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By Florench May C. Corpuz

AN EXHIBIT at the Santisimo Rosario Parish is seeking to promote family unity with images of the Holy Family.

Titled “Jesus, Maria y Josep,” the exhibit is a visual reminder of the values of love, filial respect, belongingness, and harmony in the home, as well as childlike values like piety and humility. The exhibit, which runs until the end of January, is also a celebration of the feasts of the Holy Family and the Sto. Niño.

“This is to remind the obligation of parents and their children to each other,” said Fr. Franklin Beltran, O.P., project chair and parish priest of the Santisimo Rosario Parish. “Also, not only the parishioners will be aware [of the Feast of Sto. Niño], but also the student body,” he added. read more »

Pope opens 2010 with a call for peace

By Camille Abigael P. Alcantara

POPE Benedict XVI opened 2010 with a message of peace, calling on people to respect their neighbor and shun discrimination.

“Meditating on the mystery of the Face of God, and on the human face is a privileged path that leads to peace,” he said in his homily last January 1 at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

Santisimo Rosario Parish priest Fr. Franklin Beltran, O.P., explained that since man is made in God’s image, he must be conscientious enough to fulfill what God wants him to do to attain peace.

Beltran noted that societal hierarchies and differences in religion hinder people from respecting one another as one tends to consider his or her religion as “number one” in terms of the supremacy of their God. read more »

Photographers shoot for education's sake

By J. M. Orillaza

PHOTOS do not only serve to stimulate the sense of vision, but they can also be effective tools to raise awareness about social issues.

This was the purpose behind the Camiguin Norte Mission: Babuyan Islands exhibit, which ran from December 14 to 19 at the UST Main Building lobby. The exhibit was made up of photographs by six photographers -- Mon Corpuz, Gari Buenavista, Rolly Magpayo, A.G.Saño, Romeo Remalante, and Razcel Salvarita -- during an unforgettable trip to Camiguin Norte, a Dominican mission outpost in the Babuyan Islands. While there, the six learned about the problems, particularly in education, that children of the residents faced, and decided to help raise awareness about them. read more »

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