Dear Fr. Joey, Your parishioners address you as Father Joey, while some of our youth leaders affectionately dub you “Derps”. To me, you’re simply Joey. I trust that you harbor no qualms about this informal salutation. Similarly, I’d kindly ask…
Dear Fr. Raul, When men commit crimes and are sentenced, they are sent to the National Penitentiary in Muntinlupa. Women offenders, on the other hand, are sent to the Correctional Institute in Mandaluyong. A few months ago, I organized a…
Dear Wibb, I am writing to you from Puerto Azul. I am attending a seminar for the ongoing renewal of priests. While walking in the garden, my attention was caught by a leaf that I saw falling from a tree.…
Dear Jan-B and Loudette, I am writing to you in the middle of my annual retreat here in the same compound where I was formed as a priest. San Carlos Seminary is the only seminary I know. I grew up…