For 5 days during the Octave of Easter, a group of professed Assumptionists in the Philippines (priests and brothers), with 2 Oblates Sisters of the Assumption, had a retreat on "Brotherhood (Sisterhood)" with our Assistant General John Franck in Baguio City. Father John preached on the salient features and implications of "Brotherhood" as contained in the Letter of our Father General, Benoit Griere.

The retreat, thanks to Father John, gave new light to our understanding of "Brotherhood (Sisterhood)" in the Assumption putting emphasis on "community" as our "1st apostolate."

I'd like to express my deep gratitude to my brothers and sisters in the Assumption and to God for all these grace-filled days in Baguio City. And I'd like to express this especially through these impressions I got during this Easter Week!

Note: For the flower-enthusiasts among you, you may wish to identify either the scientific or local or common name of the flowers in the photos! Enjoy and happy Easter again!

Br. Jay Lituanas, A.A.