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An Open Letter to Jun Lozada

by on 21 March 2008 in Social Issues

The following letter was written by Fr. Jesus Dumaual, a missionary of the Sacred heart (MSC) priest who presently serves as parochial vicar of the Marigondon Parish in the island of Lapu-lapu in Cebu. He was present during an ecumenical service for Jun Lozada in Cebu. You can contact him via jessavior@yahoo.com.ph.

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Jun Lozada in Cebu

by on 19 March 2008 in Social Issues

What follows is the reflection given by Fr. Jesus V. Dumaual, MSC, during the Ecumenical Prayer Service held at Bradford Church (UCCP) in Cebu City during the visit in Cebu last March 17 of Engr. Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, the star-witness in the Senate hearings on the anomalous NBN/ZTE broadband deal. Fr. Dumaual is a Missionary [...]

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Ubuntu on My MacBook

by on 17 March 2008 in Linux & Free Software

I have recently acquired a brand new MacBook (2.2 GHz, 1Gb RAM). The first thing I did with it was to resize the OSX partition using Boot Camp to make space for Linux. Now my MacBook dualboots Leopard and Ubuntu.

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The Manga Bible

by on 12 February 2008 in Evangelization

I was only eight years old when I first read the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelations. The main reason why I was able to finish the book at such a young age is that the Bible on my lap was the illustrated version. There are many illustrated Bibles in existence. Although manga already existed [...]

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Pope’s Messages Via SMS

by on 7 February 2008 in Evangelization, Technology

Almost everybody now has a mobile phone, so why not turn that to the Church’s advantage? I think this is the question that the leaders of the Catholic Church in Austria asked themselves when they wanted to find an innovative way to disseminate the messages of Pope Benedict XVI. The Austrian church has recently launched [...]

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The Season of Lent

by on 6 February 2008 in Evangelization

Today, Ash Wednesday, is the beginning of the season of Lent. During my mass today I daubed ashes on the foreheads of the faithful and told them to “repent and believe in the Gospel”. The ritual imposition of ashes on the forehead is a symbolic act of humbling oneself, of being sorry for sins committed, [...]

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Best Christian Videos of 2007

by on 31 December 2007 in Christian Video

Here is a list of what I consider as the best Christian videos I have seen in 2007. These videos have one thing in common – very powerful and inspiring messages. Each of the 5 videos has taught me something worthwhile. I must say that “The Bridge” and “Everything” have even moved me to tears. [...]

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Download the Free Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course

by on 28 December 2007 in Linux & Free Software

The Ubuntu Training Team has just released the much-awaited Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course. The course has two versions (the instructor guide and the student guide) and contains 10 lessons which can be covered in a period of two full days. The guides are available in PDF format and they are released under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA [...]

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H2onews – Streaming the Catholic Faith

by on 27 December 2007 in Christian Video, Evangelization

Believing that communication creates communion, a group of television and information professionals has recently launched an online multimedia service that offers news about the Catholic Church and the Pope in audio and video formats. It is called H2onews and its goal is “to respond to the need for growth in worldwide Catholic communication.” As expected, [...]

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Let Us Celebrate Love

by on 25 December 2007 in Evangelization

Merry Christmas, everyone! May this day remind all of us how much God loves us. Christmas is not just a commemoration of the birth of Jesus, it is also celebration of the incarnation of God´s love. Nothing is more awesome and more important than loving God back by gratuitously loving other people. May the celebration [...]

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