UST ANGELICUM LEARNERS PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHOOL FAITH SHARING AND PRAYING OF THE HOLY ROSARY

By Kimberly Patingo

St. Theresa’s College, Quezon City’s official poster for the said event.

To celebrate the Holy Rosary Month this year, chosen learners from BEC Youth Volunteers, DOMNET club, and both the Elementary and Junior High School Student Catholic Action clubs, alongside learners from 5 other schools, participated in the Interschool Faith Sharing and Praying of the Holy Rosary hosted by St. Theresa’s College Quezon City (STCQC), last October 27, 2021, via Google Meet, which was streamed on STCQC’s Youtube account.

UST Angelicum College’s slide in the presentation of different schools.

The event started with an opening prayer led by Ms. Myreen Marcelo from St. Theresa’s College, Quezon City. It was then followed by a welcome message from the High School principal of the hosting school, Mrs. Estrella Evelie G. Alcabedas, and the presentation of different schools by Mrs. Elizabeth D. Mendoza. The participating schools are Claret School of Quezon City, Lourdes School of Quezon City, School of the Holy Spirit, Quezon City, Siena College of Quezon City, St. Joseph’s College of Quezon City, St. Theresa’s College-Quezon City, and UST Angelicum College.

The pre-recorded talk and sharing presentation of the esteemed speaker, Fr. Reginald Rivera.

With the theme “Gifted to Give,” a pre-recorded talk and sharing from the guest speaker, Fr. Reginald Rivera Malicdem was presented in the meet. He currently serves as the private secretary of the Archbishop of Manila. Starting with a short recap on how it has been 500 years since Christianity was brought to the Philippines, Fr. Reginald talked about how giving and receiving is the nature of gifts since one’s faith was a gift from God all those years ago and how one must use the gifts that they were blessed with to give back to others.

Fr. Reginald shared a heartwarming story about how he encountered a chance to show that he is truly gifted to give. In which he shared his realization after “That yes we are happy when we receive gifts, we are happy when people give us gifts, we are happy when God answers our prayers, we are happy when God blesses us. But you know we will be happier when we share our gifts.”

The video presentation of UST Angelicum College as part of the program.

The video presentation of Fr. Reginald was followed by a presentation of responses from representatives from each school. To represent UST Angelicum College, Charles Sayson, a student from 11W3 — St. Albert the Great shared his take on Fr. Reginald’s sharing and on the theme “Gifted to Give” followed by the video presentations of each school.

Following the faith sharing, the learners of each school led different parts of the Holy Rosary. The learners of UST Angelicum College were assigned to lead the Hail Holy Queen and the Litany of the Most Holy Rosary.

The awarding of UST Angelicum College’s Certificate of Appreciation for participating in the event.

As the program came to an end, the participants listened to the closing message of Dr. Maria Teresa C. Bayle, the assistant Directress of St. Theresa’s College of Quezon City.

After the final blessing, acknowledgment of the people who made this event possible and the presentation of certificates to the participating schools brought the program to an end.