{"id":92366,"date":"2026-01-12T13:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/ritiro-custodiale-annuale-dei-frati-delle-filippine\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:27:20","slug":"ritiro-custodiale-annuale-dei-frati-delle-filippine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/ritiro-custodiale-annuale-dei-frati-delle-filippine\/","title":{"rendered":"Friars of the Philippines Conduct Annual Custodial Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On January 5-9, 2026, the solemnly professed friars of the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception and Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza in the Philippines held their annual Custodial retreat. The event took place at the Mirador Jesuit Villa and Retreat House, which is managed by the Jesuits and located on Mirador Hill in Baguio City, the Philippines.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The retreat was led by Father Renato DE GUZMAN, a priest of the Diocese of Ilagan in the Philippines. He focused on the theme, <em>\u201cReturning to Interiority and Spirituality in the Transitions of Life,<\/em>\u201d and invited the friars to deepen their interior life and revisit, in prayer, their personal journey of conversion. Through guided conferences, times of silence, and moments of reflection, the participants were assisted in recognizing and naming God\u2019s transforming action in their lives.<br \/>\nThis year\u2019s retreat also served as a time of significant spiritual preparation for the next Custodial Chapter, scheduled for February 3, 2026. During the retreat, moments of authentic fraternal encounter were fostered by the celebration of Mass, shared meals, and group discussions, strengthening the bonds of fraternity among the friars.<br \/>\nThe twenty-four participants also enjoyed the serene beauty and cool climate of Baguio City, which is also known as the \u201cSummer Capital of the Philippines.\u201d It was a setting that proved particularly conducive to prayer, reflection, and spiritual renewal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Text and photos: Friar John Nathan MAAGMA<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 5-9, 2026, the solemnly professed friars of the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception and Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza in the Philippines held their annual Custodial retreat. The event took place at the Mirador Jesuit Villa and Retreat House, which is managed by the Jesuits and located on Mirador Hill in Baguio City, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,132,148],"tags":[766,1135],"class_list":["post-92366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-famc-en","category-federations","category-news","tag-philippines","tag-spiritual-retreat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92366"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92370,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92366\/revisions\/92370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}