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Grace and all-loving Father, out of love for all people you spoke Your Word who become flesh for our salvation. May Your Word transformed me so that the message of Your Son, our Lord, may be echoed through my teaching. Allow me to guide the hearts of those whom I teach in such a way that they will enter more deeply into your way of truth and salvation. Grant me the insight needed to lead them to know, love and serve you. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit , may they become hearers and followers of your Word, so that they might help transform the world to follow the way of life to which Your Son has called us all, for He lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen

God our Father, complete the work You have begun at my baptism and confirmation and continue to nourish with the Eucharist. Strengthen within me the spirit of Wisdom and Understanding the spirit of Right Judgment and Courage the spirit of Knowledge and Reverence Fill me with the spirit of Wonder and Awe in the presence of the mystery of Your love. Teach me to guide them to come to know You to live in friendship with You and to give witness to Your Son by lives built on faith and love. Amen.

Father of all Families, you have called me to serve the family in truth and in love as catechist. May I be faithful to this call, rooted in your Word and open to the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Mai I use these gifts especially the gifts of faith, hope and love, to serve the family as a witness to you, who are love and life, and the source and destiny of all families. Let your Spirit enlighten my mind and strengthen  my hears so that I can be a path of Chris's love to families especially those in need, the homebound and aged, the disable and disheartened. Through the intercession of Mary and Joseph, I pray for the Church, the Bride of Christ,whose mission to build a civilization of love passes through the family.  Amen

St. Martin de Porres, you always had sympathy for the poor and those who are suffering. We need your help and now ask for it with great confidence in your goodness and power. The favor you received from God encourage us now to ask your intercession. We Ask you must humbly to befriend us and assist us from your place in heaven . When you were here on earth. You spent your life loving God and your neighbor .Now that you live in the presence of God intercede for us and beg the Divine Physician to give us health of soul and body. Amen.

“Jack of All Trade, Master of None” Bro. Anthony Apostol My first quarter (July to September) assignment at Pila was not only a stay like any other but also an opportunity to meet others. And lo and behold, I met a Pileno priest with a name “Cornelio” - but already in a casket laid in state at the Shrine of San Antonio in mid-August after having succumbed to Cardiac Arrest on August 13. For days, relatives, friends, and fellow priests visited his remains to pay their respects for this one-of-a-kind presbyter of the Catholic Church serving the Imus Diocese. The overflowing sympathies and unmatched manifestation of sorrow during the funeral mass before interment made me ask the question, “How did this man live his life as a priest?” And this is his story...      Fr. Cornelio “ Nel ” Matanguihan was eighth/ninth among 14 siblings. He studied at Pila Elementary School and later transferred to St. Anthony Academy (now Liceo de Pila) for his high sch...

As an additional tool for priest, catechist, teachers and deacons. this material was adapted from United States Conference of  Catholic Bishops. It gives instruction on how to use this booklet. The foundation of the booklet rest on Marriage as Made for Life. The whole booklet is divided into three basic principles 1) Children are a Gift 2) Fathers and Mothers Matter and 3) Sexual Difference Matters. This Resource Booklet  is an addition to the Viewers Guide which goes along with the video Made For Life, the second video in the Marriage: Unique for Reason Series. The first video, Made for Each Other which explores why sexual difference matters and essential to marriage. It is a twelve minute video. You can view the video here :. http://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/sexual-difference-video/ The second video, Made for Life: Marriage welcomes the “supreme gift” of the child.The video is hust ten minutes long, You can watch the video here :  http://www...

Today, Rev. Fr. Sonny Pasawa of the Diocese of San Pablo celebrates his twenty five years as a  priest. He thanked the Almighty and Loving God for giving him the years to serve Him and His people. He is now the Parish Priest of the Nuestra Senora de La Paz in the city of Binan, in the province of Laguna.