BISHOP TO YOUTH: ENTRUST YOUR VOCATION TO GOD
PASIG City: A Catholic bishop reminded the youth when it comes to their vocation, they must entrust

it to God. In his homily during the recently held 5th Vocation Festival, Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara of Pasig emphasized that the challenge of the vocation festival to young people is to entrust everything to God. “God is generous to us, we lived borrowed lives and we are gifts. Everything we have is a gift from God and we do not own anything. Whatever we can do is because of God. He provides for what is lacking and gives more. So where is God calling you? Entrust [yourself] to Him,” Vergara said. JANDEL POSION

REGIONAL YOUTH CONVENTION ON NEW EVANGELIZATION
DAVAO City: The DADITAMA region in Mindanao, comprising Davao, Digos, Tagum and Mati held a youth assembly focusing on New Evangelization at the John Paul II College in Davao City last October 26 to 28. More than 300 young people participated in the 3rd Youth Convention that carried the theme “The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith.” Aside from catechesis on Porta Fidei (Door of Faith) given to delegates, the convention also launched the Lakbay Youth Newsletter and had discussions on Social Communication and Leadership and on issues concerning Love, Sex and Life. MJ OLEA AND JANDEL POSION

THOUSANDS FLOCK CALUNGSOD’S MALOLOS VISIT
MALOLOS City: Thousands of young people, catechists, and pilgrims gathered at the Basilica Minore of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral last November 6 to welcome the image of the second Filipino Saint, Pedro Calungsod. Bishop Jose Oliveros of Malolos in his homily during the Mass, extolled the characteristics of the Filipino saint, his being a young catechist and a martyr and challenged the young people to imitate the examples of the teen Saint. He said a person’s holiness is not determined by age or status but by his service and offering of life for God and his people.
RYAN RAYOS