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‘Journey’

My search for the identity of the relic of an unknown saint...

My search for the identity of the relic of an unknown saint…

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 20:26

A decade ago, a friend of mine from the seminary gave me this beautiful pendant. At the back of the pendant was a piece of fabric. My friend told me to keep the pendant and venerate it as it contains...

LETTER SENDER: Help my brother-in-law to find 1993 World Youth Day Video

LETTER SENDER: Help my brother-in-law to find 1993 World Youth Day Video

Thursday, July 28, 2011 2:10

Hi My brother-in-law is looking for an actual video not an overview of the 1993 world youth day. He had taped it and enjoyed it for many years and then by accident it got erased except for the first 10...

PAPAL VISIT: Photos of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to San Marino - June 19, 2011

PAPAL VISIT: Photos of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to San Marino – June 19, 2011

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 6:43

In the morning of June 19, Benedict XVI travelled by helicopter from the Vatican to the Republic of San Marino where, at 10 a .m., he presided at Mass in the Serravalle Stadium. Beginning his homily, the Holy Father affirmed...

(Updated) PAPAL VISIT: Photos of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Croatia

(Updated) PAPAL VISIT: Photos of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Croatia

Monday, June 6, 2011 16:21

Pope Benedict XVI made a 2-day historic visit to Croatia whose population is 90% Catholics (according to the 2010 demographics of the country). Croatia, a former member of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and gained independence in 1991 as a sovereign...

ENCOUNTERS: The Inspiration behind the Today Show's Vatican Broadcast

ENCOUNTERS: The Inspiration behind the Today Show’s Vatican Broadcast

Thursday, June 2, 2011 9:26

It is amazing how a simple chance meet with a Pope can change a person’s life… even that of a tv show’s direction. We have learned that the show’s Vatican Broadcast was originally set on March this year but because...

Letter Sender: Filipino in Grand Rapids video, George Aquino, responds to OTWOMD

Letter Sender: Filipino in Grand Rapids video, George Aquino, responds to OTWOMD

Monday, May 30, 2011 21:18

Last Saturday I blogged about the Viral Video of Grand Rapids Michigan. While watching the Video I noticed a man wearing a black shirt with the Philippine Map embroidered on it whose name is George Aquino. He is undeniably a...

Now you can access OTWOMD via Smartphone, iPhone and iPad

Now you can access OTWOMD via Smartphone, iPhone and iPad

Sunday, May 29, 2011 20:10

The world is getting smaller and smaller by the minute as technology enables people to connect to the internet all over the world. With the dawning of wireless broadband and mobile devices, people can get access to the internet anywhere...

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What the Vatican Catholic Bloggers Conference is telling me

What the Vatican Catholic Bloggers Conference is telling me

Saturday, May 28, 2011 21:06

(This is long overdue but I will still blog it anyway) Did you know that its easier for a Martyr to become a saint than for a blogger to be canonized? That is indeed a fact. Ironically, the more you...

St. Therese's relics visits Holy Land

St. Therese’s relics visits Holy Land

Monday, March 21, 2011 12:22

The relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux arrived Monday in the Holy Land for a two-month visit, continuing a worldwide tour that has included even a trip to outer space. The relics were displayed Wednesday for one day in the...

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ENCOUNTERS: “Our Lives are in God’s Hands” said a Japanese Prelate

Sunday, March 20, 2011 9:17

Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani of Saitama is affirming that life is a gift from God, as his country suffers from the effects of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami. The death count is already at 1,800, with thousands missing...

Tales of the Tsunami: Stories of Survival from the Japan's Killer Earthquake

Tales of the Tsunami: Stories of Survival from the Japan’s Killer Earthquake

Thursday, March 17, 2011 15:37

The whole Christiandom and the Catholic Church are praying for Japan’s current triple disaster. Last week, March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake hit near Japan’s coastal areas sending a 30 feet tall Tsunami at 70 kph surging towards inland...

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Pope Benedict XVI to visit Germany again in 2011

Pope Benedict XVI to visit Germany again in 2011

Monday, November 22, 2010 19:17

Benedict XVI will visit his native Germany in 2011, which will be the third time he will have visited his homeland since the beginning of his pontificate in 2005. The president of the German Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of...

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Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is ready for the Pope's visit

Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is ready for the Pope’s visit

Friday, November 5, 2010 17:04

This impressive cathedral marks the end of a long pilgrimage called the Camino de Santiago. Spanning primarily throughout Spain, these yellow arrows point the way for pilgrims to reach their goal: the tomb of St. James. Thousands of pilgrims line...

Three thousand youths to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Three thousand youths to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 20:39

Santiago de Compostela in Spain was the second international venue of the World Youth Day celebration last 1989. The Pope, in lieu of the World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid next year will pay an early visit to to Spain....

ENCOUNTERS: How Jaro Bishop James P. McCloskey personally met St. Therese in Lisieux Carmel

ENCOUNTERS: How Jaro Bishop James P. McCloskey personally met St. Therese in Lisieux Carmel

Friday, October 15, 2010 23:06

Jaro Carmel is the first Discalced Carmelite Monastery in the Philippines. It was founded from the French Carmels because of the earnest request of Bishop James McCloskey, then Bishop of Jaro, Iloilo City. Bishop James P. McCloskey had a great...

ENCOUNTERS: How actor Joey De Leon met Saint Joseph at Carmel Shrine

ENCOUNTERS: How actor Joey De Leon met Saint Joseph at Carmel Shrine

Monday, October 11, 2010 8:59

Only few people know the real Joey de Leon behind the actor’s mask we see on TV and on film. Often times Joey De Leon would make jokes that are not only funny, witty but also has a double meaning...

LETTER SENDER: Mother from New Jersey tells her son's story and begs prayer for him

LETTER SENDER: Mother from New Jersey tells her son’s story and begs prayer for him

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 23:30

Before going for some errands today, I first took the chance to post the Gospel for the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel here at OTWOMD and shared it on the Official OTWOMD Facebook fan page. Feeling that there is...

LETTER SENDER: Spanish Doctor wrote to OTWOMD asking for Saint Lorenzo Ruiz relics for sick mother

LETTER SENDER: Spanish Doctor wrote to OTWOMD asking for Saint Lorenzo Ruiz relics for sick mother

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 21:42

A Spanish Physician sent me an email last July. I just dug this email today and I regret that I did not answer the letter immediately especially now that I found out that it is a matter of life and...