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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
The Crossian Voice
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
EX FIDE AD VERITATEM (New HCDC School Song)
EX FIDE AD VERITATEM
(Lyrics & Music by: Elsa C. Corbit)
In
Davao land, Southern Mindanao,
stands
a blazing Cross
to guide
and transform its flock
to
Christ-like life and love.
Refrain:
Red, white and blue forever be;
Symbols of the heavenly.
Chorus:
Hail!
Holy Cross, thy glory we proclaim!
With
gratitude and hope, we sing thy name.
EX FIDE AD VERITATEM
in
our being we acclaim.
Dear
HCDC thy radiance exalts
to grant
us WISDOM that directs
in our
search for meaning and the TRUTH
Who is
JESUS CHRIST our Lord.
(Repeat Ref. and Cho.)
Alma
Mater dear thy mark ascends
to mold the
young to SERVE the least
To be bearers of JUSTICE, LOVE and
PEACE
and
sharers of God’s grace.
(Repeat
Ref. and Cho.)
Bridge:
Onward!
Holy Cross!
Stand
for our mission!
With the
BLESSED MOTHER MARY,
We are
led in our journey of FAITH!
(Repeat
Chorus one step higher)
Coda:
EX FIDE AD VERITATEM
In
our being we acclaim!
The Holy Cross of Davao College has now a new school song entitled EX FIDE AD VERITATEM following the school motto meaning "From Faith to Truth." The lyricist and the composer is Elsa C. Corbit, one of the Campus Ministers of HCDC, College Department and also the Trainer and Moderator of the Crossian Voice Organization.
Significant dates:
Lyrics were written and finished last February 11, 2013- Feast of the Our Lady of Lourdes.
2. Music was composed in the evening of February 14, 2O13 – Valentine’s day
3. Accompaniment (Minus One) was finished dawn of February 28, 2013 – last day of Benedict the XVI as Pope of the Catholic Church and in the same date (noon of Feb. 28, 2013), the song was presented and interpreted by the composer (with the Crossian Voice Choir) in front of the Board of Trustees and after a deliberation, the body approved the composition as the Official New School Song of the Holy Cross of Davao College, in this YEAR OF FAITH.
Thanks to the Motherly inspiration and intercession of the Blessed Mother Mary who accompanies us in our JOURNEY OF FAITH!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
HCDC launched the Year of Faith
The Holy Cross of Davao College community launched the Year of Faith last October 11, 2012 with a Eucharistic celebration presided by the school president Msgr. Julius Rodulfa.
The following article is taken from the Introduction of the Mass:
The following article is taken from the Introduction of the Mass:
Today we have various reasons to be grateful and to
celebrate as Universal Church for the grace-filled events and blessings for the
Church.
Second, today is the opening of the Year of
faith declared by Pope Benedict the XVI which will conclude on November 24,
2013 during the Solemnity of Christ the King. This special year coincides with
the Fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican
II) and also the Twentieth anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
(CCC).
As
a Filipino nation, we are favored indeed that on October 21 this year; the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI will add another Filipino
to the Canon of saints of the Church, our very own Visayan proto-martyr Pedro
Calungsod who gave his life for the faith on the morning of April 2, 1672 in
Guam. The Canonization of Pedro Calungsod will take place under the brilliant
light of these grace-filled blessings of the Church which includes the 13th
Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops which started last October 7 until
October 28, 2012 with the theme: “The New Evangelization for the Transmission
of the Christian Faith.”
How opportune indeed
that today, is also the launching of the HCDC’s Evangelization Primer: Our
journey… From Faith to truth, whose goal is to institutionalize the school’s
thrust of Integral Evangelization.
And lastly, the year
of faith also opens for the church in the Philippines a nine-year “spiritual
journey” towards the 500th year anniversary of the arrival of
Christianity in the Philippines on March 16, 1521. Thus, the journey starts
October 21, 2012, ten days after the start of the Year of Faith today, and ends
on March 16, 2021, a Jubilee Year.
We
trust that our Blessed Mother, Stella Maris, and Mother of Evangelization, help
us to welcome the Year of Faith.
The Mass ended with a final song entitled "Live Christ, share Christ", the theme song of the celebration of the 500th year anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines. The lyricist of the song is Archbishop Soc Villegas and composed and arranged by Ryan Cayabyab. The HCDC community sung it joyfully with animation headed by the John XXIII Catechetical Center Student Catechists. It was indeed a grace-filled celebration.
