Pastoral Message of Archbishop Socrates B Villegas My dear People of God in the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan: Today, we stand at the threshold of 2026. As the world celebrates a new calendar year, we as a local Church stand…
Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas has recently published a 232-page book of homilies delivered during the COVID19 lockdown months entitled “Where is HE?”–Blessings from Distance and Absence. The book is available at the CSI Malls, at selected Catholic book stores and…
HOLY THURSDAY REFLECTIONS FOR MY BROTHER PRIESTS, 2025 We will remember again later this evening what the Lord did and said in the Upper Room the night before He suffered and died. This is my Body. This is my Blood.…
WHEN PRIESTS CRY… Meditation by Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, Archbishop of Lingayen Dagupan, on the occasion of Chrism Mass on March 28, 2024 at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Dagupan City Beloved brothers in Christ:…
The story of Zechariah is our story as well. Zechariah received a blessing. We all have been blessed at one point or another in the past. After Zechariah received the blessing, his response was doubt. His response was fear. His…
Once in a while, we come across children who have plenty of toys and children’s books, and yet go to their parents and say, “I am bored.” We see college students shifting from one course to another, not knowing what…