We are right in front of the door of the great feast of the Easter Centenary of our Founder, and as we all know, the feast is known by its vespers. With this liturgic material, let’s pray and praise the life of Ramon Zubieta for 9 days, Accompanied Missionary, fellow Founder and accompanying Father. Our sister Estebania Felipe gives us this novena to unite us in pray as Missionary Dominican
“I am always ready to give my life to God for the salvation of mankind”. (Bishop Ramon Zubieta Y Less O.P) There are thousands of reasons why people are restless. The reality tells us in our world today many people are restless because several reasons. One of them is facing financial problems which become a hindrance for people to study further and secure a good job. Many families have no
“I will be a Dominican, the Blessed Virgin likes it!” Fr. Ramon Zubieta has developed his dream of becoming a missionary at his very young age. His firm decision even surpassed the advice of his aunt Catalina Les who seemed to concern for his academic levels. However, Fr. Ramon Zubieta discovered his missionary spirit along the formation process. He believed in the accompaniment of the Blessed Virgin, at the same
I believe that we all have an inspiration in our lives through someone’s life and experiences. An inspiration of someone that, leads each of us to reach our destinations. Here I am going to share with you someone who inspires me, teaches me, and leads me to walk in the path of Christ without fear instead of lovingly following his footsteps. Yes, he is Father Ramon Zubieta. He inspires me
This is – as we well know – the signature and rubric of Ramón Zubieta O.P. If we take the photo and turn it 90º clockwise, and extract his rubric, we will obtain the closest thing to the harpsichord. It only lacks the five parallel lines properly placed to form a pentagram. And the melody, of course, to achieve the music score. The lives of Ramón Zubieta and Ascensión Nicol
Celebrating the centenary of the death of our Founder, Fr. Ramon Zubieta, reminds us of his missionary spirit. It is time for us to reflect on his life and like him, to be with the people of our time who are facing the Covid pandemic and situations of war in many countries. Ramon Zubieta, a Spanish missionary, dedicated his life to the service of people, and the extension of the
“If ever you fail, I think our work will end. I only believe in you, who will be capable of taking everything forward, in case I fail. I think the work we have in our charge is of transcendental importance. I think it is the only good that I have done in my life. What you do, wherever you are, are more than the work of a community of religious
Dear Sisters, I would like to begin my reflection on our Father Founder by recalling the Spanish proverb: “It is well-born to be grateful” to which I subscribe. This centenary year of his death is a good opportunity to recall his Personality, his Life and Spirituality, to interiorise some of his most audacious experiences, to appreciate also his dreaming capacity to design missionary projects in favour of the life of
When you left Philippines, love pushed you to open new pathsin the Peruvian jungle. And in the face of the reality faced by women there,you invited the religious to collaborate in the evangelisation project. M. Ascension and other Dominican sisters,accepted your invitation and, following your example, they also went out…You helped to form new evangelisers in them, who, with their lives, taught uswhat they learnt from your missionary life.. You