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๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ | ๐’๐„๐‚๐Ž๐๐ƒ ๐๐€๐“๐‚๐‡ ๐’๐„๐€๐‘๐‚๐‡-๐ˆ๐ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐•๐ˆ๐„๐– ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”Please be informed that the Search-In and Interview Program 2026 for t...
22/02/2026

๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ | ๐’๐„๐‚๐Ž๐๐ƒ ๐๐€๐“๐‚๐‡ ๐’๐„๐€๐‘๐‚๐‡-๐ˆ๐ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐•๐ˆ๐„๐– ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

Please be informed that the Search-In and Interview Program 2026 for the Second Batch has been moved to a new schedule.

Original Schedule: February 20โ€“21, 2026
๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž: ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก 13โ€“14, 2026

๐•๐ข๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐:
Holy Family
Sagrada Pamilya
Santa Teresita sa Batang Hesus
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Jose

We kindly ask all concerned aspirants to take note of the updated dates. The list of names for the Second Batch will be posted soon. Stay updated, and thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Save the date, bayan. See you soon!

This is ๐๐€๐‚๐’๐„๐Œ๐’, your inside look at the ๐‘ธ๐’–๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘จ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’•๐’๐’†๐’” ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’ˆ๐’† ๐‘บ๐’†๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’š.


18/02/2026

When we receive ashes on our foreheads, the Church is not trying to frighten us. She is telling us the truth. โ€œRemember that you are dust.โ€ That line is not meant to humiliate us. It simply names our condition. We are mortal. Our strength has limits. Our plans do not last forever. In Scripture, dust and ashes always point to this sober clarity before God, like Job, who repented โ€œin dust and ashes,โ€ or the people of Nineveh who turned back to the Lord. Ashes do not mean despair. They mean honesty. And honesty is the beginning of grace.

But the imposition of ashes is more than a reminder of death; it is a call to conversion. We are marked because we need to return. Lent invites us to step away from the illusion that we are invincible, self-sufficient, indispensable, or eternal. These illusions quietly settle in the heart. They make us forget that we need God. The ashes interrupt that forgetfulness. They say: go back to what is real. Go back to dependence. Go back to humility. This is why ashes are linked with repentance and reconciliation. They are not about shame; they are about reorientation.

Still, the ashes are not the whole story. The Church gives us two formulas: โ€œRemember you are dust,โ€ and โ€œRepent and believe in the Gospel.โ€ The second completes the first. Yes, we are fragile and sinful, but we are also loved. We are more than our weaknesses. When we accept the truth about ourselves, we become capable of receiving the greater truth about God: His mercy. Lent is not a season of self-pity. It is a season of return. Only when we stop pretending to be self-made do we open ourselves to the One who saves. And only when we stand in the truth of our dust can we truly rise into the life He offers.


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