GOLDEN JUBILEE
   



















On January 5, 2008, at 9:00 a.m., six Sisters celebrated at La Consolacion Convent, San Juan their Golden years of fruitful and meaningful journey with God and with His people through the Augustinian way of life. The Thanksgiving Mass was presided by Most Reverend Socrates Villegas, D.D., Bishop of Bataan, together with Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez, D.D. from the Diocese of  Caloocan  and   other Con-celebrating Priests namely;  Fr.  Albert  Delvo,  Fr. Jess  Hechanova, CICM,  Fr. Manny Cruz,  Fr. William Araña, OSA,  Fr. Peter Casiño,  OSA, Fr. Roger Positar, Fr. Horacio Rodriquez, OSA, Fr.  Larry Faraon, OP, Fr. Francis Carson, Fr. Peter from Vietnam and  Fr. John Therapong from Thailand.  In his homily, Bishop Socrates Villegas invoked the role of Mary in the life of the Golden Jubilarians; Sr. Cecilia Maceren, Sr. Catalina Ayalin, Sr. Eduarda de San Jose, Sr. Emiliana de Jesus and Sr. Martha Geroche.  With humor, the good Bishop affirmed that the Jubilarians were more beautiful that Jubilee day than the past ordinary days as he saw in them a glow which was exceedingly and very naturally flowing from their faces. As inspired by the Blessed Virgin Mary, the event was indeed a celebration of the FIAT – a YES to the Lord which the Jubilarians first pronounced fifty years ago.  

RUBY JUBILEE
   

















“We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe in God’s Transforming Presence in our Life.” This was how the ten Sisters expressed their innermost feelings after forty years of faithful journey with God and with His people during their Ruby Jubilee celebration on January 19, 2008, 9:00 a.m. at La Consolacion Convent, San Juan.

    I should like to express first of all my profound gratitude for all that has become already a reality and for the slow but steady discovery of the lay vocation and mission in the Church today .

    There are new relationships of genuine mutuality and autonomy between Religious Congregations and the Laity today which are invigorating for consecrated life, for the Church and the world. A Religious Life or Congregation that is sufficient unto itself is no longer appropriate for these times. This religious life or Congregation that lives “enclosed” in its proper charism, in its own tradition, in its works, in its apostolic movements, in its own associations of laity, in its vocational pastoral activity, in its internal research – we believe that such religious life is no longer possible because it would no longer be faithful to its foundational dynamism that is part of its being: to live in the world, decentred from itself.

The latest ASOLC newsletter is now ready for download. In this issue the Superior General challenges the sisters to weave their Augustinian, Marian, and missionary spirituality. News about vocation and formation , community life and spirituality, apostolate, and APAC are also included in this issue. Click here to download the newsletter in PDF format.