Young Thomasian Professionals Lay Dominican Fraternity

06/10/2026

𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗗𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗖𝗜
𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺: 𝘍𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 4

Remarkable for her spirit of penance and life of contemplative prayer, she received many extraordinary favors form God including the mystical espousal and sacred stigmata. Nonetheless, she was also an eminently practical person and an able administrator for 36 years as prioress of her community.

During Holy Week of 1542, when Catherine was 20, she experienced the first of her ecstasies, in which she saw enacted, in sequence, the scenes of Our Lord’s Passion. The ecstasies, which were repeated every week for twelve years, began at midday every Thursday and ended on Friday at 4:00 p.m. On Easter Sunday of the same year, Our Lord appeared to her, took a ring from His finger and placed it on the forefinger of Catherine’s left hand in commemoration of their Mystical Espousal.

After a lengthy illness, Saint Catherine de’ Ricci died on February 2, 1590, at the age of 68, and was canonized by Pope Benedict IV in 1746.

Sta. Catalina de Ricci, pray for us!

Text © James Benedict Malabanan - Pintakasi PH

06/10/2026

𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗔 𝗗𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗔
𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺𝘴: 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 23 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 30 (𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘶)

The first saint of the Americas, she was born in Lima, Peru in 1586. An intelligent and efficient woman, she took Saint Catherine of Siena as her model. At 15, she recieved the habit of the Third Order Dominican.

In obedience to her parents, she did not enter the Convent but lived at home a humble life of penance and mystical prayer. So widespread was her reputation for sanctity that when Saint Rose died, on August 24, 1617, the day which she herself has predicted, the throngs of devotees surrounding her bier made it almost impossible to bury her. Pope Clement X canonized her on April 12, 1671, thus making her the first canonized saint of the Western hemisphere.

She is the Secondary Patroness of the Philippines along with St. Pudentiana (Sta. Potenciana), a Roman Martyr.

Sta. Rosa de Lima, pray for us!

Text © James Benedict Malabanan - Pintakasi PH

04/10/2026

LOOK | The Founder-Formator of the Fraternity, Dr. Belen L. Tangco OP, holds the Episcopal Crown of the image of the Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de la Universidad de Santo Tomas

BE MISSIONARIES OF UNITY, LIFE, AND CHARITY

Devotees gather to celebrate the feast day and episcopal coronation of the Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario at the Santisimo Rosario Parish on Sunday, Oct. 4.

Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula, O.P., presided over the Fiesta High Mass held in celebration of the parish’s patroness. In his homily, he urged the faithful to promote the virtues of Marian’s queenship of communion, lifebearer, and charity.

(Photo by Charisse Suni/TomasinoWeb)

04/10/2026

The Episcopal Coronation of Mahal na Birhen ng Santisimo Rosario:Ina at G**o

04/10/2026

Maligayang Dakilang Kapistahan at Koronasyong Episkopal ng Mahal na Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario ng UST!

03/10/2026

𝗦𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗦
𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺: 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 3

This Saint of Humility, son of a white Spanish father and a black Panamanian mother, was born in Lima, Peru in 1579.

As a boy, he learned the art of healing. As a Dominican, he served as an infirmarian and healed the illnesses of the poor and also of animals. He led a life of profound prayer, penance, and extraordinary spiritual gifts. He is the patron saint of the poor and the sick. It is said that he bilocated in the Philippines during his lifetime and was seen in Old Santo Domingo and other Dominican Priories in the country. Saint Martin de Porres, who all his life cherished a deep devotion to Jesus crucified and longed to make a return in some small manner for the immense blessings of the Redemption, died on November 5, 1639. He was canonized by Pope John XXIII on May 5, 1962, the first Negro from the New World to attain the rank of Sainthood.

The processional image of St. Martin de Porres is enshrined at the Epistle side of the Church and the St. Martin de Porres Guild is located at Santo Domingo Church which is in charge of propagating the devotion to St. Martin de Porres in the country.

San Martin de Porres, pray for us!

Text © James Benedict Malabanan - Pintakasi PH

03/10/2026

𝗦𝗔𝗡 𝗝𝗨𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗦
𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺: 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 18

A Lay cooperator-brother, he was born in Ribera, Spain in 1585.

Employed at first as a cowherd, he gradually worked his way down the Pacific Coast until he reached Lima, where the divine call at last manifested itself clearly. John became a Cooperator Brother in the Dominican Priory of Saint Mary Magdalene in Lima, where he made his profession on January 22, 1623. Given the office of Porter, he set about at once serving the poor who came to the priory gate for alms. Like his friend, Saint Martin de Porres, he often begged for them in the city and is said to have fed more than two hundred people daily. He is distinguished for his great devotion to the rosary and untiring supplications for the souls in purgatory.

Saint John Macias died on September 17, 1645, and was canonized by Pope Paul VI on September 28, 1975.

San Juan Macias, pray for us!

Text © James Benedict Malabanan - Pintakasi PH

03/10/2026

𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗔 𝗗𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗦𝗔𝗞𝗜
𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴: 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 28 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 20 (𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳)

She was left on her own resources at the age of twenty-two when her parents perished in the great persecution in Japan. She first entered the Order of Augustinian Recollects as a Tertiary. Years later, her Recollect Superiors were martyred and she placed herself under the direction of a Dominican father, Jordan of St. Stephen, and received the habit as a tertiary. At a public hearing presided over by the Mandarin, after her arrest and torture, she stood up and cried out her profession of faith.

She was martyred in 1634. She was beatified and canonized together with San Lorenzo Ruiz.

Santa Magdalena de Nagasaki, pray for us!

Text © James Benedict Malabanan - Pintakasi PH

02/10/2026

𝗦𝗔𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗠 𝗗𝗘 𝗟𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗭
𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺: 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 24

The first Vietnamese Dominican Martyr, he was born in Tra’Lu in 1731.

He received the Dominican habit in Manila and continued his studies at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Intramuros. Vicente took the trivium and the quadrivium in Colegio de San Juan de Letran, now the equivalent of elementary and secondary education. He finished a degree of lector of humanities at Letran. He would pursue his collegiate education at the University of Santo Tomas while residing at Letran.

In September 1753, after completing his studies at UST, he entered the Dominican order, along with his four Tonkinese companions. A year later, they made their solemn professions. On January 28, 1755, he received the tonsure and minor orders at the Church of Sta. Ana. In 1758 Liêm was ordained priest under the Dominican order. In September of that year, he passed the examinations to hear confessions.

On October 3, he started his journey back to Tonkin. He arrived on January 20, 1759. Upon his return to his land, he began to work among his people; he labored for 14 years until he was captured and martyred on November 7, 1773.

San Vicente Liem Dela Paz, pray for us!

Text © James Benedict Malabanan - Pintakasi PH

02/10/2026

: October 2, 2026 | First Day Novena of Our Lady of La Naval

Rosary and Novena: 5:20 PM
Mass: 6:00 PM



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