The Rogationists and Daughters of Divine Zeal in Vietnam organized a four-day spiritual retreat for young men and women interested in deepening their vocation discernment and getting to know the religious life of the two congregations founded by St. Hanibal Mary Di Francia. The retreat was held from August 10-13 at the Dalat Diocesan Pastoral Center in Dalat City, Vietnam.

(Aug. 10) Most Rev. Renato Mayugba, DD, Bishop of Laoag, together with the Rogationist priests and clergy of the diocese, celebrated the Solemn Eucharist on the Feast of the Parish Patron, St. Lawrence the Deacon. This parish is located in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, was founded by the Augustinians in 1624 and is now entrusted to the Rogationists.

Fr. Orville Cajigal, Superior of the St. Matthew Province  is in Maumere, Flores, Indonesia, from August 13 to 15 for the canonical visitation of the Rogationist communities there. He is accompanied by Bro. Christian De Sagun, Provincial Secretary. One of the main topics on the agenda of the visit is the planning of the communities of the Missionary Station and the further discernment of their journey towards becoming a Delegation, as indicated by the Provincial Chapter.

The Province of St. Matthew of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus invites you to celebrate the ordination to the priesthood of three of its deacons, Rev. Thomas Nguyen Minh Tai, Rev. Joseph Nguyen Dinh Thong, and Rev. Francis Xavier Nguyen Phuc Thien, by the imposition of hands of the Mons. Dominic Nguyên Văn Manh, Bishop of Dalat on October 7, 2023, at the Dalat Diocesan Pastoral Center, in Dalat City, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam.

Let us thank the Lord for the gift of priestly vocations and let us accompany our ordinandi through our prayers.

Dalla sera di lunedì 7 agosto, i sacerdoti della Quasi Provincia San Giuseppe si sono riuniti sulla collina di Nkolbisson, in Yaounde, Camerun, presso la Comunità delle Suore Carmelitane di Teresa, per alcuni giorni di esercizi spirituali. Il tema era: "Sinodalità e vita consacrata. Non dovete nulla a nessuno, se non amarvi gli uni gli altri" (Rm 13,8) è stato il tema su cui Padre Tiziano Pegoraro, Rcj, si è soffermato in questi giorni per ricordarci il modo di agire della Chiesa, che è quello di camminare insieme agli altri in missione.

August 9, 2023 - The St. Hannibal Formation Center - Cebu (SHFC), through the instrumentality of Mr. Ernyl Ornejas. partnered with the Community Extension Office of Cebu Technological University in conducting a training program on soap making which includes dishwashing soap, fabric conditioner and all purpose cleaner. 
The training program was attended by the seminarians and the residents of Don Bosco Village. The participants were also instructed on recipe costing, pricing, packaging and labeling.

P. Salvatore Greco RCJ ha presieduto la celebrazione eucaristica nella Cappella della Curia Generalizia dei Rogazionisti a Roma in occasione del suo 60° anniversario di ordinazione sacerdotale oggi, 10 agosto 2023. P. Greco fu ordinato sacerdote insieme a P. Filippo Puntrello RCJ il 10 agosto 1963 nel Tempio della Rogazione Evangelica di Messina per mano del Vescovo Carmelo Canzonieri. 
Auguri, P. Greco

The St. Matthew Province of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus invites you to the Ordination to the Diaconate of five of our religious to be officiated by Most Rev. Jesse Mercado, DD, Bishop of Parañaque on October 7, 2023, 9:00 a.m. at the Holy Spirit Chapel of the Fr. Di Francia Center of Studies, Sucat, Parañaque City.
Let us keep the ordinandi in our prayers as they prepare for this important date in their vocational journey.

On August 6, 2023, the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, St. Hannibal Formation Center-Cebu (Rogationist Seminary Cebu) warmly welcomed seven new aspirants through the Rite of Acceptance and Holy Mass presided by the Seminary Superior, Fr. Dante Quidayan, RCJ. The event was graced by the presence of the aspirants' relatives and friends of the seminary.

Due diaconi rogazionisti ruandesi, Eric Munyanganizi e Pierre Célestin Ndayambaje, sono stati ordinati sacerdoti da Mons. Vincent Harolimana, vescovo della diocesi di Ruhengeri il 5 agosto 2023, nella Cattedrale di Nostra Signora di Fatima della diocesi di Ruhengeri, . Alla cerimonia hanno partecipato il Superiore maggiore, padre Wilfredo Cruz, il consigliere generale padre Eugene Ntawigenera, i confratelli rogazionisti e molti altri sacerdoti, le suore FDZ e altri religiosi e religiose, oltre a una grande folla di fedeli.