Maguindanao Massacre Editorial

Maguindanao Massacre: All Because of Greed?

by Celine Mesina

It is not unusual to the Filipinos that killings happen before and after elections. Such events prove the sad reality of Philippine elections.

I believe the Maguindanao massacre did happen because of greed. Clans in Mindanao have been ruling the same provinces the previous years and it would be hard to replace a member of so every election period because power, in my thoughts, has always been a need for them. With another candidate taking the risk in competing with the present rulers, clan feuds are more likely to happen and someone’s political aspiration cannot be delayed that is why killings occur to guarantee it. These events show how greed can take over ones life. It can make a person overlook everything except money and power. The desire for money and power takes over man’s values that he can no longer see what is right and what is wrong. Assassinations are never an exception to what greed can carry out.

It is said that wanton killings usually happen in that part of the country but I believe that these should no longer be endured just because they have always been this way in that province. With the recent events that happened, the authorities must take action before more and worse violent proceedings occur. Some time in the future, justice would be given to those who have been killed ruthlessly but my concern now is that the youth might see greed and violence as examples that could support their future ambitions. With the fact that clan disputes and murders for money and power are a part of the political culture, they might see these as standard ideas. Greed can happen from the smallest acts that children do and so can develop into more grave actions. If the Filipino people, starting from the leaders of the country, do not work to seek justice among such situations, greed would still prevail during elections and much more violence might occur.

*pakiedit na lang. thanks.

Grade VI Family Day !

Family Day, an event that we are waiting for, the day when mother, father and the children shared it's fun and exciting experience.

December 5 , 2009 at 6:30 AM, everyone was busy registered their names, and a community celebration was held with Fr. Tony Gerente presiding the mass. His Homily talks about the relationship of the family members.

After the mass, everyone proceeded to the Gym and the program started with an opening prayer and followed by a welcome remarks of Mrs. Lerma Fernandez, our grade school principal. Everyone listened to the Inspirational Message from Rev. Msgr. Arnel F. Lagarejos, our College President. His message was about a family to become more closer together. "Ito ay naganap upang mas magkaroon ng pagkakaisa at mas magkakila-kilala ang mga magulang ng mga grade 6", that was what Msgr. Arnel said. After that, Mrs. Rivera introduced the couple Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cerezo who gave pointers about a Positive Empowered Parenting on Ages 11-13. According to them a family must have a "family time bonding" and the children need LOVE, and according to them "kapag nagkulang ang mga magulang sa kanilang mga anak, sa barkada nila hahanapin ito". Then everyone ate their meal. Mrs. Sergia Rivera led the Family Bible Quiz Bee to know the spiritual knowledge not only the children but also the parents. St. Luke won the first prize. After that, Mr. Joel Javiniar, our Vice President of Academic Affairs, gave his short and remarkable message. Then, volunteered Grade VI pupils showed their talents in dancing in the tune of "Boom Boom Pow". Screams were heard when all of the advisers joined the so called "balloon relay" and Ms. Sison of St.Peter won the game. Mrs. Lydia Gurango closed the program by giving thanks to all the parents, teachers, students and everyone who made the event possible followed by a very touchable closing prayer of Mrs. Teresita Fusilero.

Everyone was happy, I know, because I'm one of them !

By : Rose Bernardette G. Vicencio

VI- St. Peter

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Grade 5 Family day...

By: Bernice Gonzales and Jennifer Dela Cruz
St. Stephen

"Friends may come and go but family is a forever bond"

Ito ay isinagawa sa gymnasium ng paaralan sa ganap ng 1:00 - 5:00 ng hapon. Ang programa ay sinimulan ng pambungad na dasal na pinangunahan ng Pamilya Ilarina matapos ito, ay inawit na ng buong puso ang Lupang Hinirang.
Nagbigay ng makahulugang talumpati si Gng. Fernandez at Gng. Chicote. Nagbigay naman ng paraan ukol sa Positive Empowered Parenting sina G. at Gng. Perez ito ay may acronyms na "PARENT".
Matapos ang kanilang paliwag ay naghanda na kaming mga estudyante upang awitin ang community song na "Welcome to the Family". Ang bawat magaaral ay sumayaw kaharap ang kanilang mga magulang at pamilya.
Naghandog ang bawat estudyante ng makahulugang sulat sa kanilang mga magulang. Inihanda na ang mga pagkain para sa lahat habang kumakain ang lahat ay naghandog ng kanta si Joanna Patdu.
Mukha namang nasayahan ang mga estudyante sa kanilang kinain, kaya naman nang natapos na ang lahat sa pagkain ay tinawag na ang mga manlalarong pamilya sa "Family Bible Quiz Bee", naging patas naman
sa paglalaro ang mga pamilya na sumalang sa quiz bee. Napagwagian ng Pamilya Ilarina ang laro. Pinamunuan naman ni Gng.Dulla (parent's representative) ang mga laro ang calamansi game at paper dance.
Sa dalawang larong iyon ay lubusan ng sumaya ang mag-aaral.

