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LDS, Catholics team up for tropical storm recovery in Philippines
THE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has teamed up with the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to provide transitional houses to victims of Tropical Storm Sendong in Cagayan de Oro. Representatives of the groups signed a memorandum of agreement last week and agreed to pledge a hefty...
Book of Mormon translation: The Philippines
Editor's note: This is one in a series on Book of Mormon translations and translators. An article titled “Translation and Transculturation in the Pacific,” by Lowell Bishop and Bruce Van Orden, part of a collection in the book “Pioneers in the Pacific,” details the struggles of getting the Book...
Members, missionaries safe following Philippine earthquake
Mormon Life says: Good news. Keep the Philippines in your prayers.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Philippine island of Negros on Monday, February 6, 2012, causing severe damage in many villages and communities. All missionaries and members are safe. At...
Church members among those killed in catastrophic Philippine tropical storm
Mormon Life says: Our hearts go out to all the families who have lost loved ones in the storm.
Seven Church members died during a catastrophic tropical storm that hit the southern Philippines island of Mindanao in the early hours of Dec. 17. Cyclone Washi, known in the Philippines as Sendong,...
Elder Holland, Elder Callister Testify of Christ in the Philippines
On October 14, 2011, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Elder Tad R. Callister of the Presidency of the Seventy arrived in the Philippines, where they conducted a series of leadership trainings and devotionals, as well as an area audit. Three days after arriving,...
25,000 Filipino Families Receive Humanitarian Aid
In response to two typhoons that hit the Philippines in late September, causing massive flooding, the Church Welfare Department has joined hands with other local non-governmental organizations such as the Rotary Club and Soroptomist Church, as well as with the Philippine Army in distributing goods...
Celebrating growth in the Philippines
In commemoration of the 50th year of the rededication of the Philippines for the preaching of the gospel, thousands of Latter-day Saints recently gathered in Quezon City to participate in a two-day Jubilee cultural show and area conference. The festivities centered on Moses 7:18: "And the Lord...
Philippine Latter-day Saints celebrate 50 years of the Church in the islands nation
Mormon Life says: This article features a great video of the celebration.
Thousands of Philippine Latter-day Saints recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being established in the Philippines. More than 4,000 members...
Don't Fall in Love with the Children
Mormon Life says: Thirty years later, an adopted son returns to his old Philippines orphanage to adopt a child of his own.
A warm rush ran through James’ body as the taxi pulled up to the front doors of the Philippines orphanage where he’d spent his first eight months of life. An old black-and-white photograph attached...



