Search for Jesus marks ‘history’ of Catholic faith

04/28/2018

CEBU’s Catholic faithful were called on to continue “searching for Jesus” as the Church celebrated the 453rd Kaplag or the search for the image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu. In his homily, Fr. Sesenio Paderog, vicar…

St. Candida Maria de Jesus enshrined

Majarly Enjaynes 09/17/2017

The Sacred Heart community joined together on August 9 to celebrate the feast day of St. Candida Maria de Jesus and held the enshrinement of her image in the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Most Sacred Heart of…

Finding God in Jail

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/15/2017

  Part 5 Never count them out. Fr. Cresenciano Ubod, head of the Cebu Archdiocesan Prison Apostolate (CAPA), said those locked behind bars should be cared for, not judged. “It’s not that we don’t want them to…

Piero della Francesca’s resurrection

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 04/15/2017

What thoughts did Piero della Francesca have When he painted the fresco of the Resurrection? Was it a bright day in Sansepolcro As he applied the pigments on the lime and sand? Anyway, the real brush is…

‘Pray, fast, give to poor’-Palma

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/11/2017

HOLY Week is not just about praying and fasting but also helping the poor as shown by the life and works of the late Archbishop Teofilo Camomot. Fr. Mhar Balili, postulator for the beatification of Archbishop Camomot,…

Palma: Value life; live for Jesus

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/09/2017

“MAY we live for Jesus, may we live for love, may we value life.” This was the resonating anti-abortion and pro-life message of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma in his homily during the Palm Sunday Mass at the…

Lording it over life

Jason A. Baguia 04/07/2017

Sen. Emmanuel Pacquiao tried to wear the theologian’s gown in his campaign for the return of capital punishment to the Philippine penal code. In August 2016, addressing opponents, he asked, “Are we greater than God because God…

The age of innocence

Jeff Ruffolo 03/29/2017

TAKE a look at that face! This is the face of innocence—a young boy without guile. My three-year-old son knows nothing about credit cards, online dating, or paying the mortgage for our Casa Ruffolo Uno home each…

The blind eyewitness

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 03/25/2017

On the way to the parking area at the basement of a mall, I would notice people sitting outside a room. They seemed to be waiting. One day, my curiosity at last getting the better of me,…

Lenten exhibit opens at the Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/25/2017

An exhibit of sacred images and tableaux depicting Jesus’ suffering and death are on display at the Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu located beside the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. Renowned iconographer Clodoveo “Louie” Nacorda said the Lenten exhibit offers…

March

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 03/04/2017

How coincidental that this year the first day of March should fall on Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of Lent. I thought that the calendar had conspired to bring this point home to me—that…

LENT

Francis B. Ongkingco 03/03/2017

Father, when will Lent end?” The student took a big bite off his sandwich. “Why do you ask?” “’Coz I don’t want to celebrate my birthday during Lent!” he said, swallowing quickly and trying not to talk…

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