Santo Niño Parish - Cortes, Bohol

25/08/2026

thank you so much Ma’am Joemarie Uy

for some of our dear sis and bros

📸E. Dabalos
08.24.26

25/08/2026

thank you so much Ma’am J. S. Lim

for some of our dear sis and bros

📸B. Valles
08.21.26

25/08/2026

foundation day
mass
fellowship
fatima national high school
fatima

25/08/2026

As of 8:00 AM today, 25 August 2026, Typhoon "SAUDEL" (formerly "OBET") is being monitored OUTSIDE the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).

Also, Tropical Depression "ATSANI" (formerly LPA 08h) is also being monitored OUTSIDE the PAR.

Meanwhile, LPA 08f (formerly NENENG/GAENARI) has already dissipated.

All are advised to monitor updates from DOST-PAGASA.

25/08/2026

24/08/2026

She was not only a Lay Liturgical Minister, she made it possible for a secondary school to exist in barangay Fatima.

We remember her and her great contribution in prayer.

Ma’am Simplicia, we pray for your eternal repose.

(birhen sa fatima, brgy. fatima)

24/08/2026

mass
fellowship
new lourdes elementary school
new lourdes

24/08/2026

Saint Bartholomew

Saint of the Day for August 24
(c. 1st century)

Saint Bartholomew’s Story
In the New Testament, Saint Bartholomew is mentioned only in the lists of the apostles. Some scholars identify him with Nathanael, a man of Cana in Galilee who was summoned to Jesus by Philip. Jesus paid him a great compliment: “Here is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity in him” (John 1:47b). When Nathanael asked how Jesus knew him, Jesus said, “I saw you under the fig tree” (John 1:48b).

Whatever amazing revelation this involved, it brought Nathanael to exclaim, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel” (John 1:49b). But Jesus countered with, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this” (John 1:50b).

Nathanael did see greater things. He was one of those to whom Jesus appeared on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias after his resurrection (see John 21:1-14). They had been fishing all night without success. In the morning, they saw someone standing on the shore though no one knew it was Jesus. He told them to cast their net again, and they made so great a catch that they could not haul the net in. Then John cried out to Peter, “It is the Lord.”

When they brought the boat to shore, they found a fire burning, with some fish laid on it and some bread. Jesus asked them to bring some of the fish they had caught, and invited them to come and eat their meal. John relates that although they knew it was Jesus, none of the apostles presumed to inquire who he was. This, John notes, was the third time Jesus appeared to the apostles.

Reflection
Saint Bartholomew or Nathanael? We are confronted again with the fact that we know almost nothing about most of the apostles. Yet the unknown ones were also foundation stones, the 12 pillars of the new Israel whose 12 tribes now encompass the whole earth. Their personalities were secondary—without thereby being demeaned—to their great office of bearing tradition from their firsthand experience, speaking in the name of Jesus, putting the Word Made Flesh into human words for the enlightenment of the world.

Their holiness was not an introverted contemplation of their status before God. It was a gift that they had to share with others. The Good News was that all are called to the holiness of being Christ’s members, by the gracious gift of God.

The simple fact is that humanity is totally meaningless unless God is its total concern. Then humanity, made holy with God’s own holiness, becomes the most precious creation of God.

Saint Bartholomew is the Patron Saint of:
Plasterers

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