Owak Youth Ministry

29/02/2024

Another year of encounter mga Bai!

This year’s Panagtagbo will highlight the encounter of our dear San Pedro Calungsod, the young martyr, and our friend, Bl. Carlo Acutis, our young modern evangelizer of God’s presence in the Holy Eucharist. The two are close to the hearts of the young for they are our models of prayer, faith and companionship in our journey through ministry.

The Commission on Youth Cebu and The Cebu Archdiocesan Shrine of Saint Pedro Calungsod in collaboration with the Friends of Bl. Carlo Acutis invite you to join us in this encounter on March 22, 2024.

Uban ta sa PANAGTAGBO NI PEDRO UG CARLO!
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Further information will be released soon. Please stay tuned for updates here on our Commission on Youth Cebu FB page.

15/02/2024

Sa panahon sa Kwaresma, naa kitay VIA CRUCIS sugod karong Biyernes sa alas 6:30 sa gabie. Mag-abot ang tanan sa Kapilya ni Sr. San Miguel ug pagahimoon ang VIA CRUCIS sa feeder road alang seguridad sa mga manguyog sa maong kalihokan. Daghang salamat!

15/02/2024

https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/documents/ns_lit_doc_via-crucis_en.html

In the Christian West few pious practices are as loved as the Way of the Cross, a devotion which recalls with mindful affection the last stage of the journey that Jesus walked in his earthly life: from when he and his disciples, « after psalms had been sung, left for the Mount of Olives» (Mk 14, 2...

15/02/2024

"Lent reminds us, therefore, that Christian life is a never-ending combat in which the “weapons” of prayer, fasting and penance are used. Fighting against evil, against every form of selfishness and hate, and dying to oneself to live in God..." - Pope Benedict XVI

15/02/2024

LENTEN CHALLENGE 2024 | As we slow down, reflect, and repent in this Season of Lent, let us also strive to grow more in faith, hope, and love as we finish this Lenten Challenge 2024.

This "TO-DO Calendar for Lent" is our way of encouraging the faithful, especially in Cebu, to make the most out of the Lenten Celebrations— aside from the usual religious traditions and popular practices we have — as we journey together in our individual and synodal reflection, conversion, and renewal.

This Lenten Challenge suggests concrete yet simple actions to guide us in our prayer devotions, fasting and abstinence, and sharing of our gifts with others through almsgiving.

Today is Ash Wednesday. Get marked with ashes and ask for the grace to be faithful.

To download the hi-res version of the calendar, CLICK HERE: https://bit.ly/LentenChallenge2024

12/10/2023

Today, we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Pillar.

The first Marian apparition in history appeared to Saint James the Apostle, the brother of Saint John the Evangelist, on the bank of the river Ebro in Saragossa, Spain. Unlike every other recorded apparition, this one took place during the earthly life of the Mother of God.

According to tradition, she had promised Saint James that when he needed it most in his difficult mission to the pagans in today's Spain, she would appear to him to encourage him.

In the year 40 A.D., while praying one night on the tobrt bank, the Virgin appeared with the Child Jesus standing on a pillar and asked Saint James and his eight disciples to build a church on the site, promising that “it will stand from that moment until the end of time in order that God may work miracles and wonders through my intercession for all those who place themselves under my patronage.”

The church of Our Lady of the Pilar in Zaragoza, is the first church dedicated to Mary in history and it remains standing to this day, having survived invasions and wars – in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 three bombs were dropped on the church and none of them exploded.

Our Lady is also said to have given the small wooden statue of the apparition to Saint James which now stands on a pillar in the church.

Nuestra Señora del Pilar is the patron of Spain and all Hispanic peoples. October 12, 1492, the feast of the Virgin of the Pillar, is the day Christopher Colombus first sighted American land, and when the first Mass in the Americas was celebrated.

Source: Catholic News Agency

07/10/2023

"There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others." - St. John Chrysostom