Retreat Houses: June 2019

Friday, June 7, 2019

Scala Redemptorist Retreat House Bacolod City

I'd been visiting this beautiful place twice during our faculty retreat/seminar.and I'm so thankful to Nuestra Seniora Delas Nieves School for the opportunity to reach this place. Now I am also highly recommending this place if you are looking for a venue for seminar/training at the heart of Bacolod City? please consider Scala Retreat House in Negros Occidental. Scala Retreat House is the best place to go. It is one of the three Redemptorist Retreat Houses, one is located at Lahug Cebu City and the other one is in La Paz, Iloilo City.
Scala Retreat House is located in Fortune Town, Bacolod City, Philippines.

Closer to Nature:

The green beautiful entrance of the Scala Retreat House will make you feel at home and immediately feels closer to nature. The ambiance is so cool and peaceful ideal for seminar/retreat activities. This is an old house with two storey building. I had the opportunity to attend twice for 1 week retreat on this place with the NSDN faculty and I should be thankful to Sis. Teresita who is the principal of the school. I really like the services and foods as well as the accommodating staff and sisters in charge. This place is accessible to SM city it takes 45 minutes to travel via jeepney.

The beautiful entrance and clean compound of Scala Retreat House

The Guest Rest house at back portion of the retreat house

The Centuries old wall rock located at the back of the Veranda of the second floor of Scala Retreat House

REASONABLE RATES:

If you choose the most practical venue in Bacolod you might consider for your training or retreat is the SCALA Retreat House in Bacolod City. At the rate of 500++/person , you are already entitled to use the training hall,room,3 meals and 2 snacks. This rate is inclusive of the use of electric fans. Air-condition units are available on a per hour basis.The food is great too and yummy.

For more information please contact:

Scala Retreat House

Sofia Gonzaga Ave., Fortune Town

Brgy. Estefania, 6100 Bacolod City, Phil.

Tel. (034)432-10-52

How to get there:
For Commuters: From Bacolod city proper take the jeepney with route to Fortune town just tell the driver to drop you at the entrance of Scala Retreat House.

St. Clement's Retreat House La Paz Iloilo City

Never be tried of searching retreat houses that is best for you If you looking for an ideal place for spiritual retreat seminar in Western Visayas? Well St. Clement's Retreat House could be your perfect choice with it's complete facilities and packaging at affordable price.

The Front view of the St. Clemet's Retreat House

St. Clement's Retreat House is located in Western Visayas, at La Paz, Iloilo City. I had the opportunity to visit this retreat house during our Pscho-spiritual seminar that lasted for almost one week. I like very much the green surrounding of the environment and it's accessible to mall and main city.

I am so blessed with this scene at the entrance garden at St. Clement's Retreat House

Other Must See Attraction:
St. Clement's Retreat House is just adjacent to the St. Clement's Redemptorist Church. This church is well known for it's novena for the devotion of our lady of perpetual help every Wednesday.

Adjacent to St. Clement's Retreat House is the Redemptorist Church

INSIDE THE REDEMTORIST CHURCH

St. Clement's Chapel
There a very beautiful small chapel inside the compound ideal for holy mass and other related activities.

Added attraction is the chapel inside the compound ideal for prayer and holy mass.

Inside the chapel of St Clement;s Retreat House

Crematory Cemetery
They owned a small cemetery at the back side of the compound for those who preferred cremation services. I stayed during all saints day and all souls day and I had witnessed famous celebrities visiting in this cemetery.

Crematory Cemetery inside the compound

With free wi-fi on the lobby.

You can access the wifi connection in the lobby during your free time

The large canteen facilities wherein we pose during a delicious snacks time.

We have to finish our rendition of group singing.

Just enjoying my pose at their beautiful huge grotto

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE NEAR WITH JESUS I'M SO BLESSED

THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH

A BLESSED MORNING

THE WHOLE GROUP AFTER THE SEMINAR

THE LAST GROUP WHO LEFT DURING THE SEMINAR THIS IS OUR LAST DAY OF STAY

How to get there:
There are options to reach this place:
By plane, ferry boat, fast speed boat( Supercat & Ocean Jet)
From Iloilo pier you can take taxi to travel for only 15 minutes the fare is only P80 but if you are familiar with the jeepney route it might be good idea to save money. Advanced reservation should be made at the office . The rate per day may vary depending on the type of accommodation you prefer.

