Quezon City, Philippines \u2013 After two years of ono-physical activities, the Montfort Spirituality Center, headed by Rev. Fr. Federick Yumang, SMM, along with the lay associates of Mary Queen of All Hearts, opened its doors to the lay faithful on a Lenten Recollection with Mary and St. Joseph last March 19, 2022. The theme was \u201cwalking along the margins with St. Joseph\u201d with Rev. Fr. Mauricio \u201cMau\u201d Ulep, CMF as its recollection master.<\/p>\n
Fr. Mau is concurrently the Chair of the Commission on Claretian Education which spearheads the Association of Claret Schools in the Philippines. His service in the education ministry is extended with his engagements with the Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC) and the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU).<\/p>\n
\"May lakad ka?\u201d<\/em>\u201cMay lakad ka?\u201d was the very first pondering question Fr. Mau Aske the Participants. He also asked, \u201cWhat is the Church inviting us to dong?\u201d It is urging us to walk in the peripheries \u2013 to go to far-flung places, just as Pope Francis advised that we \u201cwalk in the Margins.\u201d Our Catholic Church proclaims tha we are a church of the poor unless we know how to walk along the margins. He reiterated the when we walk with St. Joseph,\u201d Lahat tayo kayangmagbigay ng pagpapatunay (withessing) kung paano tayo mamuhay.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n When we are driven by our actions and do the things we do, we ask ourselves:\u201d why am I doing this? Surely, we are doing it for a particular reason and not without a cause. In the last two years, Jesus has been teaching us a lot in this crisis. As we keep going it is good to write down our learning and insights, hoping to move forward better. Then, we examine ourselves: Where are we going? This query is necessary for it to speak about a goal, about our life direction. If our destiny is the Kingdom of God, it is better to journey with someone along the way who has the same reason, and the goal is God. In everything we do, God is the ultimate reason why we are doing what we are doing. If we lose track of this goal, of this way of evangelization, there is no evangelization at all.<\/p>\n We need to focus on the reason why we do a task. \u201cah, basta!\u201d<\/em> attitude will not be effective for it diverts and distracts us from the alignment of our goal and reason in fulfilling a mission. For us to get to our destination, consistency is the key when we look back to where we walked. We are all missionaries in our identification with Jesus.<\/p>\n A mission is a challenging act, and part of the mission is to serve the people. However, first and foremost, we are doing the mission because it is our service to the Lord. When we do our mission in the peripheries, walking along the margins of life, of societies, that is the only time we can understand their plight, their conditions, and their perspectives. We cannot continue to live in a closed world. It is a must to see the world outside, taking risks beyond our comfort zones. By simply our whole being present in that particular moment, we are doing service already. As St. Louis-Marie de Montfort teaches us, it is only in taking risks that we do great things for God.<\/p>\n In the afternoon, the program was resumed with the praying of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was followed by an overview of the Continental Mission Year 2022 to the lay faithful by Fr. Federick YUMANG, SMM<\/p>\n Glory to God alone!<\/p>\n S. Caridad LANSANG, AMM<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Quezon city, FilipIna \u2013 Setelah dua tahun tidak ada aktifitas fisik, Pusat spiritualitas ontfort, dipinpin oleh pastor Federick Yumang, SMM, Bersama dengan PMRSH, membuka pintu pada umat beriman dalam Rekoleksi Prapaskah Bersama Santa Maria dan Santo Yosep pada 19 Maret 2022. Rekoleksi bertema \u201cberjalan Bersama orang-orang terpinggiran dengan St. Yosep.\u201d Pastor Muricio \u201cMau\u201d Ulep, CMF […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[52,31,53,51,50,49,54],"class_list":["post-2234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-berita","tag-filipina","tag-montfortan","tag-perawan-maria","tag-prapaskah","tag-rekoleksi","tag-rekoleksi-prapaskah","tag-santo-yosep"],"yoast_head":"\n