Order of Carmelites

August 2020

Carmelite Parish addresses hunger through urban farming

San Isidro Labrador Parish in Bagong Silangan, Quezon City recently piloted a community-based urban farming facility aimed at alleviating the worsening incidence of hunger among residents of urban poor communities in the area. Fr. Gilbert Billena, O.Carm., parish priest of SILP, said that initially the facility, a tunnel portable greenhouse, is built in Sulyap ng …

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memorial of Saint Roch

Today, August 16, is the memorial of Saint Roch.Patron saint against epidemics and plagues.Popularly known as San Roque, he was a French nobleman who early developed a sympathy for the poor and sick; reported to have been born with the image of a red cross on his breast.Orphaned at age 20, he gave his fortune …

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