish, we had our second annual Santacruzan on May 5th. I am this year’s Reyna Elena and am also a member of the Filipino choir at St. Raphael. […]
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De La Salle graduate wins Lenten art contest
An economics graduate of De La Salle University in Manila who dabbles in jewelry-making has won the Stations of the Cross Art Contest sponsored by the Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz. Angela Kristi Dumdum – ‘Kissy’ to family and close friends – threaded beads like a rosary as an aid to churchgoers reciting the Way […]
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Visita Iglesia goes on walking tour of 7 Manhattan churches
The forecast for March 28 is breezy with possibly an afternoon shower. For many of us who grew up doing the Visita Iglesia in the sweltering heat of Manila, this kind of weather breaks the mold. The Catholic Fellowship of Young Filipino Professionals is inviting Filipinos in the New York Tri-State to join in the […]
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Chapel hosts Stations of the Cross art contest
The Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz is calling on all creative minds to participate in a Stations of the Cross Art Contest on March 23 at 6:30 p.m. The contest is open to artists, singers, dancers, poets, photographers, and other creative minds, according to CSLR publicist Jessica Abejar. There is no fee to join the […]
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We should be happy Cardinal Luis Tagle still belongs to us
By Rachel E. Khan There was stunned silence among the 300,000-strong crowd gathered at St. Peter’s Square after the new Pope’s name was announced in Latin on March 13th. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was not one of the “pope-ables” touted by the media so the general reaction was: “Who did he say it was? […]
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Wait, pray, love
By Rachel E. Khan As the cardinals gather in Rome this week to prepare for the conclave, Catholics around the world, including myself, can only wait, pray and love. Wait. There is an old saying in Rome that “he who enters a conclave as pope exits as a cardinal.” Following the last day in office […]
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A benediction we deserve
By Joel David Catholics old enough to recall Latin passages in Sunday Mass will be more disturbed than the rest of modern society at the irreverence that greeted Joseph Ratzinger’s recent announcement that he would be resigning from his position as Pope. Slate online magazine, for example, performed the clever maneuver of resurrecting the harshest […]
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When bishops are blinded by hate
By Ludy A. Ongkeko, Ph.D. Despite the beginnings of 2013, a new year, meant to usher in renewals of hope and life, the much-awaited Reproductive Health (RH) Law of the Philippines — highly cheered by about 85 percent of that nation’s people led by President Aquino — the Bishops continue to spread their vociferous opposition […]
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Fr. James Reuter will be missed at EDSA
By Nestor Enriquez In the 27th EDSA celebration this coming February, a pillar of the revolution will be missed: Fr. James Reuter S.J. Fr. James is also New Jersey’s biggest gift to the Philippines and then later re-gifted to the world. The Irish-German altar boy entered St. Peter’s Preparatory School in Jersey City some 80 […]