CHRISTMAS GREETINGS WITH LOVE AND LAUGHTER

 These videos was taken   last Dec. 25, and that suppose to be published  right after the  video taking.  Since the internet signal manifest slowness in speed , the difficulty to download takes a lot of time...
 The video is unedited  with the intention to keep it  natural in its appearance , that is to keep  the color of fun and  joy intact.
watch it and enjoy !
We share the lights , delights,  joy and love of the season to greet everyone  around the globe  a  MERRY CHRISTMAS .

                                                        A blessed Christmas  and hope-filled  year to all.

From : Quezon City Community ( Part I  see part II next page )

Board of Trustees

Philippines .We have recently concluded our Board of Trustees meeting  which had lasted for a  week,  from November 22 to 26. The community of Guimaras where the school is based hosted the said meeting.

We also would like to thank several people who remembered us on those. Their  spiritual support , their  thoughtfulness and generosity  expressed in varied ways  that we have felt God's God's tender loving care.

We have tackled several things from the pleasant  news to several challenges to face , accept and give urgent and important  creative missionary responses.

We thank God for what we have accomplished specially the making of the VISION, MISSION and defining the core values .   We set of with a feeling of mission accomplish, though partly . More is yet to come and finalize in our next meeting  April 2014. 

Grateful Forever

Still another affected area in the Visayas

Roxas City...

Otherr affected area

Ormoc City in Leyte Province was among the hardest areas hit by Typhoon Yolanda, along with Dulag, Tolasa, and Tublacon City, with 12 people dead in Ormoc alone.
Many more were killed in Tublacon, with an estimated 10,000 people dead nationwide.
Ormoc Rep. Lucy Torrez-Gomez told ABS-CBN that “there is not a single home in Ormoc that is not severely damaged.”
She told Rappler there’s thousands of homeless people after the typhoon damage and that there’s no clean water or electricity.
“The situation there is very bad,” Gomez said. “The entire city is devastated. Homes are damaged and it doesn’t matter whether they’re sturdy. Entire roads are gone, shanties across coastal areas are totally damaged.”
 

Thanksgiving

Philippines :  We the sisters , here in Guimaras island that form part of the of the Visayas  had also our stories to recount of how scary was the typhoon Yolanda was. the aftermath of the Yolanda left us without our Indian tree standing , our garden cottage broken and 1 day no current  and cellphone signal.  Our neighboring communities felt even more the long  days of no electric power . Our school personnel had their stories to tell on  having stayed for a night in the evacuation center and when home the following day with their houses a bit in disaster situation. but no serious report of death or accidents from the school personnel  and from  pupils. We continue our  regular school day and urge the pupils to pray hard for the  many losses of lives and the horrible disaster the typhoon had left.  We strive to get help from the parents of the pupils  for whatever donations they can share for the victims . We hope we can get a generous response for this cause ,  as there are so many people  around the globe and just even within the country trying to find means and ways , big or small , to extend help... so must we.  Thank you sisters for your prayers , for those who gave us a call to checked on our safety , for those who sent their messages through the mobile, for your emails a big thanks. We apreciated  it so much . May the Lord have mercy on us in this hard time in the history of the Philippines.

Today the nearby city ( Bohol ) had experience earthquake magnitude 4 and 3 at present we are having typhoon signal 1 name: Zoraida, coming from Mindanao. 

Pictures from : http://www.policymic.com/articles ( reuter )

Lord hear our Cry

Philippines. They came  one after the other. September 2013  , Mindanao , particularly , Zamboanga   City  was in big difficulty  and trouble on   gun battle that had  left more than 60,000 families homeless or  left in evacuation area  even until this time, although some had went back to  their houses . October,  Visayas , particularly Bohol , that was badly heat by earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2  that had ruined houses, historical churches  and left several death and  hospitalized . 

recently ...  November  8 , " Super Typhoon Haiyan tore through the Philippines Friday, flattening entire neighborhoods, washing away homes and buildings, cutting power and scattering debris for miles. The massive typhoon, one of the worst storms ever recorded, affected more than 4.28 million people in 270 towns and cities, according to the Philippines Social Welfare and Development Department. The death toll is expected to exceed 10,000 people. Hundreds of thousands more have been displaced.. Typhoon Haiyan, also called Typhoon Yolanda, hit the Philippines’ eastern seaboard on Friday. " ( from www. ibtimes.com )

" Downing power lines and cutting off communications.Survivors are desperate for food, water and medicine  .Yolanda is considered the largest cyclone to hit the planet in 2013." ( from Mr. President ) The strongest  typhoon in the world. It is said to be 3.5 times more powerful than  hurricane " katrina " which hit the US 8 years ago.

  President Aquino declaired a state of National Calamity on Monday after Super typhoon  Yolanda wrecked havoc in the Visayas. The President made the declaration in a bid hasten effort to help rehabiltate typhoon-ravage areas...  a state  of  Calamity  is defined under law as  "a condition involving mass casualty and/or major damages to property, disruption of means of livelihoods, roads and normal way of life of people in the affected areas as a result of the occurrence of natural or human-induced hazard." 

The country just suffered a one -two punch....you can't but get emotional when you see the magnitude of the devastation ...

VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ5Hj4ER2KM&list=PLtMSwy96r2CZYsjm7eGJrWANx62sSkVCs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMJ5a81Uox4

Bicentenary of Mother Maria Antonia

 Felicidades! Greetings on the Bicentenary of M. Antonia!

                                   

 May the life of Mother Antonia move us more to live our Claretian vocation with vigour and fidelity – and with interior depthness.

Que la vida de la madre Antonia nos acerquen más a vivir nuestra vocación claretiana con firmeza y fidelidad y con profundidad interior.

                                         

 

“I will rather be poor with Jesus than rich and help the poor with my surplus.”

"Más bien ser pobre con Jesús que ricos y ayudar a los pobres con mi exceso."