Young people who made up a good number of the volunteers during the May 13 polls brought to the usual electoral mix of poll-watching a potent ingredient – prayer. Ver Punzalan, head of the Parish Pastoral Council...

Like a cat entering a new room for the first time, I was anxious when I first entered the church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Lipa, Batangas during the Total Consecration Pilgrimage and Conference to...

DAVAO City—More than 200 young people from different parishes in the Archdiocese of Davao gathered for the 2nd Animators Workshop held at the Sto. Rosario Parish last Saturday, May 4. Themed “Animation: United in Faith and Mission,” the...

LIPA CITY, Batangas—Inspired by the recent declaration of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to consecrate the entire country to the Blessed Virgin Mary this coming June 8, feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,...

(Papal Message for the 47th World Communications Day, May 12, 2013)   DEAR Brothers and Sisters, As the 2013 World Communications Day draws near, I would like to offer you some reflections on an increasingly important reality...

LIPA CITY, Batangas—Deviating from the normal fun runs held along major thoroughfares, expressways or highways, a group of World Youth Day (WYD) delegates from this city is organizing a benefit race along an airport runway to help...

MANILA, April 26, 2013—The CBCP Episcopal Commission on Youth (ECY) is urging youth ministers and catechists in the parishes, campuses and various movements and organizations to attend the 9th John Paul II Catechetics and Youth Ministry Conference...

MANILA—Over 150 members of the Dominican Network (DomNet) Youth Group celebrated the first week of Easter with a summer camp, highlighting lectures on the Year of Faith and leadership training seminars. Held April 3–7 at the Angelicum...

MANILA—The art of listening is essential for one’s faith to deepen and grow, a bishop told thousands of young people gathered for a pilgrimage last April 18-20. “Faith grows if only you listen attentively without judgment,” Cabanatuan...

QUEZON City—With barely three weeks to the 2013 midterm elections, the commission on youth of Novaliches diocese organized an electoral formation for the young people as one concrete way to involve them in the upcoming polls. Titled...