Tag: Vol. LXXVII

AMID calls for President Macapagal-Arroyo’s resignation, the University has proposed the establishment of a “Truth Commission.” The country’s bishops seem to agree as they cited the proposal as a means of resolving the national crisis.

THE UST Center for Creative Writing and Studies (CCWS) will release a special issue of Tomas, its official journal, on July 15 at the UST Museum. The edition will feature artworks from College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD) professors, thus deviating from its usual text-heavy format.

“This issue is special because part of the Tomas is dedicated to painting and poetry, and this is the first time it will happen,” CCWS director Ophelia Dimalanta said.

BAGAMAT may mga bumabatikos sa pagtatag ng Truth Commission upang siyasatin ang mga paratang laban kay Pangulong Macapagal-Arroyo, idiniin pa rin ng mga Obispo na isa itong paraan upang ituwid ang krisis pulitika sa bansa.

NANAWAGAN ang dating Pangulo ng Senado na si Jovito Salonga sa mga hues at mahistrado ng bansa na maging responsable sa kanilang gawain.

“Karapatan ng mga Pilipino na magkaroon ng mga hues na tapat at walang pinapanigan, lalo na ngayon at may mga krisis na nararanasan ang bansa,” ani Salonga sa kanyang talumpati, “Maintaining Public Faith and Confidence in the Judiciary,” sa 7th Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr. Distinguished Lecture sa Thomas Aquinas Research Center noong Hulyo 28.

MAKALIPAS ang apat na daang taon ng pagpanaw ni Msgr. Miguel de Benavides, O.P., buhay na buhay ang paaralan na minsa’y mistulang pangarap lamang.

Ginunita ng mga Tomasino ang ika-apat na sentenaryo ng pagkamatay ni Benavides, kinikilalang nagtatag ng Unibersidad at ikatlong arsobispo ng Maynila, noong Hulyo 26.

“Hindi lamang basta nangarap si Msgr. Miguel de Benavides,” ani Arsobispo Gaudencio Rosales sa isang misa para kay Benavides sa Manila Cathedral. “Ginawa niya ang lahat para matupad ang mga pangarap niya.”

HINDI naging hadlang ang edad ng isang Tomasinong ballerina upang makamit ang kauna-unahang silver medal ng bansa sa isang pandaigdigang kumpetisyon sa ballet.

Nanalo si Christine Rocas, 18, at alumna ng UST High School, sa ikawalong New York International Ballet Competition (NYIBC) sa Estados Unidos. Ipinagkaloob din kay Rocas ang Arpino Award kasama ang scholarship sa Joffrey Ballet, isang prestihiyosong ballet company sa Chicago.

Walang nagkamit ng gold medal samantalang napunta ang bronze medal sa Hapon na si Hanae Seki.

Tungkulin ng komunidad na ipagdasal ang kanilang mga pari upang lalo silang maging matapat at mapagpasalamat sa kanilang bokasyon.

Sa ginanap na “Week of Prayer and Gratitude for Priests” noong Hulyo 25-29, nag-alay ng mga dasal ang mga Tomasino para sa “sanctification” ng mga pari ng UST.

“They also need attention and care from the community,” ani Institute of Religion propesor Celso Nierra. “They need our prayers because some of them are lonely and are susceptible to temptations.”

THE NAME Francesco Riccardo Monti may not ring a bell. But in this month’s exhibit at the UST Museum of Arts and Sciences, the photographs of the Italian sculptor’s works— the massive sculptures atop the UST Main Building, the bust of St. Thomas Aquinas in the mezzanine of the same building, the relief murals on scenes in Philippine history at the lobby of the Far Eastern University’s administrative building, and the cast of St. Dominic de Guzman at the Sto. Domingo Church in Quezon City, among others—remind people of his importance to modern Philippine art.

“If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” - 2 Chronicles 7:14

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ANOTHER site assumed to be purely Biblical is now proven to be rooted in history.

The Pool of Siloam, where Jesus miraculously healed a blind man as documented in the Gospel of John, was first discovered by workers repairing a damaged sewer line in the Old Jerusalem late last year. Recent developments in excavation have further authenticated the spot.

Upon the discovery of the pool’s three flights of stone stairs providing an easy access to water, Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority said he was “100 per cent sure it was the Siloam pool.”