News from the South

KCC - Technology Center worth 45M blessed by Bp. Pat Buzon SDB D.D. and Frs. Ramon Florete, Radny Bayog.

A 1.5-hectare lot donated by Johnny Jalandoni and family funder by German government through Salesian Project office in Germany.

Courses offered for 6 months
- Dressmaking
- Building Wiring
- Welding/GMAO
- Computer & Hardware Servicing
Registration  Php. 100.00
Enrollment Php. 1,000.00

Requirements:
a) High School graduate
b) Computer literate
c) 80% (NCAE Exam)
d) High School Card
e) Recommendation from the Priest

Peace Covenant in Cauayan on Feb. 19

P/Ins Figuroa requested the Roman Catholic Church of Cauayan to Host the Peace Covenant on Feb. 19 - Comelec, PPCRV, Political Parties are requested to attend. They will promise to avid with HOPE now CHAMP for election 2010.

Alay Kapwa 2010 Launch in Ash Wednesday

St. Paul's Parish wish to inform the lay faithful to join the Alay Kapwa 2010 as we begin Ash Wednesday - Feb. 17 season of lent. The money collected in Alay Kapwa will be use Pol-Education, victims of calamities in typhoon, fire, tsunami and child labor.


Reported by Fr. Bert Rivera
PMS & ADSUM correspondent in Southern Negros 

Little Way Group Moves Beyond Prayers!

February 16, 2010– The Little Way Group held its meeting for the month of February at the San Lorenzo Retreat House in Kabankalan City. Seven members from the different vicariates of the Diocese of Kabankalan attended the said meeting.

Fr. Rembert Rivera, the director of the Commission on Mission, presided the meeting. According to him, it is high time for the group to go beyond prayers and attend to the demanding needs of this generation.

 A guidance program was proposed and was readily accepted by the group. The group members will undergo series of workshops that will develop team-building and basic counseling skills. The group is looking forward to this great leap in promoting the missionary spirit in the diocese.

Feast of the Our Lady of Lourdes

Feast of the Our Lady of Lourdes

February 11

On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in the apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus. A little more than three years later, on February 11, 1858, a young lady appeared to Bernadette Soubirous. This began a series of visions. During the apparition on March 25, the lady identified herself with the words: “I am the Immaculate Conception.”

Bernadette was a sickly child of poor parents. Their practice of the Catholic faith was scarcely more than lukewarm. Bernadette could pray the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Creed. She also knew the prayer of the Miraculous Medal: “O Mary conceived without sin.”

During interrogations Bernadette gave an account of what she saw. It was “something white in the shape of a girl.” She used the word aquero, a dialect term meaning “this thing.” It was “a pretty young girl with a rosary over her arm.” Her white robe was encircled by a blue girdle. She wore a white veil. There was a yellow rose on each foot. A rosary was in her hand. Bernadette was also impressed by the fact that the lady did not use the informal form of address (tu), but the polite form (vous). The humble virgin appeared to a humble girl and treated her with dignity.

Through that humble girl, Mary revitalized and continues to revitalize the faith of millions of people. People began to flock to Lourdes from other parts of France and from all over the world. In 1862 Church authorities confirmed the authenticity of the apparitions and authorized the cult of Our Lady of Lourdes for the diocese. The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes became worldwide in 1907.

http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1288