Manresa Visit
The Jesuit Alumni Group (JAG) of Vancouver reports on a visit to the St. Ignatius Sanctuary in Manresa, Spain....
25
Apr
Dom Bautista attended Xavier School in Manila before moving to Vancouver in 1976 to finish his studies. This year he has ventured into blogging as part of his prayers.
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14
Apr
On Pu Erh Tea and Tissue Papers
Dom Bautista shares three stories from the Jesuit Alumni Group in Vancouver....
06
Jul
On humanness – a poem
Today's poem is by Dom Bautista and tells of climbing The Chief in Squamish....
20
Jun
A Father’s Love
There is an old saying: anyone can be a father, but it takes some special to be a dad. For most of us, the rituals of reassuring our children that the dinosaurs are not going to eat them while they sleep may have long gone. We do not tuck them in anymore. Yet as they face the uncertainties of life, we think about the need to let them decide for themselves, even when we know what they are doing are not necessarily right. We cringe when they fall, and we teach them to stand up again. To try again....
13
May
A Trek to Xavier House in Cheung Chau
As I tapped Morneeng" (a special greeting that Fr Elton Fernandes performs exclusively to JAGs that he picked up from Filipinas somewhere) to confirm our 3 pm meeting last December 27, I was excited to be visiting the Xavier Retreat House in Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. I have heard so much about Xavier House from the Wah Yan alumni in our Jesuit Alumni Group that I had to add it to my itinerary. That it would take around two hours each way did not really matter. This was my Christmas gift to myself."...
09
Apr
Asking the Holy Spirit for Light
The dews at Richmond's Eastern Catholic Church parking lot that crested on the green blades of grass were still glistening. They were quite content to bask in the warm sun that embraced them on a Saturday morning last September 6 2014. Quietly. Little did they know that their somewhat unknown church was about to open its doors to the second Jesuit Alumni Group's retreat for the Ignatian community to celebrate in one faith, in one love and in one God....
07
Dec
A Jesuit Jig
On St Ignatius Day, July 31, 2014, members of the Vancouver Ignatian family - comprised of the Jesuit Spirituality Apostolate of Vancouver, the Jesuit Alumni Group, the three Christian Life Community groups (Lighthouse, St Augustine, St Mark's) and the Society of Evangelical Life of the Heart of Jesus - met for a Mass celebrated by Father Rob Allore, SJ. Following the Mass, several members of this group spoke. Here are the remarks made by Dom Bautista of the Jesuit Alumni Group."...
10
Apr
Planting Ignatian Seeds in Vancouver
The strum of the guitars greeted me as I walked in Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Vancouver on July 31 2009. At the invitation of GG Francisco, whom I recently met, Jesuit-trained alumni gathered to celebrate the Feast of St. Ignatius. He and a number of his friends from Ateneo a Filipino Jesuit university, were rehearsing the hymns for the celebration....