Provincia San Matteo (Filippina)

Most Rev. Jesse Mercado, DD, Bishop of Parañaque, through the imposition of hands and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, ordained six new Deacons of the St. Matthew Province at the Holy Spirit Chapel of the Fr Di Francia Center of Studies in Parañaque City on August 25, 2018. With the confreres, their families, friends and benefactors that filled the chapel in celebration, let us join Rev. Jose Roque Arreza, Rev. Jorge Casaberde, Rev. Andru Iroy, Rev. Tom June Lancin, Rev. Al John Provido and Rev.

The new Rogationist Seminary in Ribang, Maumere, Indonesia was blessed on August 8, 2018 by Fr. Herman Abcede, Provincial of St. Matthew Province, at conclusion of his canonical visit to the Missionary Station. Moreover, during the same occasion, 11 new aspirants in the preparatory year (propaedeutic) were admitted for the School Year 2018-2019. 

Most Rev. Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, presided over the Thanksgiving Mass for the completion of 65 housing units of a 5-storey building to be distributed to poor family-beneficiaries of St. Hannibal Empowerment Center (SHEC) in Malibay, Pasay City, Metro Manila, on July 14, 2018. Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle of the Archdiocese of Manila, to which the Rogationist community belongs, joined him and the other priests in blessing the houses.

We are happy to inform you that today, on the occasion of the 8th death anniversary of Fr. Joseph Aveni, the AVENI FOUNDATION website is now online. To know more, please go to:  avenifoundation.org

PARANAQUE CITY (July 9, 2018) – The Community of Fr. Di Francia Center of Studies hosted the Seminar-Workshop on Child Protection Policy last July 9, 2018. Organized and spearheaded by the Provincial Sector on Charity and Missions, the participants came from the religious communities of Fr. Di Francia Center of Studies, Fr. Hannibal Formation Center, St. Hannibal Rogate Center, Rogationist Postulancy Center, Rogationist Novitiate, St. Hannibal Empowerment Center, St. Hannibal Multi-Level School in Multinational Village, and St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Bautista, Pangasinan.

​In celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Inspiration of the Rogate, in the context of the Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons in the Philippines, with the Rogate Family, the Daughters of Divine Zeal and the Rogationists jointly held their Feast of July the First at the Our Lady of Divine Zeal Convent in Marikina City. The event which took on the theme "Jesus is the Heart of Communion and Abiding Source of Renewal for the Rogate Family", had Fr. Herman Abcede, RCJ to preside over the Holy Mass, after which Fr.

June 27, 2018 -

On June 25, 2018, at the chapel of the St. Hannibal Rogate Center, through a simple rite, incorporated to the celebration of the Holy Mass, presided over by Fr. Orville Cajigal, Provincial Councilor for the Sector on Charity and Missions, Fr. Jonrey Lauron was blessed by Fr. Herman Abcede, the Provincial Superior, and was officially sent off to be part of the Missionary Station in Seoul, South Korea, joining two Korean Rogationist Priests.

On June 11, 2018, the day when Fr. Enrique Raveza III, 24 year back was ordained to the Sacred Order of Priesthood, he was solemnly laid to rest by confreres, family and friends at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque City. The interment was preceded by a funeral Mass, presided over by the Bishop of Parañaque, Most Rev. Jesse Mercado, DD, at the chapel of the Fr. Di Francia Center of Studies. Fr. Raveza died of complications brought about by multiple myeloma on June 6, 2018. The Rogationists of the St. Matthew Province, headed by Fr.

         Fr. Herman Abcede, Provincial Superior of the St. Matthew Province, has been appointed by the Bishop Jesse Mercado of the Diocese of Paranaque to be a Defender of the Bond in the Diocesan Ecclesiastical Court of First Instance. He was sworn into office on June 6, 2018, together with the other officers and judicial counsels of the Tribunal, during the blessing of office of the said new Tribunal Office.