Prelude to the visayas omph congress

Madrileña de la Cerna 02/11/2017

As a prelude to the Visayas Congress of Our Mother of Perpetual Help on February 16-18, three film entries to the Short Film Festival of the 150th Jubilee of the Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help…

Making Our Mother of Perpetual Help known

Sofia Aliño Logarta 02/08/2017

In the LAW Center, Inc. program, “Sa Mata sa Kababyen-an” at CCTN, Rev. Fr. Glenn Tito Pascual, CsSR, and Dr. Madrileña de la Cerna of the Publicity Committee spread the word regarding the Visayas Congress to celebrate…

Bending tradition

Madrileña de la Cerna 02/04/2017

Sacred Heart School-Hijas de Jesus Foundation, with the collaboration of its alumni and parents’ associations, brought to the Cebuano audience at the opening of February Disney’s “Mulan” to celebrate its 60th year of existence of educating young…

Healing look

Sofia Aliño Logarta 02/01/2017

When I heard and read about Jakatia Pawa’s unjust hanging and the sorrow it brought to her family, especially her children, I remembered Ate Bebe, my goddaughter’s yaya. Bebe had worked as a high speed sewer in…

A reunion of cultural workers

Madrileña de la Cerna 01/28/2017

Cultural Workers from the 1980s and years after that held a reunion yesterday at the Handuraw Gorordo Branch: the Banaag Network, Dungog Network, PETA-CITASA in the Visayas, Bitaw, USC-TG, Prayer, STC Bantawan, DKR (Dulaang Katilingban sa Redemptorist),…

Enriched by the Chinese

Sofia Aliño Logarta 01/25/2017

Let us celebrate Chinese New Year, with some thoughts on the Chinese in our history. “Whenever they bought a Chinese porcelain vase or jar or plate they brought into their house, something of that grand civilization. That…

The real kabiloso

Madrileña de la Cerna 01/21/2017

The launching of Raymund Fernandez’s book “Kamingaw: An Impressionist Portrait of the Bisaya Painter Martino A. Abellana” last January 10, 2017 brought back memories of my interactions with Noy Tinong as we fondly called him from childhood…

From Kaplag to Tago

Madrileña de la Cerna 01/14/2017

In May 2016, while helping the Redemptorists prepare for their first-time participation in the Gabii sa Kabilin, which was held on the last Friday of May, I had the chance to finally see and touch the steel…

Sheltering the Niño/as

Sofia Aliño Logarta 01/11/2017

My friend Fe reminded me that the Redemptorists sheltered the Santo Niño during the Second World War. This made me think of Fr. Jerry’s homily on the feast of Holy Innocents. He talked about the various activities…

A hymn of love

Madrileña de la Cerna 01/07/2017

The mood for the coming feast of Santo Niño is set by the song “Bato-Balani sa Gugma” (Magnet of Love) aired over the radio and television, and sung in all the eleven masses at the Basilica del…

For mothers

Sofia Aliño Logarta 01/04/2017

The beauty of this book should brighten up your holidays!” Jojo Logarta-Avila greeted me on the first page of Simeon Dumdum’s “Letter from Fatima.” When I arrived home and opened the package in front of my niece…

Backward glance, forward look

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/31/2016

The year 2016 started with the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in January in Cebu City with the theme “Christ in us, Our Hope of Glory” that sent a strong message of hope for the faithful. The proclamation…

Previous           Next
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Subscribe to our newsletter!

By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.

This is an information message

We use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more here.