Fr. Luisito A. Occiano

NAGA CITY, Feb 21, 2010-Expect the Archdiocese of Caceres to be more engaged in its prophetic function for social change.

In response to the New Year's Day Pastoral Letter of Caceres Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi which called on the local Church to look to Mary as a source of hope in the midst of the country's poverty and in preparation for the coming elections, the Council of the Laity of Caceres (CLAC) immediately organized a convention of the parish pastoral councils and the religious organizations to deepen the faithful's understanding of the pastoral letter.

NAGA CITY, Nov. 3, 2009─ The priests of the Bicol region is set to celebrate the Year for priests with a regional clergy retreat that will focus on the life of St. John Mary Vianney on November 9-13 at Bethlehem in Bacacay town, Albay.

The retreat is centered on the theme "Revisiting the Priesthood in the Light of St. John Mary Vianney's Life and Example."

According to incoming Legazpi Bishop Joel Baylon, the retreat is expected "to encourage our priests in striving for the same spiritual perfection on which, above all, the effectiveness of their ministry depends."

What really happened on that First Good Friday? Who nailed Jesus to the cross? It was not Pilate because he was trying desperately to find an explanation, any excuse to let him go. It was not the Sanhedrin either because they wanted him dead but they did not have the authority to order an execution. They were under martial law of a foreign power. The definitive power came from ordinary people - a screaming crowd demanding blood. CRUCIFY HIM!