Marist Asia Pacific Center

Folding an origami crane for hope One Saturday recently It was raining in a part of Balubad in Marikina City. Just around 30 children were waiting for Br. Mark Xyrex, a second-year brother, and me on the benches under a tent on a side street. There is no chapel. It was our first meeting with them. Balubad [...]

We had a farewell for Ma’am Joycee on July 3rd Thursday. She is retiring from her work as a secretary.  She has done great work as a secretary. This is the time to thank her for the work; we thanked for the great work and wish her well for her new job. This is [...]

Dear Brothers and friends Here we would like to share something about how the students Brothers are trained in different areas especially in sharing the responsibilities. At present in the community we all together are forty Brothers among us eight staff Brothers and thirty two students Brothers. Within the community we have different committees and [...]

Mabuhay! A warm greeting to all! It’s my first year here at MAPAC as the Registrar/Secretary and just like any freshman in a college or university; learning new things and meeting different people from different countries with different cultures excite me every time I enter MAPAC grounds. Before being with MAPAC, I [...]

Hello I am Fr. Simon Kewandi from Papua New Guinea, I was ordained in 2001. For the first three years, I worked in the diocesan vocation office as vocation director and at the same time as an assistant parish priest. I was mostly involved in both diocesan pastoral planning and parish pastoral activities. In June [...]