The Mass ended with a final song entitled "Live Christ, share Christ", the theme song of the celebration of the 500th year anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines. The lyricist of the song is Archbishop Soc Villegas and composed and arranged by Ryan Cayabyab. The HCDC community sung it joyfully with animation headed by the John XXIII Catechetical Center Student Catechists. It was indeed a grace-filled celebration.
3rd ABS-CBN NEWS CASTING COMPETITION
Don Jae Bontia was among the 12 finalists for the 3rd ABS-CBN Davao News Casting competition. The semi finals were held last January 21 and January 28, 2012. The finals will be on March 2012.
CONGRATULATIONS JEPOY and once again Good Luck!
CONGRATULATIONS JEPOY and once again Good Luck!
Monday, January 23, 2012
NATIONAL BIBLE WEEK 2012
National Bible Week is a yearly celebration empowered by Proclamation No. 44
by President Corazon C. Aquino and by Proclamation No. 1067 by President Fidel
V. Ramos. Both edicts recognize the important role played by the reading and
study of the Bible in molding the moral fiber of the citizenry and encourage
every Filipino to do so daily. National Bible Week 2012 carries the theme: May
They Be One: Pagpapahayag ng Salita ng Diyos Tungo sa Pagbabago (Proclaiming
God’s Word Towards National Transformation) and is slated on January 23-29,
2012 and National Bible Sunday on January 29, 2012. The theme is a response to
the current administration’s goal of abolishing corruption and promoting the
moral development of the people.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
A MARY GARDEN PRAYER
Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and
Holy Spirit, As our hearts are raised to you in love and thanksgiving
through the light, grace, fragrance and signatures of these pure, blest,
transfigured flowers of Our Lady - your direct creations, showing forth and
sharing with us your divine goodness, beauty and truth - we commune with you in
awe and rapture and pray that we and all our brothers and sisters may be opened
to the fullness of the divine love of God and Neighbor, through which we are to
transform the fallen world into the culminating earthly Peaceable Kingdom and
Paradise, that all may be lifted up resplendent in the eternal New Heaven and
New Earth of our Crucified and Risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, in grateful
return glorified to the Father in the union of the Holy Spirit of Love for all
eternity. We beseech this through the redemption and mercy
of The Heavenly, Eucharistic Lamb that was Slain,
and through the intercession of:
St. Francis, apostle
of the love of God in every creature,
St. Paul, teacher of
the place of all Creation in the Divine Plan of Redemption,
St. Patrick,
sanctifier of nature everywhere as wellspring of God's power, St. Colomban, ever alert to find God in the woods and fields,
St. Fiacre, opener of the world to the outpouring of Divine healing love through garden herbs and flowers,
St. Rose of Lima, to whom the boy Jesus and his Mother were present in the garden,
St. Isidore, assisted by Mary's angels in plowing the soil to feed the hungry,
St. Phocas, digger of earth in the hope of the Resurrection,
St. Dorothy, bestower on earth of heavenly flowers and fruits,
St. Bernard, searcher of flowers for likenesses of Jesus and Mary,
St. Anselm, theologian of Our Lady's Queenship of redeemed nature,
St. Francis de Sales, quickener of spiritual life and growth through the discernment of their mirroring in nature's unfolding,
St. John of the Cross, poet of the spiritual countryside of the soul's mystical journey of love,
St. Louis de Montfort, nurtured in the spiritual paradise of Mary,
St. Theresa, showerer on earth of roses of heavenly love and grace,
St. Dominic, missionary of the power of the Rosary,
St. John Eudes, drawn by union with the light Christ into the Heaven of the Trinity,
St. John Chrysostom, beholder of resplendent earth as the radiance of God's face,
St. Athanasius, dweller in heaven on earth,
St. Bonaventure, proclaimer of the fullness of Mary's blessed and immaculate magnification of God's creating, saving and renewing power.
St. Joseph, patron of all who labor for the building of God's Kingdom,
St. John, prophet of the descent of the Heavenly Jerusalem, and of
Blessed and Glorious Mary, Ever
Virgin, our Mother Mystical Rose, Mediatrix of all Grace, and Queen
of Heaven and Earth, in the union of her Immaculate, Sorrowful and Glorified
Heart with the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
- From
Mary's Gardens
web site.
Painting: Stephen Lochner, Madonna in a Rose Garden, c.1440
