Saturday, March 31, 2007

Parish Week Celebrations 2007




In honor of our patron saint, Saint Joseph, the parish fiesta was celebrated week-long.

On the part of the school, the whole week beginning March 12 started with a liturgy venerating St. Joseph every morning. It culminated with a big celebration on Saturday, March 17 with a parade in town, ground exercises performed by students, and the traditional pass in review of the CAT featuring the turnover ceremonies of officership. Captain Ryan Nabejet (Class 1992) was the guest honor and speaker in that rainy morning.

After the events, the exhibits of students' projects were opened for public viewing.
On the part of the parish, a mass wedding and a mass baptism were both celebrated on March 16, 2007. Seven couples received the sacrament of matrimony and about 16 children were baptized.

On Sunday, March 18, a Eucharistic celebration was held at 8 o'clock in the morning to begin the Parish TOngtongan. A short program followed before lunch.

The Parish Tongtongan was an assessment of all the BECs under the SWOT (Strengths, weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis facilitated by Sr. Nory Santiago, FdCC. It went through until the evening of March 19 and capped by another mass of thanksgiving for a Tongtongan meaningfully done.

In this occasion, all BECs and organizations were asked to nominate their choice for the Saint Joseph Mission Pastoral Council (SJMPC), the pastoral arm of the parish.

Voters' Education



On February 11, 2007 the Social Services Ministry (i.e., SAD-C) conducted a Voters' Education seminar to all BECs of the Kiangan Mission Station. All BECs were represented.


This training was also attended by Anda Cumahing, SAD-C minister on the provincial level, and Lyna, SAD-C Vicariate staff.


The seminar which aimed to train leaders in giving voters' education, campaigning for peaceful, honest, and free elections, and recruiting volunteers for monitoring was facilitated by Sr. Nory Santiago, FdCC using the modules of the Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan.


Earlier, Ricardo Wangag of BEC Hucab was elected as chairperson of SAD-C Mission (municipal) level.