Mission Work at Sarangani Province

Missionary works consisting of catechetical instruction, sacramental assistance, medical help are happening at Kawas, Alabel, Sarangani Province.

Christ the King Procession in Gensan

Fr. Timothy Pfeiffer led the faithful of St. James Chapel to the annual traditional procession in honor of the Feast of Christ the King.

The feast was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 as an antidote to secularism -- a way of life which leaves God out of man's thinking and living and organizes his life as if God did not exist.

Accordingly, the feast is intended to proclaim in a striking and effective manner Christ's royalty over individuals, families, society, governments, and nations.

Because of the reform of the Roman Calendar in 1969, this feast was celebrated on the last Sunday of the year. However, thanks to the Society of St. Pius X, this feast continued to becelebrated on the last Sunday of October.

Bishop Fellay Administers Sacrament of Confirmation

Today, Bishop Bernard Fellay administers the Sacrament of Confirmation to 40 confirmands at the St. James Roman Catholic Chapel in General Santos City.

Msgr. Fellay is currently the superior general of the Society of St. Pius X emphasized the importance of this sacrament in his sermon when he said "this sacrament in which the Holy Ghost is given to those already baptized in order to make them strong and perfect Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ."

Accompanying him in this special event are four priests of the Society: Fr. Régis de Cacqueray (SSPX French District Superior), and members of the SSPX St. Joseph Priory in Davao: Fr. Timothy and Fr. Joseph Pfieffer as well as Fr. Alexander Ohra.

This is Msgr. Fellay's third visit to General Santos City

Recent Updates from the Chapel

Procession

Fr. Timothy Pfeffier together with the members of the Knights of Our Lady

The Knights together with Krisoffer Sourette of the US who taught the new breed of church choir

The sakristans

Corpus Christi Feast at General Santos City

The Feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for Body of Christ) was celebrated in General Santos City last June 23rd.

The feast is a Latin Rite solemnity. It does not commemorate a particular event in Jesus' life but celebrates the Body of Christ, consecrated in the Mass. Its celebration on a Thursday is meant to associate it with the institution by Jesus of the Eucharist during the Last Supper, commemorated on Maundy Thursday, but because the primary focus of Maundy Thursday is the institution of the Eucharist and not a veneration of the Real Presence of Christ in the consecrated elements of bread and wine, Corpus Christi is observed after the fifty days of Easter are over. Therefore, when the feast of Corpus Christi was introduced it was placed on the first free Thursday after Eastertide.

At the end of the Mass, Fr. Timothy Pfeiffer led a Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, followed by potluck refreshment at the St. James Chapel.

10th Annual Catholic Pilgrimage in Bohol

We attended the 10th Annual Catholic Pilgrimage organized by the Apostles of Mary and the Society of St. Pius X in Bohol between May 19 and 22, 2011. It was an amazing experience for more than 500 pilgrims who came from various parts of the country and who braved the 63 kilometer, 3-day walk from Tagbilaran (St. Joseph Cathedral) to Carmen (Our Lady of Carmel Shrine).

We were accompanied by 8 priests, several religious brothers and sisters.



For a brief explanation, a pilgrimage is a journey or search of great moral or spiritual significance. It is a journey to a shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith.

Fledgling St. James Chapel in General Santos City.

Fr. Robert McPearson celebrating the Latin Tridentine Mass. This is the only site of Latin Tridentine Mass in General Santos City

Faithful attending a typical Sunday mass. Notice the makeshift board.

Fledgling St. James Chapel in General Santos City.