Ms. Maria Angela Blardony Ureta, aO.Carm. was the resource speaker for this webinar titled “Approaches to Communication Spirituality in Community Life via Teresa of Avila’s The Way of Perfection”. Ms. Ureta is currently a Provincial Extended Councilor of the Order of Carmelites in the Philippines. She is also a media professional and a member of […]
ISA together with CarmelCare and O.Carm. Student Friars organized a relief operation for the fire victims in North Daang Hari, Bicutan. A total of forty eight (48) families were given relief packs (rice, groceries and toiletries). ISA staff were assisted by Brgy. Captain Lorenzo Fortuno and DSWD (Brgy. based) in distributing relief packs. Aside from […]
Dr. Marissa Cos Alcantara, aO.Carm., the ISA assistant director for Academic Program was the speaker for the webinar entitled “A Marian Spirituality of Pilgrimage” held on October 10, 2020. She is the owner and president of Pirkko & Troytours, Inc. In her talk, she shared the people’s journey to sacred places who had explored, deepened, […]
In partnership with the Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE), ISA organized a webinar on “The Best is yet to be: Spirituality of the Elderly” with Mr. Ed Gerlock, founder of COSE and its executive director Ms. Emily Beridico as speakers. Mr. Gerlock and Ms. Beridico shared about the programs of COSE such as […]
Due to the suspension of all face-to-face gatherings, all succeeding public lectures of the Institute of Spirituality in Asia were offered using online platform Zoom as part of efforts to deal with the fast-spreading coronavirus. Ms. Mylene Salusta The first webinar was a Prayer-Reflection on “Creation Spirituality” in celebration for the Season of Creation held […]
Coalition of Services of the Elderly, Inc. (COSE) Edited by Edward Gerlock and Hazel Ayne Garcia-Mesiera Book Paper; Softbound 82p; 6×9 in c2020 This is a book about our gratitude to poor older people who are mostly women. This book may well be a minority opinion but in line with the wisdom of the Bhagavad […]
Rev. Fr. Dave D. Capucao, Ph.D., STh.D. Book Paper; Softbound 252p; 6×9 in c2020 This paper is about salvation. The starting point, however, is the experience of pain and suffering. “Why the strange connection?”, one might ask. Offhand, one can say that pain and suffering are organic concerns for Christians because they relate with the […]
The Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) marked the start of the Year of Inter-religious Dialogue , Ecumenism and Indigenous People as declared by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) with a public lecture on the meeting of Saint Francis of Assisi and the Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil of Egypt in 1219 at the […]
To celebrate World Interfaith Harmony Week, the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) joined the breakfast meeting hosted by His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle on February 3, 2020 at the Arzobispado de Manila. The Cardinal continues to be an honorary member of its Board of Trustees (BOT) since the beginning until now. At […]
On January 26, 2020 the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA) organized a relief operation for two towns in Batangas Province after Taal Volcano erupted on Sunday, January 26, 2020. ISA coordinated with Fr. Billy Bong Manguiat, O.Carm. – now based at the National Shrine of St. Padre Pio in Sto. Tomas, Batangas – to […]
