Celebrating 150 Years: Proclaiming the Word Through Contemporary Religious Art Exhibit

We are joyfully celebrating the 150th anniversary of our Religious Missionary Community. Each province has the freedom to choose how to mark this milestone. Our province, with the encouragement and support of our Provincial, Fr. Jon Kirby, SVD, and his council, has invited francisca to share her Contemporary Religious Art through a special exhibition fittingly […]

MBVD at the LA Religious Education Congress

From February 20–23, 2025, Ministerio Bíblico Verbo Divino (MBVD) once again participated in the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress in Anaheim. This year, we rented six booths, showcasing an extensive collection of Bibles and approximately 700 books, including 550 titles published by Editorial Verbo Divino (EVD) in Spain. The participants were fewer this year but […]

A Lenten Lesson from the Buddhists

Last month I had the chance to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Vietnam with my relatives and friends. The Tết celebrations are very meaningful and joyful for us Vietnamese. I was whole-heartedly enjoying the celebrations with delicious food,givingand receiving the “lì xì” (red envelopes), offering well wishes, and celebrating many masses. This year, the […]

Reclaiming The Fast

One of the spiritual practices retained among the faithful in China is fasting. Whenever I return home to visit my family, I must observe the holy and nonnegotiable rule, which is to fast every Friday. If it is in the season of Lent, they fast both on Wednesdays and Fridays. In a jocular manner, I […]

Naming our Time

The theologian, David Tracy, says we need to name the moment we are living in to understand it. The present moment is not a vacuum. We are living our lives in and for the moment, and we need to name the moment. Two of the ways we can do this are prophetically and prayerfully. Old […]