Bishop hits QC contraception law

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao has denounced the Reproductive Health Ordinance of Quezon City and urged all Catholics to oppose it.

“As your shepherd, I admonish you to defend the sanctity of human life and family that is now in tremendous danger,” Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco said in a pastoral letter that was read in churches in the diocese last February 11. “They (City Hall) use the issue of poverty to push their deadly intent of promoting contraceptives and abortifacients.”

Aquinas-speak in UST

Which traits of St. Thomas Aquinas should professors emulate?

“Patience. Our class is not cooperative. We always test the patience of our professors especially in Accounting.”
–Ma. Katrina Noble, 3rd Year, College of Commerce

“Compassion, committment, and competence.”
–Ana Carmela Mabaquiao, 2nd Year, Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management

“I want them to emulate his never-ending search for knowledge.”
–Renato Filemon Garcia, 3rd Year, Faculty of Engineering

Thomas Aquinas thrives in UST

UST patron St. Thomas Aquinas plays the major role in the University’s aim to be the Center of Contextualized Theology in Asia.

According to Joel Sagut, assistant to the director of the John Paul II (JPII) Center for Ecclesiastical Sciences, Aquinas is an authority in religious studies even in “local theology,” which deals with how God is seen in Filipino culture.

In the beginning… (The First Batch of the Varsitarian)

BEFORE “80,” there were 22.

They were the students whose deep passion for the written word gave birth to the Varsitarian. Led by Jose Villa Panganiban, they wanted simply to have a “paper to write on.” But what was released on Jan. 16, 1928 was to become an institution in the history of campus journalism in the Philippines.

A gift from Sierra Madre

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” -Epicurus, BC 341-270

It was after the opening Misa de Gallo, when I saw that little girl, who was walking alone across the rough road of one of the summits of Sierra Madre. She was wearing a small stained white blouse, a navy blue skirt, and a threadbare pair of slippers. Although she was only seven then, she already taught me one of the most inspiring lessons that I will treasure forever.

Beatified UST martyrs honored in Mass

Last October 28, the biggest beatification ceremony in the Church’s history was celebrated at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.

That day, 498 martyrs from the religious persecution during the Spanish Civil War (1933-1937) were beatified in a ceremony presided by Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, the prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of the Saints. Among the new martyrs were eight Dominicans who had worked or studied in the Philippines; six of them had worked in the University of Santo Tomas.

PPCRV-Varsitarian barangay election round-up : Dayaan nananatiling laganap

Sa ikalawang pagkakataon, hindi nakapagpadala ng volunteers ang Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) ng simbahan ng Santissimo Rosario sa nakaraang halalang pambarangay noong ika-29 ng Oktubre.

Matatandaan na hindi rin nakapagpadala ang sangay ng PPCRV sa UST noong nakaraang Mayo sa pambansang halalan dahil sa kakulangan ng tauhan at pinansyal na supports.

Ayon kay Ricardo Galang, PPCRV Coordinator ng ikaapat na distrito ng Maynila, malaki ang nasasakripisyo kung kulang sa tauhan ang PPCRV katulad na lamang ng nangyari sa nakaraang botohan.