Nang dumating si Msgr. Arnel F. Lagarejos, siya ay nagbigay ng maikling paliwanag patungkol sa mga pamilya at dahilan ng pagkakaroon ng family days.
"Sa family day hindi lang puro laro ang nandito kundi meron ding fellowship or pagkakapatiran sa ibang tao." Nagbigay siya ng guidelines on how to
win in parenting. Matapos ang talumpati ni Msgr. Lagarejos ay nagbigay na ng panghuling salita si Gng. Gurango. Sumunod dito ay sabay-sabay ng nagdasal ang lahat.
Ang bawat isa ay mayroong natutunan sa mga talumpati ng bawat namumuno maging ang aming mga magulang. Hindi namin makakalimutan ang pangyayaring ito.

Gr. 3 Family Day

The Gr. 3 Family Day was held last Nov. 14, 2009 at the CCC Gym. It began at 8:33 in the morning with the theme: "Fruitful past, Grace filled Future".
It started with a prayer, led by Zafranco Family from Gr. 3 St. Clare, and then the National Anthem was conduct by Mrs. Eugenia Rizza Atienza (Class adviser of St. Martha).
At 8:38 the presence of Msgr. Arnel was sighted.
The principal of the elementary dept. came with the welcoming address. She started with a graceful good morning to everyone. “We are here to promote family engagement in a simple way" she said, "and of course for a healthy relationship" she added. After that all the sections was called one by one. Now it's our college president's turn, He was introduced as "Ama ng CCC, si Rev. Msgr. Arnel F. Lagarejos.
Of course, he started with: "parents, teachers, my dear children, a pleasant good morning to all of you". And he proceeded: " Ako po'y nagagalak dahil nandito ang mga magulang sa patuloy na pag susuporta. Masasabi ko po ng partners ang CCC at ang bahay, napakahalaga ang pagkakatugma ng ng mga humuhubog sa ating kabataan ngayon." sabi niya. “Collaboration, para maiwasan ang mga tukso at impluwensiya na malapit sa atin, importante din malaman kung sino ang humuhubog sa ating anak. You are part of our Big Family" he added. "Welcome to CCC and a pleasant goodmorning to all of you"he ended.
The mass begun after the insirational message of Msgr. The mass was celebrated by Rev. Fr. Blaise Garcia.

The Gospel was according to St. Luke. The homily also started with a greeting. "Tayo ay isang pamilya ng Parokya" He said. "Ang misyon ng magulang pagkatapos silang ikasal ay dalhin ang kanilang mga anak sa Diyos. Lagi tayong manalangin, kahit na hindi natin nabigay ang mga magagandang bagay, pag naturuan natin silang manalangin, naturo na natin ang lahat ng kaya nilang gawin, pag tayo po ay nawala na. Isa lang ang requirement: ASK, through prayer. Pagtayo ay namatay, ang tatanong sayo ni San Pedro ay NAGDASAL KA BA? TUMULONG KA BA? kaya lagi tayong magdasal at tayo din ay pag bibigyan." he added. "Magsaya tayo at bawal ang nakasimangot" he ended.
The offering was done by the pupils together with the parents. The Eucharist was peaceful, everyone was quiet. After the giving of peace, the gr. 3 pupils performed a dance while singing. It was not very long but it was meaningful. The rest of the mass was splendid. It ended succeesfuly.

English month culminating program of grade - 5...

Place: CCC Gymnasium
Time: 1:50-3:00
Date: December 3. 2009

All About: English month culminating program

By: Bernice Gonzales and Jennifer De la Cruz of Grade-5 St. Stephen

Theme: A CCCian in the world of grammar and Literature.

