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Part of the operation of the Commission on Catechesis of the Diocese of San Pablo is the monthly meeting of the Staff comprises of priests, religious and lay coordinators. The Catechetical Commission is headed by Rev. Fr. Tootsie Ubarco. One of the agenda for this month after the annual assessment and evaluation in pangasinan of which I was not been able to attend because it was also the schedule of the pastoral visit of Bishop Buenaventura Famadico in the Vicariate  of the Holy Family of which I belong, is the launching of the spiritual bouquet for the diocesan catechetical day both for the school bay lay volunters and student catechists of the diocese. The Diocesan Catechetical day will be on September 17, 2015 to be held in Alonte Sports Center in Binan City, Philippines in the province of Laguna.Unfortunately, I will not also be able to attend on the said event as I will represent the Catechetical Commision of the Diocese in Baguio on the same week for the Annual M...

MANILA, Feb. 23, 2012— A Catholic bishop advised students not to join fraternities and sororities especially those with dangerous initiations. Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez of Caloocan said the recent death of San Beda law student Marvin Reglos from an alleged hazing incident showed risks in joining fraternities. He acknowledged that maybe not all initiations are dangerous, but stressed that enough have already been publicized to let the public know many are not safe. “If an organization has things like hazing, (students) should avoid it,” Iñiguez told Manila archdiocese-run Radyo Veritas. “We are also appealing to the youth to carefully examine organizations that they want to be with,” added the head of the Committee on Public Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippine. Retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz believes that all fraternities can have the potential to be great and can affect community positively with the right leaders. “Having a fraternity is not bad becaus...