Redemptorist Retreat House: Holy Family : Cebu City

Redemptorist Retreat House (Holy Family) Front View in Nivel Hills, Lahug Cebu City

Are you looking for an ideal place for retreat, seminars or recollections in Cebu? Redemptorist Retreat House could be the best and ideal place for you. I had the chance to visit this beautiful place during our retreat with Christian brothers. I am very blessed and thankful to Christian brothers because of them I had reached the three places of Redemptorist Retreat House.

Short Background of the Redemptorist Retreat House

The retreat ministry involves Redemptorists in conducting retreats and recollections for the clergy, religious and laity amongs whom the youth have a special place. Through this ministry, the Redemptorists strive to lead people to greater awareness of their Christian calling and witnessing to their vocation as lay people in their own ecclesial communities. This ministry is carried out in our own retreat houses or elsewhere.

There are three Redemptorist retreat houses in the Southern Phillipines: the Redemptorist Retreat House (Holy Family) in Cebu, the Scala Retreat House in Bacolod, and the St. Clement’s Retreat House in Iloilo.

Their Retreat Houses serve the local Church through retreats and seminars for the diocesan clergy, religious and lay people. They give preference to retreats and seminars organized by the poor.

The Retreat Houses are creating an atmosphere conducive to prayer, personal reflection, sharing, liturgical celebration. They strive to bring about a change in attitude, integration of faith and life, richer family living and greater social awareness.

In line with our option for the poor, they make available our retreat houses to the poor, especially those from our mission areas and other apostolates.

Pls play the video to take the virtual tour of the place

Available Facilities:
Conference Hall
Conference Rooms
Dining Halls
Bedrooms (for individual, double & dorm type rooms)
Penthouse (Dorm type)
Consultation rooms
Chapels
Free Internet (wifi access)

This place is very nice their dining hall is large and wide, the rooms are well ventilated and spacious, the garden is safe to roam around with security guards. The rooms on the second floor is nice and you can open the window for beautiful overlooking of the Cebu city at night. There is a security guard 24 hours.

Their Contact Address and Phone:

Nivel Hills, Lahug, 6000 Cebu City

P.O. Box 280

Tel. (032) 232-6564 / 231-2984

Mobile: 0923 360 5838

Email: rrh.cssr@yahoo.com

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Holy Spirit Shrine

Holy Spirit Shrine Travel

The road may look foggy and things may seem uncertain. But one thing is for sure - HE WHO BRINGS YOU TO IT WILL LEAD YOU THROUGH IT. Let the Holy spirit be your Guide.

This saying is famous and it’s true it happened to me when I was invited to visit to Holy Spirit Shrine located in Iligan city. This is the first time I traveled to this place and I really felt nervous but with the prayer and trusting the Holy Spirit to guide me I successfully reached the place fine and safe.

Where is Iligan City? And How to get there.

The first thing that will come into your mind is to think where is really Iigan City and how to get there. Laguindingan Airport is the main airport that serves the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, as well as the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon in Northern Mindanao, Philippines.

Based on my travel experience, from Manila I travel by plane via Cebu Pacific Airline and landed at Laguindingan airport in Cagayan de Oro. Upon exiting the arrival gate area at the airport I go straight to the ticketing area for van of super five bus and paid P195.00 including bus transfer fare from Laguindingan bus terminal to Integrated Bus Terminal at Iligan City.

If you noticed, there is a bus transfer from the airport it’s because Laguindingan Airport is quite far from the main city of Iligan. It takes 5 – 8 minutes for the super five van going to Laguindingan bus terminal and 2 hours super five bus travel to Integrated bus terminal at Iligan City. You can also take a boat via To go Travel but it takes 3 days to arrive at Iligan City from Manila.

Integrated Bus Terminal at Iligan City

The Holy Spirit Shrine

It’s a blessings that I was invited to this place for a search in seminar. This place is located at mountainous area of Pindungangan, Tipanoy Iligan City. You can reach this place via habal-habal, taxi or private car. There is no jeepney that passes by on this place only habal –habal ride for P100 from the city proper of Iligan. There are a lots of habal-habal terminal in the city like near Gaisano Mall, infront of Robinson’s mall and many other places in the streets.

Amenities at Holy Spirit Shrine

Once you arrived at Holy Spirit Shrine you will be amazed by it’s beautiful location and the place is also a venue for retreats and other spiritual activities. They have a chapel inside which offer mass to the public every Thursday at 5:30 pm and Sunday at 10am. There is also a small store in front for those who want to avail souvenirs from this place.

They have also a pre school building in front the street for free to students in that community.