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Filipino Ministry Consults to Develop Pastoral Plan for Vancouver Catholics

The Filipino Catholic Ministry of the archdiocese of Vancouver held a day-long consultation meeting on April 28 at St. Matthew church in Surrey with heads/leaders of Filipino religious organizations ...

November 1 - 15, 2019

Editorial: Saint Andres Bonifacio (November 2019)
November not only commemorates All Saints and All Souls days but celebrates the birth of Philippine national hero Andres Bonifacio on November 30. To most Filipinos, he may not personify the idea of a conventional saint (he was a freemason married to a Catholic Gregoria de Jesus) but looking back at his life, Andres Bonifacio truly deserves a place in heaven and worthy of emulation by so many of us Filipinos who struggle to make ends meet while aspiring to serve a purpose much bigger than our own. Read more

Canadian Filipinos eye seats in Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Ontario holds its next provincial election on June 7, and a few Canadian Filipinos are hoping to make a breakthrough. No Canadian Filipino has been elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario so ...

“Till Death Do Us Part” – The wait need not be that long: Why the Philippines Needs a Divorce Law (First of a 4-part series)

The Philippines and the Vatican, the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, are the only two countries in the world that do not allow divorce as a means to end a bad marriage. Currently, what the law ...