How the Ministers of the Infirm in the Philippine Province come to the aid of people with HIV/AIDS was featured in the commentary section of UCA News.    UCANEWS.com (Union of Catholic Asian News) is a web based news service that covers “news about and of interest to the church in Asia.”  At the first Catholic Forum on HIV/AIDS co-sponsored by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines National Secretariat for Social Action, Justice and Peace held in Tagaytay City last March 11-13, 2010, UCA News interviewed Bro. Rodolfo (Dan) Cancino, MI, one of the Camillian religious who represented the Philippine Province at the forum.

Providing Homes for Taize Pilgrims

Our Lady of La Paz Parish was chosen to be one of the welcome centers for the Taize “Pilgrimage of Trust” held last Feb. 3-7, 2010 at Don Bosco Parish.  Twelve pilgrims found temporary homes among six families in the parish.  They were two university students from Australia and a group of ten from Bukidnon made up of five Sisters from the Missionary Congregation of Mary, two teachers and three high school students.   Three youth parishioners also joined the pilgrimage.

HottaH!!! HottaH!!! Summer Na!

Blessed Luigi Tezza community had their early summer outing last March 1 and 2. The community set off for San Juan, Batangas early in the morning to avoid heavy traffic. As we arrived there in “Tevona” (which means lover of nature) beach resort, all of us could hardly wait to swim. But as followers of Christ we did first our obligations and responsibilities. We celebrated mass, presided over by Fr. Gabby, our community superior. Three Chinese fathers concelebrated: Frs. Joseph Zan, Joseph Wang and Paul Huo. The outing also served to welcome Fr. Paul as he arrived that day and joined again our community after his long vacation in China.

An Experience of God's Healing Presence at Monte Ignacia

Last March 6, 2010, Fr. Tex presided over the Eucharistic celebration for the sick in Mother Ignacia Healing Center in Brgy. Langub, Talomo District, Davao City. The RVM Sisters of Southern Mindanao Province, through Sr. Ma. Bernardita V. Zatarain, RVM, requested Fr. Tex, a product of RVM education and a Camillian, to preside over the Mass for the sick in the said center every first Saturday where the sick, after being prayed over, receive also the sacrament of anointing.

Provincial Meetings in Freiburg

Last February 21 – 24, the confreres from the German Province gathered for a meeting in Freiburg for the purpose of analysing carefully the revision of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Order. Confreres from Holland came over. Several other issues were shared and discussed during the meeting. One interesting issue was the renaming of the German Province into “International German Province” since its jurisdiction and even its ministries are extended to Holland, Tanzania, Columbia, and even to the Philippines.

Bro. Renato Marinello, MI (1922 - 2010)

Brother Marinello was born in Arconetta, in the Province of Vincenzo, Italy on March 1, 1922.  He joined the Camillians as an aspirant brother in 1936.  He took his temprorary vows on September 8, 1941 and his perpetual vows on September 8, 1944.  He worked in several healthcare facilities of the Lombardo Venetian Province until his departure for the Camillian Mission in Yunnan, China on August 27, 1948.  His missionary endeavor lasted barely three years because on April 17, 1952 the new communist regime of Mao Tse Tung expelled all foreign missionaries from China.