Executive Director’s Corner

Fr. Emmanuel “Nono” L. Alfonso, SJ, Executive Director of Jesuit Communications is a writer and a TV and radio host at ABS-CBN (Channel 2), DZMM Teleradyo, Radio Veritas and Radyo Katipunan. In 2008, he was given a Special Citation Award for Best Opinion Column Category at the 30th Catholic Mass Media Awards . He is the Executive Producer of Ignacio de Loyola, a full-length feature film about St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. The film was released in the Philippines on July 27, 2016 and with international screenings starting August 26, 2016. It is the first Filipino film screened at the Vatican.

The Executive Director’s Corner contains Fr. Nono Alfonso’s spiritual reflections, homilies and critical essays.

Unbidden

Homily of Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Alfonso, SJ27 Mar 21, Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent I was postponed from pronouncing my first vows. That’s when I first met Salty. Every day, I would come to Ateneo for classes but would commute back to the Novitiate in Novaliches where I was semi-quarantined from my batchmates. …

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Joseph’s Brand

Blood is thicker than water! That is a very familiar slogan for us all, especially for us Filipinos. It points to the power of our blood relations, the primacy of filial love. I recall that saying because both readings today seem to speak about filial love, in particular parental love. In the first reading, our …

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