Hundreds of our kababayans attended the 10th Anniversarry of the Filipino Marian Pilgrimage held at Kloster Stiepel, a monastery in the district of Stiepel, Bochum this 19th of May 2018. Here is the excerpts from Rev. Father Gabriel Chumacera, OCist as he described the pilgrimage in his message in the section of the Souvernir magazine..
The Philippine Catholic community Frankfurt gets a new pastor. On November 30th, Father Benedicto Urbano Pola OC retires after nearly seven years in the Diocese of Limburg and returns to his home diocese of Alaminos in the Philippines. His successor, Father Mario Salida Estrella OC, is commissioned with the leadership of this native-speaking community on 1 December.
