Editorial

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus isn’t just an old tradition, is it? It’s about a Heart that beats, truly beats, for every single person. A Heart that bled, literally, until the very last drop, when a soldier’s lance pierced His side (Jn 19:34). Just imagine that: a Heart so full of love, it emptied itself for us.

To mark the Jubilee Year and celebrate the election of a new pope, the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Singapore has added a Jubilee Cross, a Jubilee Logo, and a banner to its structure.

Artemio B. Manuben, a Filipino member of the Third Order of St. Francis (OFS), walks daily through cramped villages in Manila, past topless, tattooed, and tough-looking men smoking on the streets. Clad in the brown habit of the Franciscans, he pushes a cart filled with a Bible, candies, and food to teach vatechism to young people involved in drugs, pickpocketing, snatching, and other crimes.