Happy Birthday Fr. Wim Wijtten, SVD

Today the Catholic Biblical Federation of Southeast Asia (CBF-SEA) joins Fr. Wim Wijtten, SVD our former subregional coordinator in thanking the Lord for the gift of life as we pray for a joyfilled and meaningful celebration…
Our dear Fr. Wim, wherever you are, we assure you of our sincerest prayers for a more intense encounter with [...]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SR. EMMA GUNANTO

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SR. EMMA
Our dear Sr. Emma,
Today is your birthday!  We wish you a very happy birthday – a day of rejoicing and thanksgiving; a day of celebration of life; a day of renewing life mission and friendships; a day of the Lord and His people!
 Thank you for being a gift to all of us [...]

Feast of the Blessed Trinity

Dear friends in the Word,
“in the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through sanctification by the Spirit,
for obedience and sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ:
May grace and peace be ours in abundance.” (1Peter 1:2)
Wishing you a blessed feast of the Holy Trinity.
Sr. Emma G,
Fr. Doms Ramos SVD
Estrella del Mar.

A New Pentecost!

I will pour out my Spirit in those days
and they will proclaim my message.
(Acts 2:18)
Dear Friends,
Blessed Feast of Pentecost!
May we be filled with the Holy Spirit
and proclaim with words and the witness our life
his message of LOVE and UNITY
in our divided world.
Special greetings to the SVDs among us.
We gratefully acknowledge
their special contribution to [...]

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW BISHOP FRANCIS VIRA

Dear Bishop Francis Vira,
 We, all the CBF-SEA members offer you our heartfelt congratulations on your ordination as Bishop of North Thailand.
 The Lord has entrusted you as shepherd of His sheep and lambs. We pray for many blessings, strength and health and also much consolation and joy in this new task. May you always feel the guidance [...]

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL …

To all our members of the CBF-SEA … our friends, collaborators, animators, bearers of the Word… a blissful Easter to all….
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CBF-SEA CELEBRATES WITH CHRISTA

Today, APRIL 1, we, the members of the CBF Southeast Asia subregion joyfully celebrate with the CBF General Secretariat  as we thank and praise the Lord for CHRISTA’s  faithful service for 20 years!

Dear Christa,

Congratulations, happy anniversary, and heartfelt thanks for all your hard work and all the love you put in it.
May our good [...]

Fr. Francis Vira Appointed Bishop

VATICAN CITY, 10 FEB 2009 (VIS) – The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana of the clergy of Bangkok, Thailand, director of the diocesan catechesis centre and secretary of the episcopal commission for catechesis, as bishop of Chiang Mai (area 89,683, population 5,749,882, Catholics 48,927, priests 74, religious 140), Thailand. The bishop-elect [...]

HAPPY 50th ANNIVERSARY dear FR. WIM!

To our dear Fr. Wim,
 
You are a priest forever!
 
We rejoice with you on this your golden jubilee as a priest.  We are privileged to have experienced your being gift to the world especially as a messenger of God’s Word and as a friend.  We thank God for the 50 years of priestly ministry that He [...]

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Merry Christmas and a Blissful New Year
to one and all….

Dear friends in the Word,

We wish each of you a joyful Christmas and a grace-filled New Year.
Yes, Christmas is JOY.
In the words of Pope Benedict XVI
on December 18th, 2005:
“God is close to us,
so close that he made himself a child.
The incarnation is [...]