Find Friendship in Europe

What a trip and what a group!


Got the rare opportunity to be with the greats, no less than Adrian Panganiban, a former showbiz personality, who sings beautifully and Bo Sanchez himself , the Preacher in Blue Jeans. What a spectacular trip!

This one is Lorna, the gal with a resounding, tingling laugh. What a friend!

Beside me is the eighty-year old Nanay Cleofe with daughter Gladys, Lanee's sister. Remember down-to-earth Lanee? Gladys, on the other hand, is a well-traveled individual as a result of her work. This time her trip is for their mother, but it turned out to be meaningful and relaxing for her as well.


This is Benj, my partner in training and emcee stints in our former employer. He's my "kumpare". His daughter Chiara is my god daughter.

He and his loving wife Fely, renewed their wedding vows at St. Ignatius de Loyola Basilica in Spain. This is their special request as they celebrate their silver wedding anniversary this year. Congratulations guys. Super! Behind them are Father Alex, our inspiring priest and Michael, the cool helpful dude. Hey, that's me doing the video coverage.

Yup, this is the gang. In front, there's young, kind-hearted, soft-spoken but kalog Yas and the beautiful, Paraluman-look alike mom Fran, who went straight home to Pampanga after the trip.

Hi too to the Davao Ladies, Grace and Mama Lina. They are well-traveled thus I got to be super entertained with lots of their personal stories and experiences with wisdom.

Bro. Jake and his wife Pat, proceeded to London. There's my prayer partner also, Tita Adel, with her friends Tita Vicky plus Tita Rio and her pretty daughter Maricel, who was on her fourth visit to Lourdes. Miss you all!

The Catacombs of Rome

We are truly fortunate. Today, we can freely gather as a community to show our faith, but that was not the case of long, long time ago.

Pope John Paul II addressed the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology as follows:

"By visiting these monuments, one comes into contact with the evocative traces of the early Christianity and one can, so to speak, tangibly sense the faith that motivated those ancient Christian communities.


Walking through the underground passages of the catacombs, one frequently glimpses many signs of the iconography of faith: the fish, a symbol of Christ; the anchor, an image of hope; the dove, which represents the believing soul and, next to the names on the tombs, often one sees the
greeting: In Christo.

The catacombs also preserve the tombs of the first martyrs, witnesses of a clear and most steadfast faith, which led them as "athletes of God" to triumph over the supreme trial."