CELEBRATIONS !!!!!!!

Birthdays, Feast days and important events to  keep in mind ...

Teresa Hashimoto    Octobedr 1 feast day , Teresita Noi - October 1 feast day , Francisca Wakabayashi- October 4 , Pilar  Andrew  - October 12,    Jeevathy ( srilankan Post. ) October 15.    Mission Sunday - October 23rd , Feast of Claret 24th. ( Happy Feast day! )

HAPPY 24TH FOUNDATION DAY

October 7, on the feast of our Lady of the Holy Rosary. The Philippine Delegation  having 3 communities located in Luzon , Visayas and Mindanao celebrated their 24th foundation day.  In 1987,the sisters from Japan , heeding the invitation of our  Claretian Fathers  started making history in  Quezon City ,Manila .  We  asked our Blessed Mother to accompany us in our spiritual preparation  this year to welcome with renewed ardor and  filled with  missionary zeal and  our identity rooted  in the spirit of Claret and Paris  journey  to make our  25th silver celebration worth celebrating- October 2012. Accompany us with your prayers. We remain grateful for what has been and  for all that will come we put our confidence in the Lord that with Him  the work will be done...

HAPPY FEAST DAY

October 1, on the feast of  St. Teresita of the Child Jesus, we ask through her  intercession  to pray for  our two sisters Teresa Hashimoto and  Teresita Noi whose feast day we celebrate  today. We thank the Lord for many things   among those  the gift of life and their Claretian Missionary vocation. Omedetto Gozaimasu ! Felicidades !HAPPY FEAST DAY TO YOU !

SECOND VISIT TO VIETNAM

     Written by :  Rizalyn Solitario 

After the first visit or the first step of the Congregation (especially of the Vice province of Asia) in Vietnam last May 5-11, 2011, we did not expect that on this same year we could find vocations there. Although we knew that the vocations there are flourishing like mushrooms. But four months after, this visit was followed because there are candidates that our Claretian  brothers met and are waiting for us.

            We could not delay our response to the invitation, so on September 6- 15, I was sent by the Vice province to see the candidates. There were three of them.

            Thanks to the effort of our Claretian brothers especially our Vietnamese brother Peter Dat who met these girls and Fr. Gerald Kumar, an Indian priest who makes the follow up and both accompanied me to visit their families.

            We had to go by plane for 1 ½ hours trip from Saigon and more long trips by land.

            They are from the province of Ha Tinh in the North side of Vietnam. In this place the environment of communism is stronger since Ho Chi Minh (the father of communism in Vietnam) is from this place.    

            The girls are all ready to start, well supported by their families.

            Fr. Gerry offered himself to look after the candidates. May God bless him and the Claretian Missionaries in Vietnam.              

                                                                                                                       

Witness Awakens Vocation 2011

In celebrating the vocation month the community  had  agreed to initiate activities  for adults and youth : September 10 for the Claretian Mission Collaborators ( of 7 members ), September 14, for the Claret Youth Ministry ( with 31 youth ) and September 17 to 18 , the overnight vocation camp for  young ladies with inclination to Religious life ( 6 ladies came ). We were happy to welcome them in our chapel  . Each group with their different stories  of personal encounter with God as they leave the chapel.

Vocation Month

THE RELIGIOUS OF MARY IMMACULATE JOINS ARCHDIOCESE OF ZAMBOANGA CELEBRATES WITNESS AWAKENS VOCATION. A  month long vocation activities  from September 1 to 31. Series of  activities  had been line up for this said event. Sister Marita is very much engage in the affairs of the Archdiocese on vocation promotion.

WORLD YOUTH DAY SCENE II

what is the world youth day ? Created in 1985 by Pope John Paul II, World Youth Day is a massive gathering of young people from all over the world promoted by the Catholic Church, a grand festivity of faith celebrating the joy of the personal encounter of young people with Christ, gathered around his Vicar on earth, the POPE.
" I WISH THAT ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE, BOTH THOSE WHO SHARE OUR FAITH AND THOSE WHO HESITATE, FALTER IN BELIEF OR DON'T BELIEVE AT ALL, COULD LIVE THIS EXPERIENCE. ( Benedict XVI )