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Parish Pilgrimage to Bulacan

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The Parish decided to make a Lenten pilgrimage to 7 churches of Bulacan. The first church we visited was the Our Lady of Fatima Parish and the National pilgrim church of our Lady of Fatima in Valenzuela. We had our lunch and Mass in National Shrine of Divine Mercy in Marilao, Bulacan Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post

Another Blog

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Keeping a number of blogs is a tedious job aside from everyday activities and schedule as a parish priest. Some of my blogs were not updated for a period of months. It is a fact that make me to think twice in making a new blogsite. Well, there is a wise array of things to be discussed but for a managerial point it is better to separate something from everything. So, without much ado, i have made another from the wordpress. I like blogspot but the bytes for pictures is limited how many blogs you have unlike with the wordpress. My new blog concerned about materials for the Holy Eucharis t, it can be accessed here. http://eucharistic.wordpress.com. The site will deal more on the resources needed for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. What readings are needed for the day, things to prepare on certain occasions and the liturgical suggestions on the celebration of the Holy Eucharist on Philippine setting Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post

Mt Carmel

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Mount Carmel is one of the religious sites of Christian faith. Somebody send me a letter asking me to link his site on this blog. The site is more of tourist in nature but it could be of help as an additional information about this mountain which is very significant to our faith. The Mt Carmel is a location of touristic and religious importance. It is a mountain range located in Northern Israel. The Mt Carmel in Israel, mean a lot of things to a lot of people, historically and otherwise. Even in ancient and current lore, Mt Carmel has been described as The Vineyards of God . It holds immense touristic importance to the people of Israel and the Middle East in general. Religiously it holds a large amount of significance to Jewish Islamic and Christian cultures as among other things it was said to be the place from where Elijah performed some of the historical acts recorded in most holy books. For more information about Mt. CARMEL http://www.mtcarmel.info/ http://www.newadvent.org/c...
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A friend, Fr. Gabby Delfino send me this email and I would like to share to you because it has really perplex me because I cannot see both no matter how I tried or maybe i have not tried enough. See it for yourself If you see this lady turning in clockwise you are using your right brain. If you see it the other way, you are using left brain. Some people do see both ways, but most people see it only one way. See if you can make her go one way and then the other by shifting the brain's current. BOTH DIRECTIONS CAN BE SEEN Experimentation has shown that the two different sides, or hemispheres, of the brain are responsible for different manners of thinking. The following table illustrates the differences between left-brain and right-brain thinking: Left Brain Logical Sequential Rational Analytical Objective Looks at parts Right Brain Random Intuitive Holistic Synthesizing Subjective Looks at wholes ...

Trip to Tagaytay

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Priests of the vicariate of Immaculate conception of the diocese of San Pablo visited Fr. Marvi Villamir, the former parish priest of San Antonio Parish, San Antonio, Los Banos, Laguna in Tagaytay city where he is presently assigned. The vicariate of Immaculate Conception is composed of the parishes of the Immaculate Conception, Los, Banos, Laguna; St. Anthony Parish, San Antonio, Los, Banos, Laguna, St. Therese of the Child Jesus Parish, UP, Los Banos, Laguna, St. Augustine Parish, Bay, Laguna and San Isidro Parish, Calauan, Laguna, Philippines. Fr. Thor Villacarlos, Fr. Gomer Torres, Fr. Joe Segudo, Fr. Rey Hayag, Fr. Noel Conopio and Fr. Jessie G. Somosierra, Jr, visited Fr. Marvi and have some bonding in a nearby restaurant. Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post
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Lay ministers of the Holy Communion of the diocese have an annual Lenten recollection in San Pablo today. Lay Ministers of my former parish, Nuestra Senora delos Angeles, Sta. Maria, Laguna drop by after the affair. Although there is a regular monthly Parish Pastoral Council Meeting, I accomodated them. Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post

Police Report

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Early in the morning, right after the Mass, two policewoman approach me for coordination. It seems that the higher authorities have given some instruction to coordinates information especially right after the Jun Lozada alleged abduction. After some exchange of information, we posed for pictures, according to them for reports. We posed for several location, because according to them it for the rport for the period of six months. They are reguired to send reports every month. Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post