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CENTRAL HOUSE BULLETIN
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READING— MARK 10:17-27
Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him,
“You are lacking in one thing.
Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor And you will have treasure in heaven;
Then come, follow me.”
REFLECTION
It was while reading this passage that I was reminded of a student I met when I first taught Christian Living.
Karl wrote a beautiful prayer for our class that I have kept since. More than the words of his prayer, it was the sincerity and earnestness of his desire to be good that touched me. Karl, you see, was always in trouble.
A regular at the Assistant Principal’s Office, Karl never quite made it. Because of academic and discipline problems, he had to leave school.
One of the best things we can do for those we lead and teach is to look at them and see them differently. Self-acceptance is quite misleading
because it is something we cannot give ourselves unless somebody else gives it first to us. Only when somebody sees me as acceptable do I begin to
become aware of what is acceptable and special in me.
I have never heard from Karl again since he left. But in those like him, we hear an invitation from Jesus to see them differently— for Jesus looked at this unnamed man with love. When was the last time we looked at those we lead and teach with love? How has our way of seeing them liberated them?
RESPONSE
Dear Loving God, at the start of this day, please give me strength and courage to do good in my studies.
Help me understand the lessons, which the teacher will teach. Please guide me today until the end of the school year. Help me to avoid temptation and help me to be honest in my works. Give me strength to be more attentive and to be a good student and when the school year ends, make me realize that this school year was the best and this year taught me a lot. AMEN.
(Karl S.) To “really see” someone, especially someone who looks up
to you, is to give that person an important blessing. In a gaze of recognition, of understanding, in an appreciative look, there is deep blessing. Good kings see their people; good parents see their kids; good teachers see their students;
good executives see their employees. We are blessed by being seen.
Today, the young are not being seen enough in this way.
Our youth are acting out in all kinds of ways as a means of getting our attention. One of the deepest hungers inside young people is the hunger for adult connection, the desire
to be recognized, seen, by a significant adult. They need for us to see them. They desperately need the blessing that comes from our gaze.
From Ronald Rolheiser, The Catholic Herald, 22 October 1993.
BIRTHDAYS (OCTOBER) 15
Br. Vic Franco FSC16
Br. Manny Sia FSC Ruff Jon Florendo (LSVP)18
Br. Raffy Reyes FSC Ben Eusebio (LIFE)19
Maricris Pason (LSVP)20
Br. Vince Fernandez FSCLASALLIAN FEASTS 23
Blessed Arnold RecheLUNTIANG PANULAT 2011-2012 ACCLAIMED BEST STUDENT ORGAN BY THE CMMA
Luntiang Panulat, the official Filipino magazine of La Salle Green Hills Grade School, has won the prestigious and much-coveted Best Student Organ award in the recently concluded 34th Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) held at the Star Theatre, Star City, CCP Complex, Sotto St., Pasay City last 25 September.
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the Aspirancy Program. It was held at the University Chapel last 22 September.
As of September 2012, the Ozamiz Community has six Aspirants and five Contacts, who continue to discover their God’s calling. The following are the Aspirants and Contacts of the Ozamiz Community:
1. Junnel Camingawan Aspirant 2. Carl Vincent Codera Aspirant 3. Kenneth Louies Yap Aspirant 4. Dickenson Durante Aspirant 5. John King Revil Aspirant
6. Jehob Guiang Aspirant
7. Roffer Lopez Contact
8. Sirfredo Cabrera II Contact 9. Kent Lloyd Pakcial Contact 10. Jovanie Tangca-an Contact 11. Joshua Nicolai Lim Contact
—by Junnel Camingawan Luntiang Panulat has been consistently nominated
as a CMMA finalist for the last four years. We take the opportunity to express our grateful appreciation to everyone involved in the painstaking task of producing our award-winning issue. We wish to thank the students, who always believed in the passion of writing socially relevant materials and the integration of Christian Faith in expressing their diverse experiences in their school and family lives. We encourage young minds to think critically and be part of our advocacy to transform Filipino society for the common good through print
media. —by Gilbert P. Ortega
BR. RICHARD BREESE FSC (1941-2012)
Br. Richard passed away
peacefully in his sleep during the early morning of 28 September while in hospice care.
Br. Richard was assigned in the Philippines as a counselor in La Salle Green Hills from 1990- 1991. He was cremated and is buried in the Brothers’
cemetery in Ammendale, MD, USA. May he rest in peace.
OZAMIZ ABCD’S ASPIRANCY SIGN-UP
With the increase in number of students becoming Aspirants and Contacts, La Salle University (LSU) in Ozamiz is now a true “Vocation Hotspot.” One of the vocation promotion activities of LSU was the Live-In program in the Brothers’ House last 19-23 September.
The program’s culminating activity was the contract signing of the three Contacts, who had their live-in to
VOCATION NOVENA
16-25 OCTOBER
Let us pray that more young people will be inspired to commit their lives to the Lasallian Mission.
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
(In association with the De La Salle Brothers of the Lasallian East Asia District)
Loving God,
your Son, Jesus, has shown us that an open heart finds the way. Help me to find my way in this world.
Keep my heart open to following Jesus’ way of serving others in love.
Give me the courage to accept the guidance You offer me through my family, my friends and my parish community.
Through the Holy Spirit, You call me to a particular way of life.
If it is the way of a priest, sister, brother or deacon, then help me to walk it in joyful service to Your people.
With You, my God, I know I can find my way.
Amen.
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