“This is the new look of SPA-Casiguran annex building at Sitio Disigisaw,” said Fr. Joefran Talaban, parish priest of St. Anthony of Padua Parish that administers the Sentrong Paaralan ng mga Agta (Central School for the Agta). The school is supported by DKA, an Austrian Catholic Organization, providing the bulk of at least a budget…
Inspired by the vision and spirituality of the late Carmelite Bishop Julio X. Labayen, the Reverend Father Jose Francisco Talaban, fondly known as Father Joefran, received the first Bishop Julio X. Labayen Memorial Award in 2021. Although Fr. Joefran received the grant associated with the award (see below), he did not have a public recognition,…
By Mila Glodava Fr. Joefran Talaban, parish priest of the Prelature of Infanta’s St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Casiguran, Aurora, posted on Facebook recently that his parish would start the abolition of the arancel or the stipend for the sacraments beginning in January 2021. This is definitely a significant development in the Church in…