It has been a privilege to be a part of the great Letran tradition, having lived in the school residence for over two years and consumed the academic excellence a student can ever derive from an alma mater. My contribution to the school had been measurably miniscule when juxtaposing with Letran’s 400 years of existence. […]
I only had time to view and listen to the pre-recorded talks of our revered speakers for this quadricentennial retreat as part of the grand celebration of the 400th Foundation Anniversary of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran last night. After listening to their talks, I am now more convinced than ever that the […]
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 for this matter, and that […]
Most people are afraid to talk about their faith in public. Aside from political correctness, it is an invite to the endless and sometimes pointless debate. But lately, the common ground especially among millennials, is not religion but spirituality. The word evokes multifarious realities and somehow veers away from a perceived Catholic black-eye called dogma. […]
Anak, ano ba ang gusto mong marinig? Di ba gusto mong gamutin kita? Lahat ng paghihilom nang anumang sugat ay nagsisimula sa pagiging totoo. MAGPAKATOTOO KA! Kailan ka pa natutong magmura? Kailan ka pa natutong mang-api ng kapwa mo? Itinuro ko ba sa iyong magnakaw ka? Mahal kita, Anak. Napakahaba na ng ating pinagsamahan. Pati […]
This is a post mortem tribute to master photographer brother of ours, the late Fray Noel Paulo Zaragoza aka Leon Paulo Zaragoza. He is one of the many brothers we’ve lost during this COVID-19 pandemic. I don’t know if Fray Noel did succumb to the virus. We know many others did. At one of the […]
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 of seemingly insurmountable odds primarily […]
Our Gospel for today is about a rich man, Zaccheus, who was a public sinner. Everybody in Jericho knew that as a tax collector, working for the Romans, he extracted exorbitant taxes from the people while he collected high commissions from the foreign government. He made himself wealthy as more and more people became poor. […]
The words in the title of this article were uttered by Meghan Merkle, wife of Prince Harry, and Duchess of Sussex in the U.K., as she concluded her inspirational remarks at the recent CNN Heroes Program. Meghan’s remarks are simple words that one hears quite often from people who wish to end a conversation on […]
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 overly extended family in Melbourne, […]
The grade school teachers of Letran College have instilled in me the rigors of academic learning. Whether these be the principles of diagramming in order to understand the English grammar or the speed of computing mathematical equations, Letran did not settle for mediocrity. I had to live up to the academic expectations of this venerable […]
When will the Church would realize video games “unfulfilled potential”? Community quarantines makes us prisoners in our own homes. So to escape boredom, we need to rethink our activities, revise our schedules to keep ourselves busy again. Keeping busy does not mean working all day long, but somehow making our work a play. For some […]
Greetings and Felicitations to you, brothers, and your families in FILII SANCTI DOMINICI! Our love and our faith in Him, held us closer and stronger during this challenging time of the pandemic. For many of us who have lost friends and relatives, no words can describe our sorrow and loss. Our fraternal sympathy. Many of […]
