Pilgrim Relics of Saint Rita of Cascia graces San Sebastian Basilica

MANILA–Devotees, expatriate, and Sunday Mass attendees welcomed the pilgrim relics of Saint Rita of Cascia on Pentecost Sunday, June 9, 2019, at San Sebastian Basilica, Quiapo, Manila. These relics were Saint Rita’s cincture and a piece of bone were kept in her monastery shrine in Cascia, Italy since her death in 1457. Reverend Fr. Julius…

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Formands told: “We need missionaries”

Day 2: Formands’ Convention The first full day of the 12th OAR Formands’ Convention at the RFC fell on Pentecost Sunday, and it was nothing short of being appropriate as the Holy Spirit’s presence was invoked and was felt in the activities all throughout the day. After the Morning Prayer held at the Mini-Forest, the…

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