Sta. Maria Della Strada Parish

Father Manny Sarez and twenty eight representatives of the Santa Maria Della Strada (SMDS) Pastoral Council gathered last January 8-9, 2011 at the Field of Faith, Calauan, Laguna to evaluate the parish programs for 2010. Insights gained from the process of determining the SMDS areas of strength and opportunities for improvement served as one of the...

Over the weekend of January 9-10, 2010, the heads and members of the Parish Ministries and the Tri-council, composed of the Planning, Implementing and Finance Councils, gathered to discuss and assess the Parish performance for 2009 and plan for 2010. The results of the evaluation and planning can be viewed by downloading the report here.

Objectives Activities Date/ Timeframe 1. Formation 1.1 Orient parish servant leaders on the Church’s direction. Basic Pastoral Orientation March 7, 8-5 Dinner with LGV Board February 20, 7pm 1.2 Ccreate a critical mass base for spirituality of stewardship. Spirituality of stewardship June 13-14 July...

Two years after the Dellas Strada mission and vision statements were articulated, the heads of the Ministries and Tri-council met last November 2008 to identify manifestations of how the Parish is living up to its mission and actualizing its vision. Some of the reported accomplishments of the different Councils and Ministries, as of September 2008,...

The journey of Sta. Maria della Strada to become a parish started in the late 1970s, when the churchgoers of the St. Joseph Church on Aurora Boulevard and the Ateneo Campus chapel had swelled in numbers. The needs of the vast area covering 14 barangays as well as that of a large transient student population from the University of the Philippines, Ateneo,...

The Diocese as a Local Church is the concretization of the Universal Church. Headed by the Bishop as the real shepherd of all, she sets the pastoral direction of all the parishes under her fold. The Vicariate which is composed by the neighboring parishes performs the role of coordinating their activities in the context of collaborative ministry....