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That the inmost core of reality is love and that love is the inmost reality, this is something that man first experiences in coming to know the heart of the Lord. Karl Rahner, SJ

The chaplain accompanies the Ateneo Hearters to the intimate knowledge of the love of God in Christ.

On this website: If you use the side navigation above, you'll find things that were exclusive to SHS-ADC and now to PCHS, while below are links to various resources or materials you may find useful.

What is new?
Hope of the Barren Fig Tree
My Discernment on the 2022 Election
Devotion in Finding God
My talk on Ignatian Spirituality

Reflection and prayer for 2022 Election:
Do my Christian faith and Ignatian heritage have a role in forming my decision in regard to the 2022 election?
A Prayer for the 2022 Election
Hope of the Barren Fig Tree

Featured Links: a follow-up on Grief

Last Summer In-Service Program we had an online retreat dubbed Returning to Jerusalem (RTJ) from May 18-22, 2020. One of the inspirations of that retreat was an interview with David Kessler on Amanpour & Co. entitled: We are grieving the world we have now lost. The video was aired on March 27, 2020 about two weeks after WHO officially declared Covid-19 a pandemic. If you have been helped by the points on Grief in that retreat, there's another interview with David Kessler this time on TED Talks entitled: How to find meaning after Loss. The video was aired on June 16, 2021. The third video shared below speaks of the things that can help us when we're grieving. David Kessler speaks of them as the 6 elements we need when in grief. You can watch these videos and use them as follow-up on the retreat last year.

Amanpour & co. video March 27, 2020

TED TALK video June 16, 2021

The 6 Elements You Need in Grief

RTJ Retreat May 18-22, 2020

JESEDU Colloquium Themes

James Hanvey, SJ on Faith

Margaret Silf on Depth

Year 2021 celebrations

500 YOC

The yearlong celebration of the 500 years of Christianity in our country begins on April 4, 2021 and ends on April 22, 2022. The theme of the celebration is Gifted to Give. The first baptism happened on April 14, 1521 in Cebu. Below are some links.

Pope Francis' homily at 500 YOC Mass in Rome

Official Website 500YOC

500YOC on Facebook

Cebu latest news on 500YOC

Ignatian Year

The yearlong celebration of the 500 years since St. Ignatius' conversion begins on May 20, 2021 (marking his fall in the Battle of Pamplona, being injured from a canonnball) and ends on July 31, 2022 (marking the 400th anniversary of his canonization, of being raised as a saint in the Church). So, this Ignatian year is bookended by Ignatius' two "canonization," his fall and rise :-) The theme is To See All Things New in Christ.

Superior General's Message (Video)

Spanish Website

Educate Magis Site (Logo of the Ignatian Year)

Amoris Laetitia Family Year

Pope Francis has made March 19, 2021 - June 26, 2022 a year dedicated to the reflection on Amoris Laetitia. March 19, 2021 is the 5th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia and June 26, 2022 is the 10th World Meeting of families.

Announcement of Pope Francis

Amoris Laetitia

"Amoris Laetitia Family" Year

Dicastery for the Laity, the family, and Life