Tag: November 27, 2015

FILIPINO Dominicans marked the eighth centenary of the Order of Preachers with the opening of the Jubilee Door at their mother church Santo Domingo last Nov. 7, ushering in a year-long celebration.

Reflecting on the Jubilee year’s theme “Go and Preach,” Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle led the celebration and called on Dominican friars, sisters and laity to continue their mission of “spreading the light” of Jesus Christ.

“The Order of Preachers was given official confirmation for two reasons: to preach and to save souls. That has not changed to this day,” Cardinal Tagle said in his homily during Holy Mass. “All of our preaching, including the preaching ministry of the Order of Preachers, must always go back to Jesus who is the Word.”

THE RECENT Synod of Bishops on the Family remained firm on the Church’s teaching that the divorced and remarried cannot receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist, but stressed that they are among the baptized and should be “more integrated into the Christian community,” while “avoiding every occasion of scandal.”

Granting access to the sacrament for the divorced and remarried, proposed by European bishops reportedly with encouragement from the Pope himself, encountered stiff opposition from African and some American prelates, who claimed that such change condoned adulterous relationships and would be contrary to the teachings of Christ.

THE FIRST cardinal of Myanmar will represent Pope Francis in the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) to be hosted by Cebu City in January 2016.

Yangon Archbishop Charles Bo, the first cardinal from Burma, has been appointed by the Supreme Pontiff as papal legate to the eucharistic congress, organizers announced last Oct. 25.

Cardinal Bo was one of the 20 new cardinals appointed by the Pope in February 2015. He served as president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar for six years. The cardinal is an advocate of harmonious relationships between Myanmar’s diverse religious groups.

A DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) booklet seeks to inform and educate the public in lay-friendly terms the intricacies of the proposed 2016 General Appropriations Act (GAA) in the interest of public transparency.

The proposed 2016 GAA is P3.002 trillion.

The 2016 People’s Proposed Budget (PPB), as the booklet is titled, aims at comprehensibility and clarity, said BS Fine Arts in Advertising Arts alumna Adrienne Ponce.

Ponce, a freelance, graphic designer tapped by DBM to design the booklet, said she and her design team sought to make the public action visually appealing and inviting.

THE PAPER as a premier medium in Philippine art was the focal point of Papelismo 6, a group exhibit at the Nova Gallery, Makati City.

Thomasians Thomas Daquioag, Pinggot Zulueta, Benjie Cabrera and Melvin Culaba were among a dozen artists who explored the creative possibilities of paper as an art medium.

Daquioag, a Painting alumnus of UST, shows social realism in “The Heir” and “The Heir 2,” which portray a child on the floor and a woman sitting on a couch.

His other featured work, a watercolor on arches or air-dried paper titled “ABAKADA Series” features a family making their way through a flood.

NOON PA man, matunog nang usapin sa Unibersidad ang kahulugan at hangganan ng kalayaan para sa mga Tomasino.

Dati nang binigyang-diin ng dating dekano ng Faculty of Civil Law na si Andres Narvasa ang kahalagahan ng mga limitasiyon sa kalayaan ng mga mag-aaral sa pagpapahayag at pagkilos sa loob ng paaralan.

Sa isang simposyo na pinamagatang “Freedom in a University” noong 1969, sinabi ni Narvasa na “there can be no liberty without restraint; restraint produces freedom.”