Empowered women

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 02/07/2016

The Philippine cooperative movement mourns the passing away of retired Judge Esperanza Fiel Garcia who succumbed to kidney failure Monday last week at the age of 82. Known to many as Ma’am Inday, she was the founding…

Concretizing the IEC call to action

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 02/04/2016

As an advocate of co-operatives, one of the speakers who I looked forward to hear during the 51st International Eucharistic Congress was Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, also known as the “prophet of Mindanao” and the “Cardinal…

Hot topics in the IEC

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 01/27/2016

Midway through the plenary of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress, Church and lay leaders, including news reporters, can point to two (2) important concerns that always crop up in catecheses, open forum, workshops and press conferences.  Because…

Bicam spays RH law

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 01/14/2016

Advocates of artificial birth control methods are up in arms over a very sizable cut in the budget of the Department of Health, specifically in the budget for the implementation of the Reproductive Health Law. RH champions,…

PH Church wins the day on contraception issue

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 01/10/2016

When the team from the Vatican arrives in Cebu City on January 18, or six days ahead of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC), Archbishop Pierro Marini, chairman of the Pontifical Commission on the International Eucharistic Congress…

Mike, beyond suspension

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 01/07/2016

“Sinulog goes global” is this year’s theme of the Sinulog festivities, and the organizers of the annual homage to the Holy Child Jesus could not have found a more fitting idea for the 2016 celebration. The global…

Palma’s vindication

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 01/04/2016

New Year 2016 is undoubtedly one of the most challenging times for the Cebu Archdiocese as it puts the finishing touches to preparations for the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC). The international Catholic gathering kicks off on…

Great respect for Roy Señeres

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/10/2015

If supporters of Davao City Mayor and candidate for president Rodrigo Duterte are ecstatic over the latest Social Weather Station survey that showed his popularity in Metro Manila surging to 38% in a polling taken in November…

The IEC and World Olympics

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/26/2015

At a gathering the other night organized by the Cebu Archdiocese for members of the local media, I was able to catch up on the background of the International Eucharistic Congress from the first time it was…

Another first for the 51st IEC

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/22/2015

After acquiring The Pavilion, the beautiful and functional official venue for the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC), the Archdiocese of Cebu can still lay claim to another position of ascendancy among all other countries that hosted the…

The Pavilion, ‘crowning glory of faith’

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/19/2015

November 21 is an important date in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church because it is the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  Orthodox churches celebrate it as well as The Entry of…

Death themes on Friday the 13th Paris concert

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/15/2015

It was Friday the 13th and the Bataclan, a concert hall in Paris’s 11th district, was offering French audience a night of death metal music courtesy of the American band, Eagles of Death Metal (EODM). As someone…

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