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  • Where to Find Online Retreats for the Lenten Season
    Posted by Fr. Stephen, MSC Feb22
    Spiritual retreats are moments for reflection, meditation and prayer. While it is ideal to make a spiritual retreat with a spiritual director in a retreat house, it is possible to make one online. Online retreats are designed to facilitate busy people to experience God's grace in the midst of their hectic lives. The following is a list of online retreats made especially for the Season of Lent. All you need to do is to follow the guides and resources provide for each day/week. You also need to... more »
  • Do a Loving Act Each Day of Lent
    Posted by Fr. Stephen, MSC Feb17
    Today is Ash Wednesday and today is the start of the forty-day Season of Lent. As I have said in my previous post, Lent is about radical conversion – leaving behind our old ways of being and doing in order to become like Christ. Here are forty practical suggestions on how to make a radical conversion this Season - by doing a loving act each day of Lent. 1. Forgive someone who has hurt you deeply. 2. Say thanks to a tricycle/jeepney/bus driver. 3. Read the Bible. 4. Write a love lette... more »
  • A Funny Take on Ash Wednesday
    Posted by Fr. Stephen, MSC Feb12
    The music video begins with these words: "There's a little black spot on your head today. I guess it must mean today is Ash Wednesday. And we enter a time when we will give things up. For some it's so easy but for me it's tough." The title of the video is "This Time of Forty Days" and it is a funny take on Ash Wednesday in particular and on Lent in general. Its upbeat melody is borrowed from The Police's "King of Pain". According to its uploader, the video aims "to inject some mu... more »
  • Gloria.tv – a Catholic Videosharing Site
    Posted by Fr. Stephen, MSC Feb11
    Gloria.tv aims to be "a Catholic pulpit on the internet." Aside from the usual news and entertainment clips, the site also offers videos on catechesis, mission, liturgy, vocations, pilgrimages, Mary, the saints and other content of particular interest to Catholics. Gloria.tv encourages Catholics worldwide to upload parish events, homilies and other Catholic content to its site. Like other popular videosharing sites, Gloria.tv allows the embedding of its videos on other people's websites. ... more »
  • 5 Insightful Videos on Making a Difference this Season of Lent
    Posted by Fr. Stephen, MSC Feb10
    Lent is a forty-day period of preparation for the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. It begins on Ash Wednesday (17 February 2010) and concludes right before the evening Masses of Holy Thursday, however Lenten penance continues through Holy Saturday (03 April 2010). Sundays are skipped when we count the forty days, because each Sunday represents a "mini-Easter", a commemoration of the Resurrection. Lent is about radical conversion - leaving behind our old ways of being and doing in order ... more »
  • Pope Benedict XVI Urges Priests to Blog
    Posted by Fr. Stephen, MSC Jan25
    In his message for the 44th World Communications Day, Pope Benedict XVI challenges priests to proclaim the Gospel by utilizing blogs, images, videos and other digital communication technologies. The theme of the Pontiff's message is "The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word". The Pope recognizes that priests need to employ new communication technologies for a fruitful priestly ministry. Knowing that "new technologies create deeper forms of re... more »
  • Spirituality and the Filipino Film
    Posted by Fr. Stephen, MSC Jan16
    Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA) recently launched the book "Spirituality and the Filipino Film" during the three-day seminar on Film and Faith held in its compound in Sta. Mesa, Manila. The main objective of the book is to start a critical practice that will look at Philippine cinema in terms of faith and spirituality. It is edited by Clodualdo del Mundo Jr, a multi-awarded Filipino film writer and director. His famous works include Maynila: Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag, Kakabakaba ka ba?, Ba... more »
  • How to Make Christmas Merry and Meaningful
    Posted by Fr. Stephen, MSC Dec26
    In his recent Christmas Vigil homily, Pope Benedict XVI said: "Time given to God and, in his name, to our neighbour is never time lost. It is the time when we are most truly alive, when we live our humanity to the full." To make Christmas truly merry and meaningful we must find time to praise God and be of service to others. Here are some suggestions on how to spend your time and yourself to help those in need. 1. SERVE those who feel unwanted, unloved and uncared-for. 2. PRAY for ... more »
  • Merry Christmas
    Posted by Fr. Stephen, MSC Dec25
    Merry Christmas to all of you! Let us pray that this Christmas we may treasure Jesus in our hearts and let His Word bear fruits of peace and love. May we welcome Jesus into our life and respond readily when He commands us. And may we put our hearts into things that truly matter: love, service and generous sharing. Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/midiman/317538043/... more »
  • Feast of the Holy Family: Homilies, Images, Slides and Videos
    Posted by Fr. Stephen, MSC Dec22
    The following are homilies, photos, multimedia slides and videos you might find useful for your celebration of the Feast of the Holy Family (Year C). This Feast, which usually falls on the Sunday after Christmas, is a liturgical celebration in honor of Jesus of Nazareth, his mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and his foster father, Saint Joseph, as a family. For more info about the Feast of the Holy Family, please click here. READINGS FIRST READING: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1 Samuel 1:20-22, 24-... more »
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Fr. Stephen Cuyos is a Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) priest, who blogs about his faith and ministry, about the use of new technologies and social media for evangelization, as well as his advocacy for Linux and Free/Open Source Software.

Fr. Stephen is available for talks, seminars, recollections, retreats and workshops. Click here for more info.

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