It’s both a great honor and a humbling experience to represent Filii North America. Despite seemingly insurmountable odds, we have raised $2,390 for some of our brothers in the Philippines. We’ve learned that about 12 have benefited from our generosity. The recipients were the most adversely affected by COVID-19. Fray Mike Plana shared with us […]
Tag: Foreword
A Christmas Reflection
Christmas brings back a lot of nostalgic memories of my youth: the Latin Pastorel songs in the the dawn masses at our parish church in Calinog, Iloilo, the inexpensive exchange gifts bought from the Chinese store near the town plaza, the Ray Conniff Christmas songs played loudly on Akai quadrosonic stereos of the well-to-do, the […]
Season’s Greetings
Several decades ago, we were all strangers from different lands, with varying backgrounds and upbringing, but the Lord plucked us out from our individual comfort zones, and put us in a place inhabited by men in black and white. There, we were honed in the black and white tradition and discipline, but some of us […]