BACOLOD CREATES NEW CHAPLAINCY
BACOLOD City: A new chaplaincy has been created by the Diocese of Bacolod to serve more efficiently the Catholic population of Grandville Subdivision in Bacolod City.

Bishop Vicente Navarra has issued a decree creating the Chaplaincy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help covering the areas of Terra Nova 1 and 2, La Salle Ville, Grandville 1, 2, and 3, Forest Hills and Arceo located in Grandville Subdivision, Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City. The decree was issued upon the petition of the faithful and the Presbyteral Council, the Parish Priests of the Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Mansilingan, and St. Jude Thaddeus in Alijis. As a new chaplaincy, the Our Lady of Perpetual Help is given all the rights according to the Code of Canon Law, Diocesan Statutes and approved customs, and that the seat of the chaplaincy shall keep habitually the Blessed Sacrament in its Church under the usual conditions, possess the baptismal font, administer all the sacraments, and keep all the canonical books. The document was signed by Bishop Navarra and chancellor-secretary Reverend Father Segundo Chua 3rd.

ASPIRING SEMINARIANS GATHER FOR ANNUAL ADMISSION DAYS
DAVAO CITY: More than a hundred seminarians from different archdioceses and dioceses in Mindanao gathered last December at the Saint Francis Xavier Regional Major Seminary to attend their annual Admission Days. The gathering aimed to assist aspirants and returning seminarians who want to proceed and to study theology in the regional seminary. Out of the hundred participants, only 50 will be admitted to the regional seminary which can only accommodate such number for the Pre-Theology course. Admission results will be sent to the respective rector or vocation director and the bishop of the diocese, middle of January 2013. Accepted seminarians will start their Pre-Theology course in academic year 2013-2014.
SEM. RITZCHILD JOHN CARIAGA/JANDEL POSION