2020 Oasis News

Five hundred years ago in this part of the world called now Philippines, Christianity arrived with those who explored this land and started to conquer it. Today, we recall this 500 years with joy and sorrow. Joy because the message of the Love of God through Christianity gradually was experienced by the people with the […]

The sad story of Joselito Envidiado, a 21 year old student, member of a fraternity group in Zamboanga City who died during the “initiation” is a new sad story that we registered last Saturday, November 14. On this occasion Silsilah recalled the time when violence among fraternities and sororities was very visible in the campus

When we started the Silsilah Summer Course in 1987 in Zamboanga City, I could not imagine to reach so for from that time every year up to this year. We started on the local level, after Mindanao and National level and along the years became also international with students of different countries. The list of

It was a surprise and joy for us when the Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) requested us to attend the Silsilah Summer Course in 1997 in Zamboanga City, Philippines. We have been always blessed by the participation to our courses of bishops and other important and respected leaders of the government, as well as leaders

The recent letter of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) invites us in Silsilah to share the reflection of Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David, D.D entitled, “Where Pope Francis is Coming From”. He is a great model of dialogue and invites all to overcome “criticism” against the Catholic Church that are done by

“Fratelli Tutti” is the new encyclical letter of Pope Francis. This new document is divided in 287 points and eight chapters. It is a long document presenting some urgent points and reflections starting from the parable of the Good Samaritan. The “stranger” who helped the one in need (Luke 10:25-37), we read in the encyclic:

Many of us ask, when will the light appear at the end of the tunnel with this so called, “Coronavirus” with all the implications. We are in a new era of the history and many of us try to write a page in this history, not only trying to be protected by the virus, but

The news of the death of Sr. Lilian Curaming, today September 10, 2020 has reached fast to so many friends including Muslim friends who have shared their words of solidarity to Silsilah. Sr. Lilian was a great instrument for the promotion of Muslim-Christian dialogue especially in Mindanao. She was very close to Bp. Tudtud and

We are grateful to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and  the World Council of Churches for inspiring us with the new document, “SERVING A WOUNDED WORLD IN INTERRELIGIOUS SOLIDARITY”, a Christian call to reflection and action during COVID19 and beyond. See the full document here: https://www.pcinterreligious.org/christian-call-reflection-action-during-covid-19-and-beyond. This inspiring document starts saying: The parable “Good

This Oasis news is an occasion for us to share this experience of the first ten weeks program that anyone can watch at https://www.facebook.com/watch/silsilahdialogue/642533866360032/. Meanwhile, those who applied to follow the course are invited, once a week, to deepen the presentation of the Episode of the week. We have many students who applied online from

In 2013, before the siege in Zamboanga City that destroyed part of the city and displaced thousands of peoples with hundreds of killings, I remember that by a very strange coincidence, Silsilah offered training on “Trauma Healing” for three hundred teachers of DepEd in three different seminars. These teachers during the siege, and had been

The COVID 19 this year has paralyzed a lot of activities and programs. This is true in the life of the big and small groups, and so Silsilah Dialogue Movement is forced to slowdown and do what is possible to continue the mission of dialogue and peace and be a sign of hope. In this

The Living Faith- online formation program is a new program prepared by the SIlsilah Dialogue Movement. It substitutes the traditional Summer Course program of Silsilah. It is presented in 20 weeks, 1 episode every Friday, you can view it here: https://www.facebook.com/silsilahdialogue . In the first 10 episodes, the host of this program, Fr. Sebastiano D’Ambra,

Alarming and disturbing. This could encapsulate our present situation not only in the Philippines but worldwide. Why? Definitely because of the new pandemic Corona Virus 2019 (COVID-19). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Corona Virus Disease is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. It is a kind of virus that

On 26th of June 2020, Friday, Silsilah will be starting the first episode of the new online formation entitled “Living Faith”. This is a two-part program with ten episodes each. The first part will be focusing on the Muslim’s sharing and insights on the 99 Beautiful Names of Allah while the second part will be

Since 1987, Silsilah has been faithful to run a program every year called, “Silsilah Summer Course on Muslim –Christian Dialogue”. This “new normal” in the Philippines and other parts of the world challenge us to offer weekly program on Muslim and Christian’s Living Faith using the online media. Rev. Fr. Sebastiano D’Ambra, PIME, founder of

During this time of COVID 19, we need to face many difficult realities and help each other more. On May 24, on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of “Laudato Si”, Pope Francis encouraged all to pray for this special year of “Laudato Si”. In this prayer we read: “Now more than ever, may we

People whether Christians, Muslims, Lumads and other faiths in our country and worldwide faces the same challenge caused by COVID-19. It is not you alone who cannot go out to work for your daily needs. It is not you alone who are bothered what will your family eat for the upcoming days and it is

For the Muslims the month of Ramadhan is always special, but this year “more special” for the Muslims and for all because of the historical pandemic of COVID 19. One of the spiritual obligation of Muslims during Ramadhan is always to share solidarity with those who suffer around them and in the world. Now the

53 years ago pope Paul VI started the tradition to celebrate the first day of the year as the   WORLD DAY OF PEACE.  From that time on unfortunately   wars in the world have continue, violence and all forms of calamities have afflicted our “mother earth” in many parts of the world. In this situation many