Provincia San Matteo (Filippina)

16 december - The community of the Fr. Hannibal Formation Center in Merville Park, Parañaque City, hosted in their chapel the Holy Mass, during the 25th Priestly Ordination Anniversary of Fr. Alfonso Flores, Fr. Mariano Antonio Ranera, Jr. and Fr. Ariel Tecson was commemorated on December 16, 2020. The said Eucharistic Liturgy, presided over by Fr. Orville Cajigal, the Provincial Superior, also incorporated the Renewal of Vows of Bro. Gabriel Motol, Jr.

Let us pray for more years to come as they journey to continue their ministries and in becoming heralds of the Rogate.

The Rogate Vocation Center of St. Matthew Province has released on December 14, 2020, a new English edition of the Novena of Preparation for Christmas according to the tradition and spirituality handed by St. Hannibal Mary Di Francia. It was designed and edited by Rev. John Francis Aberion rcj. It is a very useful instrument for the diffusion of the Rogationist spirituality to the Family of the Rogate, especially in the significant Advent and Christmas seasons. The other English-speaking Circumscriptions can use or adapt it.

La comunità dello Studentato a Green Court, Paranaque ha lanciato il suo Caroling Online soprannominato "Carols from Green Court: An Evening of Christmas Carol", una tradizione popolare di cantare canzoni natalizie nelle case. Ogni anno i Religiosi studenti fanno il Caroling. Ma in questo anno, lo fanno online, a causa della pandemia covid-19. 

12.12.2020 – Attraverso un finanziamento dell’Ufficio Missionario Centrale à stato possibile attrezzare il nuovo seminario di Ribang, Maumere (Indonesia) di una nuova cucina, adeguatamente ristrutturata e attrazzata. Nel seminario in questo anno accademico vi sono 33 studenti di filosofia e 2 postulanti. P. Ferdinandus Heldi Tanga rcj, animatore vocazionale del Seminario, ha benedetto il locale, durante il Christmas Party della comunità, con i seminaristi in procinto di partire, l’indomani, per le vacanze natalizie. 

(Dec. 9, Papua New Guinea) The two Primary Schools of the Rogationist Mission Center in Sideia had their respective Graduation ceremonies on Dec. 9, which marked the conclusion of the School Year 2020. St. Marry Primary School is located in Sideia, while St. Hannibal Primary School is located about an hour’s travel by motorboat from the Mission Center. A total of 27 pupils graduated. They attended the Thanksgiving Mass in the Church or chapel, presided by Fr. Welbert Suarez RCJ, followed by the graduation rites on the school grounds.

On December 7, 2020, the Rogationists and Daughters of Divine Zeal here in Vietnam started the joint-project of the annual Christmas caroling to the houses of some benefactors and friends in order to proclaim the spirit of Christmas as believers of the mystery of Incarnation. Through this simple gesture of singing, the sons and daughters of St. Hannibal are able to share the spirit of joy, love, hope, and peace in preparation for the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.

Tre consorelle Figlie del Divino Zelo vietnamite: Sr. Anna Bich, Sr. Maria Linh, e Sr. Teresa Tram, hanno rinnovato i voti annuali durante la Santa Messa nella solennità dell'Immacolata Concezione presieduta da P. Ryan Jimenez RCJ, nella cappella della comunità rogazionista a Saigon. Erano presenti alla celebrazione le formatrici delle FDZ, Sr. Alma e Sr. Elmie, formade delle FDZ, e preti, studenti religiosi e aspiranti rogazionisti residenti a Saigon.

The Office of the Provincial Superior has released an initial report on the collection and distribution of the calamity fund today, November 28, 2020. The collections were organized in response to the Protocol Letter 293/ 2020, calling all the Superiors and Confreres of the Rogationists in the St. Matthew Province to "raise support and assistance for the victims of the recent typhoons in the Philippines." Particularly hard-hit was our Parish in Labo, Camarines Norte.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The St. Matthew Province is set to celebrate the 25th Priestly Ordination Anniversary of Fr. Alfonso Flores, RCJ, Fr. Mariano Antonio Ranera, Jr., RCJ and Fr. Ariel Tecson, RCJ on December 16, 2020, with the Holy Mass at 11:00am at the chapel of the Fr. Hannibal Formation Center in Merville Park, Parañaque City.