San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila Parish at Pleasant Hill Subdivision, City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Bulacan 3023 PH - Yesterday's News
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"Sambuklod Festival" - A Unique Celebration in Honor of St. Lorenzo Ruiz
Most festivals in the Philippines are ancestral traditions from generation to generation that have been preserved up to the present time. These legacies depict the multi-faceted re-enactment of customs and ...
Our Church History
History of The Parish Of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila
For several years (from 1986-2000), the Pleasant Hill community has been a sub-parish of St. Peter Parish, Tungkong Mangga under the pastoral care of the benevolent and committed Rev. Fr. Manuel M. ...
Solemn Canonical Establishment as a Parish
The Canonical Establishment and Solemn Proclamation of the Parish of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila was held on March 14, 2004. Rev. Fr. Mario Jose C. Ladra was likewise installed as its First Parish Priest on this date that took place with sacredness and grandeur!
PASTORAL VISITATION (New!)
A momentous historical event will happen this coming May 5 & 6, 2005. The San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila Parish which includes the 6 different sub-parishes namely: Pleasant Hill, Diamond Crest, Marcela V, Rosanna Heights, Ciudad Real and Dela Costa IV will be visited by its current pastor, His ...
"Kapaskuhan 2005"
Sumainyo ang Kapayapaan ng Panginoon, ang ating Mabuting Pastol! Sa taong ito ng Eukaristiya at ng Mahal na Birhen, hatid sa bayan ng Diyos ang nakapagbabagong kapangyarihan ng Eukaristiya, at ang mapagmahal na kalinga ng Mahal na Birhen, ating Ina. Tinatawagan tayo ng Ama na magkaisa, lalo ...
One Body, One Soul, One People, Journeying Towards God
As I gazed in awesome admiration at the 7 foot-tall silvery cross on the summit of our new church dome and belfry, I couldn’t help but express my gratitude to God for this wondrous gift of architecture, a genuine work of art. Because of its magnificent pinnacle, the San Lorenzo Ruiz Church can now ...
Helping the Tsunami Victims
“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.” Nothing much was heard or written on the account of Jesus’ life while He was growing and preparing for His ministry. But because of these words of the Father, we knew that Jesus’ 30 years on earth before His ministry began were spent only ...
Fr. Mar Ladra's New Prayer Book, "Straight From The Heart," - A Companion in These Trying Times
Since the launching of the book, “Straight from the Heart: A Prayer Companion”, compiled and edited by our parish priest, Fr. Mario Jose C. Ladra last September, 2007, thousands of copies had been sold and it continues to be one ...
US bishops release proposed new directive on nutrition, hydration
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has published a proposed new directive on providing nutrition and hydration for patients in a “persistent vegetative state.” The current directive reads: ...
Archbishop Dolan rips New York Times for anti-Catholicism
Calling anti-Catholicism a “national pastime,” Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York has denounced The New York Times for the “unfairness against the Catholic Church” displayed in its pages in the past two weeks.
“The most ...
1st Advent [C] 2009
Who among us not presently experiencing anxieties and worries, worries over what is going to happen to us along with worries about our loved ones? Perhaps we have children or grandchildren, relatives and close friends who are waiting for their job applications to be answered; waiting for banks to give us answers about mortgage refinancing; waiting for customers to resume purchases from our businesses; waiting for our doctors’ reports about our medical conditions; waiting for our economy to recover? There are those, too, who are waiting in expectant longing and hope for their sufferings to end.