Misa de Apertura

USING FREEDOM to justify a life without service would only hurt communities, a prelate said, as he warned Thomasians against “living in the flesh” or self-indulgence. In this year’s Misa De Apertura, Alaminos Bishop Fr. Napoleon Sipalay, Jr., O.P., said the Holy Spirit has given the gift of freedom to…

ARCHBISHOP GABRIELE Giordano Caccia, papal nuncio to the Philippines, urged Thomasians to seek the truth lest they become “slaves” to other interests during the annual Misa de Apertura (Mass of the Holy Spirit) held Wednesday morning. Caccia said looking for the truth also means searching for Jesus Christ. “When we…

By JANYN MARIELLA MONTEALEGRE TO BECOME an effective agent of change in the Church and society, one should welcome the presence of the Holy Spirit in himself, the chair of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ (CBCP) Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education said. Most Rev. Roberto C. Mallari,…