Lucena - DON ORIONE CUP 2017: 1st EDITION And Exposure among the Badjao

Last April 10, 2017, Holy Monday until Holy Tuesday, the Sons of Divine Providence Community in the Philippines gathered together in Lucena City, Quezon Province for the first ever sports conference participated by Montalban Community (seminary and novitiate) and hosted by Lucena community. The Sports conference is named “Don Orione Cup 2017”, a friendship football game aims to promote brotherhood and sportsmanship. The event was joined by seminarians, novices, temporary professed brothers and priest of the Congregation. The cup started at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and finished at 6. There are four competing teams namely, Team Priests, Team Brothers, Team Novices and Team Seminarians. Each team would compete consecutively for 15 minutes each round. The team which has the most number of score is declared champion. Awarding of trophies and medals culminated the Cup. The champion is the Team Priest, 1^st runner-up, Team Novice; Team Brothers is on the 2^nd runner-up. Team Seminarians placed 3^rd runner-up. This first edition of Don Orione Cup was filled with enjoyment and animated by camaraderie as a community among the religious and aspirants.

Buon Viaggio caro Don Stefan Bulai, FDP

Sons of Divine Providence, Philippines, after eight years and ½ of mission, Rev. Fr. Stefan Bulai,FDP has said goodbye to the Island of Beauty. He has left Montalban last April 06 for his province of origin, ‘Madre della Divina Provvidenza’, Italy.

Father Stefan Bulai, FDP,  from Sabaoani Reamt, Romania, Son of Divine Providence, ordained priest on May 24, 2008, arrived the first time in the Philippines on January 31, 2009. He was assigned in Payatas Community. On May 16, 2010, he moved to Montalban where he had the charge of Novice-Master, with five (5) Novices.

September 1, 2011, he is called to join the newly opened reality of Lucena, to begin a new religious Community, ‘Mother of the Church’, together with Fr. Martin Mroz, FDP, Fr. Joseph Van Cu, FDP and Gene Inigo, Ralph Plaza and Jayar Opinion, at the former Agnus Dei Convent, in Alupaye.