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Last December 18, 2018, the 120 th Death Anniversary of Fr. Butinya was celebrated by the Siervas de San Jose of the Holy Family Province in their respective places. They remembered with fondness, joy and gratitude Fr. Butinya, their Father and Founder who left them a legacy of having a heart for the poor workers, especially for the poor women workers and young women at risk and of being always at their service. As they gathered together to honor him, his memory brought them back to their root, to their home called Nazareth where their model and example, Jesus, Mary and Joseph immersed themselves in the life of the poor and earned their bread by the sweat of their brow… LUZON CLUSTER In Luzon Cluster, our celebration of Butinya’s Day was a combination of many events: Butinya’s 120 th   Death Anniversary, 53 rd Anniversary of the Foundation of Holy Family School, 3 rd Annual Re-union of the residents (former and current) of Tahanang Paghubog Mother Bonifacia, Inc....

We, the TALLERES de NAZARET WORKERS here in CEBU had been graced by God with a whole day RECOLLECTION last December 16, 2019, facilitated by Sr. Fe Rabina, SSJ, C-T CEBU Coordinator (Sr. Ping) During the first part of our recollection, we were brought to experience like children full of joy and laughter through the games Sr. Ping facilitated. But behind our joys and laughter we need to sacrifice to move on from our failures and “falls” that we may reach our “dreams”. We asked God to grant us patience and humility so that our hearts will be open to welcome Him. We expressed to Him in silence our past joys and pains which brought us away from Him. Each one of us lighted a candle, a powerful symbol that Christ Himself is our light who continuously invites us to gaze at Him, to have fellowship with Him so that we will never get lost. As co-workers in Talleres de Nazaret, we were given an opportunity to see/recognize/ac...