At first we sung the National Anthem- Lupang hinirang. And Lleanne Delica is the one who beat the National Anthem. And after we sung we have the Opening Prayer leaded by Jenelle Grace Tulaylay. And then the performers of the Oral Interpretation ready theirselves in the stage of the gym.They are very excellent in reading orally at stage. After the performance of oral interpration performers the next in stage is Marc Angelo Canaveral with his Declamation. Marc declaim so very good. His voice is very loud and beautiful to hear. And then after Marc's declamation there is the 1st special song number sung by Joanna Patdu of St. Boniface. Joanna sung To Love You More with a very good voice. After Joanna sung there is a Story or Readers theater leaded by Greg Alyssa Angel & Stephen. Their Story or Readers theater is so long story but they had a very good performance. And then there is a dance number of grade-5 St.Boniface danced by aderose julieanne ivy and alyanna. They danced the song Jump by Florida and Nelly Furtado.
And then there is Interpretative Reading leaded by Aderose Salazar. Aderose reads very well and there is no wrong pronouncing words. And after aderose read there is 2nd special song number sung by Leonardo of St. Leo the great. Leonardo have a beautiful song Open Arms and his voice is very beautiful to hear. And then there is another song number sung by Twinkle Navalta of St. Camillus. And then there is a dance number. The song is Nobody by Wondergirls of korea. Anyone can dance but in stage Mrs. Magsino's daughter and her daughter's friend is dancing very good and very attractive to see they know what is the step of nobody. And after we dance Mrs. Rivera have a closing remarks or thanking. Mrs. Rivera said: thank you for all the pupils here in our Program and thank you teachers for having a small time to have a small english program And Mrs. Rivera thanked Mrs. Viloria because she is the one who is very good in English and she is in charged of teaching the pupils to be ready and to said the words very loud and correct in pronouncing. And in the end we go downstairs in our each classrooms.

We have a very Happy Emotions.
We will missing it Forever.

*GRADE 4 FAMILY DAY PICTURES*

GRADE 4 FAMILY DAY

-Iyla Marie D. Ferrer 6-St. Peter

Last November 14, 2009, the Grade 4 pupils and their families gathered at the CCC Gymnasium to celebrate their Family Day with the theme: "Fruitful Past, Grace-filled Future. It started at about 1:00 pm.
Before the event proper, a holy mass, presided by Rev. Fr. Blaise Jose Ma. Garcia, was celebrated. In his homily, he thanked everyone who attended the special event even though it was Saturday.
After the mass, a raffle draw was done. The fourth-graders were all excited, hoping that their names would be picked. The opening prayer was led by the Robiso Family, followed by our National Anthem, conducted by Ms. Aileen Canivel. The Welcome Remarks was given by our Grade School Principal, Mrs. Lerma Fernandez. Mrs. sergia Rivera, HEKASI Subject Area Coordinator, introduced the event's guest speakers, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Jamora, and their daughter, Jennifer Jamora. They told their own stories about their parent life and how they raised their children.
The pupils and their parents were given a break to Have their snacks to make sure that they are energized throughout the event. Afterwards, a Family Day Catequiz was done. It was hosted by the Quiz Bee Master, Ms. Cristy Garcia. Mrs. Gurango, Ms. Charry Cruz and Mrs. Fernandez served as judges.All the fourth-graders participated in answering the catequiz questions. In the end, the PAscual Family won first place.
This was followed by games and dance presentations. They danced to the lively music of today's most famous songs such as: "Nobody", "I Don't Care" and "I Know You Want Me". The Masters of Ceremonies were Mrs. Adina Villagracia and Ms. Myrvi Elejorde.

Gr.V-Family Day

Before we start our man progrm we attended the mass. During the homily the priest says that "As a catholic,the parents should bare in their minds that it is not only their obligation to give their children a good education and food to eat but also to let them grow with faith in God". After the mass we went to the gym and start the Family day. First we prayed the opening prayer leaded by Mr. and Mrs. Ilarina and their son Lawrence Ilarina and sang the National Anthem with Mrs. Mates the Grade 5 teacher. Then Mrs. Lerma Fernandez the President of Grade School Department had a short speech,then Mrs. Jane Chicote the Coordinator of Elementary Christian Living and the couple Mr. and Mrs. Perez explained the Positive Empoweed Parenting . We had a little discussion about the parenting guidelines,this was to let the parents know on how to take care of their children as they grow. We sang the song "Welcome to the Family" for our parents. Then after that Ms. Garcia announced that we will eat together with our parents. After we eat we had a Family Quiz Bee,some family are nervous about the questions. After the clinher, Aas! We had our winner . Then they gave a Certificate of Participation to the Family who participated in the said quiz bee.Then after that Rev. Msgr. Arnel F. Lagarejos, S ThD had a speech about parenting guidelines too. So then, we had a game hosted by the PTA President of St. Gregory Mr. Dulla. Even myself and my father joined the game though we did not win still we enjoyed it as others enjoyed the game of Mr. Dulla. Then the students of Grade 5 had a presentation, they dance to make their parents proud of them. After the presentation of Grade 5 Ms. Garcia announced that its time to go home so some students say goodbye to their bestfriends. After all of this we went home happy!

Alexandrea L. Falcutila
Gr.V-st. Gregory