Provincia San Matteo (Filippina)

(Aug. 1) Twenty-two altar servers from St. Joseph Parish -Alegria, Cebu arrived this afternoon in our community for an overnight experience of seminary life. They were accompanied by their parish priest Fr. Reynaldo Cui, who is a former Rogationist seminarian. The activity introduced them to priestly and religious life. They joined the activities of the community and listened to the vocation talk of Rev. Jeffrey Salvador, RCJ, the vocation promoter of the community. 

Fr. Orville Cajigal, RCJ, il Superiore Provinciale, ha formalmente accettato 14 seminaristi alla Postulancy, su presentazione di Padre Al John Provido, RCJ, Assistente Direttore della Postulanza. Il rito si è tenuto presso il Centro Sant'Annibale Rogate, il 1° luglio 2022, incorporato nella liturgia eucaristica, che ha aperto l'intera giornata di celebrazione della festa del primo luglio.

“The Feast of July the First is central and the mother of all the feasts in the Congregation of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus. In fact, July 1, 1886 is the authentic foundation day of the ‘Pious Work of the Evangelical Rogation.’ Certainly, it was Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament who started to build up the Pious Work of the interests of His Heart, in one of the shanties of the Avignone slum since March 19, 1881, the very day which our Father celebrated the first feast in the small chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart.

                On July 5, 2022, in the commemoration of the birthday of St. Hannibal Mary, our Founder and Father, the Religious students of St. Matthew Province will have their profession of the religious vows. Six Religious will profess perpetually: Bro. John Dela Cruz will profess in Paranaque, Philippines, while five others, namely, Bro. Peter Do Xuan Truong, Bro. Augustine Hoang Tran Minh Chau, Bro. Joseph Nguyen Huu Binh, Bro. Peter Tran Duy Nhan, Bro. Francis Xavier Nguyen Phuc Thien will do it in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The St. Matthew Province cordially invites you to formal Acceptance to the Postulancy of our nineteen (19) seminarians: 10 Filipinos, 5 Indonesians, and 4 Vietnamese. The Holy Mass, which incorporates the rites, will be held at the St. Hannibal Rogate Center, in Merville Park, Paranaque City, on July 1, 2022, 7:30am. A parallel liturgy will be held at the Missionary Station of Indonesia for their local candidates. Let us continue to pray for more and holy vocations!

Invitation to the Renewal and Perpetual Profession of the Vows

The St. Matthew Province cordially invites you to the Perpetual Profession of the Vows of Bro. John Dela Cruz, RCJ and the Renewal of Vows our sixteen (16) confreres. The Holy Mass, which incorporates the rites, to be presided over by Fr. Ariel Tecson, RCJ, will be held at the Fr. Di Francia Center of Studies in Paranaque City, on July 5, 2022. Let us continue to pray for more and holy vocations!

The St. Matthew Province cordially invites you to the Renewal and Perpetual Profession of the Vows of our Vietnamese confreres to be held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 4, 2022, presided over by Fr. King Cena, RCJ. Let us pray for more vocations to the religious and priestly life and the perseverance of those who have been called.

Perpetual vows of six Religious students: Bro. Peter Do Xuan Truong, Bro. Augustine Hoang Tran Minh Chau, Bro. Joseph Nguyen Huu Binh, Bro. Peter Tran Duy Nhan, Bro. Francis Xavier Nguyen Phuc Thien.

The St. Matthew Province cordially invites you to the First Profession of five brothers (3 Filipinos and 2 Vietnamese) and to the formal acceptance of 16 novices (2 Filipinos, 9 Indonesians, and 5 Vietnamese). The Holy Mass, which incorporates the rites, to be presided over by Fr. Ariel Tecson, RCJ, will be held at the St. Anthony's Boys Village in Lalaan II, Silang, Cavite, on July 4, 2022, 10:00 am. Let us continue to pray for more and holy vocations!

Il Promotore della Vocazione ha continuato la visita a domicilio con i candidati e i seminaristi di Ilocos Sur. I padri della FHFC sono stati molto grati alle famiglie di Sems. Efren Vince-Cruz, Aeron Quitilen, Bryan Ponce, Kier Kelly, Renzel Marquez, tutti provengono dalla città di Sta Cruz, e alla famiglia di Angel Ricolcolin di Burgos, Ilocos Sur.

Shalom!. A blessed feast day of St. Anthony of Padua - IL SANTO!!!

PRAYER

Almighty ever-living God, who in Saint Anthony of Padua, true model of Gospel worker, you have given to your people an eminent preacher and a patron of the poor and the suffering, grant that through his intercession, we may follow the teachings of the Gospel and experience in trials the help of your mercy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who is God, and lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, forever and ever, AMEN