ICST
Starts the School Year right!
"Ito ang Simula!"
shouts the theme of KAPIHAN 1, the bi-semestral community gathering and
celebration of the Immaculate Conception School of Theology on the eve
of June 14, 2010. The celebration was sponsored by the Our Lady of Manaoag
(Pangasinan) Formation Community and was held at the Aula Magna of ICST.
Apart from
the usual dinner and performances from seminarians and formators alike,
the first of the KAPIHAN gatherings welcomes the new faces for this School
Year. New Formators like Fr. Manny Flores, Jr. (Spiritual Director of the
Montanosa Formation Community), Fr. Erwin Echalas (Spiritual Director of
the Ilocandia Formation Community), and Fr. Joseph Repollo (returning from
Studies abroad) were given the chance to share their thoughts. The new
freshmen were asked to introduce themselves to the community. Also, seminarians
who returned from a year of pastoral regency were warmly welcomed back.
The sponsor
community made the night more memorable by their trademark “horoscope"
gig. Each of the freshmen was subjected to a surprise “look-alike" reveal
which brought everyone laughing all through the night. The end of the night
saw the launching of the new ICST Hymn.
Most Rev.
Ernesto Salgado doing customary reverence to the altar and altar cross
at the start of the Holy Spirit Mass.
The ICST
Formators and some Guest Professors pledging their loyalty and dedication
to the formation of seminarians before the Archbishop
ICST invokes
the Spirit
The annual
Holy Spirit Mass was celebrated at the Immaculate Conception School of
Theology on June 15, 2010 at 6:30 in the morning. Presiding over the solemn
celebration was no less than Most Rev. Ernesto Salgado, Archbishop of Nueva
Segovia.
Joining the
Archbishop were all the resident formators of ICST and some of its guest
professors. Abiding by tradition, the formators and guest professors swore
before the Archbishop to remain loyal to the teachings of the Catholic
Faith as they perform their respective duties and responsibilities.
Fr. Erwin
Echalas, the new Spiritual Director of the Ilocandia Formation Community,
presiding over the mass in honor of their first sacerdotal anniversary
with Fr. Manuel Flores.
A First
Anniversary Tribute
The two new
formators of ICST, Frs. Manny Flores, Jr. and Erwin Echalas, celebrated
their first anniversary as priests last June 17, 2010. Joining them were
family and friends, some clergy from the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia and
the entire community of the Immaculate Conception School of Theology.
The celebrations
started with a Mass at 4:30 in the afternoon with Fr. Erwin as the Presider
and Fr. Manny as the homilist. The mass was then followed by an early dinner
and a simple program prepared by the seminarians. The different formation
communities rendered songs for the celebrants. Video tributes were presented
for them and gifts from the community were given them. No less than Archbishop
Ernesto Salgado came a little later during the program to greet the celebrants
and join the festivities.
Victory
for God's Greater Glory: THEOLYMPICS 2010
The semesters'
Sports Events, dubbed as THEOLYMPICS 2010, were opened with great enthusiasm
last June 20, 2010 at the Seminary Sports Grounds after the usual Sunday
Mass; this years' theme being Victory for God's Greater Glory.
The whole community
of formators and seminarians were divided into the usual four-team set-up
that started the affair by parading in front of the main building on to
the basketball courts of ICST. The Opening ceremonies were led by Sems.
Andres Nuesca and David Taverner.
The roll call
of participants was dominated by the cheers and practiced shouts from the
different teams. The oath of sportsmanship, the torch relay by the different
team captains, and the declaration of the opening of this year’s THEOLYMPICS
2010 by Fr. Nick Vaquilar followed. Parlor games began the sporting events
much to the delight of everyone and fun filled the atmosphere as
each cheered for their won team members.
Sem Garrieth
Dorian fires a shot from the 3-point line at one of the events during the
opening of the semestral THEOLYPICS.
