Editorial

This year’s Christmas day seems to have come so fast.  I felt like I was caught unaware.  The thought about it was totally forgotten.  Or maybe I just had no anticipation of what was to come at all this year.  I just let the day unknowingly go by, or anything...

From The Desk of the Filii NA President, A warm greetings to all our brothers and sisters in Saint Dominic and to all our Epistoliorum readers. In behalf of the Filii NA which we humbly represent, we congratulate the Editorial Board of Epistoliorum for another job well done. In spite...

I find solace in the thought that, however busy I am during the Advent season, there is something I am doing that is right and noble.  Balancing family life and my diaconate ministry is not that a difficult enterprise after all.  With the rush of buying Christmas gifts for our...

"I do believe in an everyday sort of magic --the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like;  the eerie appropriateness of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we're alone."  ~Charles de Lint On the revival of Epistoliorum, there is...

This issue has been pushed back for a month due to several reasons, some of which are beyond the editorial control.  We continue to receive below expectation for articles that might create balance content and widespread coverage, both from the Philippines and North America.  We still remain hopeful that many...

Impregnated by many urging ideas and by a proverb that “pen is mightier than sword”, Epistoliorum was conceived and birthed, placed on a Filii cradle for nurturing where in no time it can grow into another form, assert itself, and assume its purpose in life – communicate.   epĭs•to•liórum might strike...

Filii Sancti Dominici Philippinensis (International) “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” so did the Great Bard opine about this primordial question.  Anyone hearing for the first time FSDPI’s formal corporate name would almost instantaneously inquire, “What in heaven’s good name do those words mean?”  As with...

O Light of the Church, Doctor of Truth, Rose of Patience, Ivory of Chastity. You freely poured forth the waters of wisdom. Preacher of grace, unite us with the blessed. --"Lumen Ecclesiae" (from the Dominican Book of Prayers) Early Life Domingo de Guzmán was born at Caleruega in Castile of...

Welcome to the December Edition of Epistoliorum! Learn from the business success of our Fray in Focus, Eugenio Michael Plana who has used as his life guides the charisms of The Dominicans and attained spectacular success in various businesses he embarked on. Outwit hackers by learning from Fray Joel Gabriel...

The design of our logo includes characteristics that we want to incorporate into its persona. Epistoliorum carries simplicity, friendliness, playfulness, high-spiritedness and exuberance. The choice of type and fonts depict simplicity and friendliness. The curves and contours of the individual letters suggest ease and readability therefore approachable and friendly.  The...

Tremendous effort and dedication manifested in long hours of seemingly endless writing, editing and re-editing of articles have been embraced by the editorial staff.  We took it with conviction and fortitude and probably honor as we stand by our words and rally for each other through hardships, trials and tribulations...