The Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) joined the breakfast meeting hosted by Cardinal Antonio Tagle on February 4, 2019 at the Arzobizpado de Manila Building in Intramuros, Manila. ISA was represented by Fr. Rico P. Ponce, O. Carm. Executive Director, together with Dr. Marissa C. Alcantara, Assistant Director for Academics and Carmen R. Alviar, […]
On January 13, 2019, Fr. Rico Ponce, O.Carm., the executive director of the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA), left for the Netherlands primarily to visit the Sisters of the Jullie Postel and to personally thank and update them on the activities of ISA for 2018. On January 15 Fr. Rico met with Sr. Annielies […]
On December 1, the first Saturday of December 2018, the Southeast Asia Interdisciplinary Development Institute (SAIDI) held its graduation at the Centennial Room of Club Filipino in San Juan, Metro Manila. The morning rites formally started with the Opening Prayer led by Fr. Rico P. Ponce, O.Carm., Ph.D., a member of the SAIDI Board of […]
A farewell Mass was held at St. Joseph’s College Auditorium on November 3, 2018 to show solidarity with Sr. Patricia Fox, advocate for poor and oppressed Filipinos. Sister Fox was ordered by the Bureau of Immigration to leave the country because of her missionary works solidarity efforts for God’s Anawim, the poor and marginalized people […]
Fr. Gilbert G. Sabado, O.Carm, successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Defining Naimeng A Pagtaengan (N.A.P.) as Spirituality in Building Community” and has earned the degree of Doctor in Organization Development Major in Transformative Spirituality. Fr. Sabado’s defense was a culmination of the academic program of the Southeast Asian Institute for Interdisciplinary Development (SAIDI)-Institute of Spirituality […]
In partnership with the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA), the ecumenical group Anawin Mission continues to reach out to Indigenous People (IP or Lumad), this time through a medical-dental mission held on October 27 at Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) Katipunan, Quezon City. The church compound was then hosting the LumadBakwit School for children who […]
Sr. Gerlette Fatima C. Cabahug, Carm O.L. and Ms. Joy KiaIkial represented the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) at a forum held on October 25, 2018 at Cultural Section of the Iranian Embassy in Manila. Entitled “Interreligious Dialogue as Path to Harmony”, the forum had His Excellency Most Rev. Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Apostolic Nuncio […]
For the first time in its history, the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) held a seminar-workshop on “Doing Empirical Research on Spirituality, Theology and Religion” on October 20-21, 2018. For the landmark activity, ISA forged a partnership with the Center for Empirical Studies in Spirituality, Theology and Religion (CESSTREL) Asia. Resource persons were Fr. […]
To celebrate National Peace Consciousness Month, the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) supported a forum organized by the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP), the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), the Save Our Schools (SOS) Network and ANAWIM MISSION. “A JOURNEY WITH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: A CALL […]
The Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) launched two publications during its 18th Spirituality Forum on August 1-3, 2018 at the Mother Anne de Tilly Hall, St. Paul University, Quezon City. On Day 2, ISA launched Lecture Series XVII, the proceedings of the 17th Spirituality Forum (“Spirituality of Communion”) held at the same venue a […]
