Tanglaw University Center

Tanglaw University Center welcomed the new academic year with a bang through the following activities:

July 11. Rediscovering Rizal Dr. Yvette Camacho from the History Department of University of Asia and the Pacific shared her expertise on our national hero’s life and works. She explained the circumstance that Rizal was in when he wrote his two great novels- Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. According to her, equipped with this knowledge, we would understand better and appreciate more the novels. This get-together with Dr. Camacho was in commemoration of Rizal’s 150th birth anniversary last June 19, 2011.

June 25. Saint of the ordinary Video clips on the life and teachings of St. Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei, were shown to a group of students. This was in connection with his feast last June 26. On that same day, a good number of the students have attended the mass in his honor at the Manila cathedral. The clips include St. Josemaria’s teaching on the sanctity of ordinary life by doing one’s work well and offering it up to God, a brief history of the growth of Opus Dei and a glimpse on the saint’s heroism during the Spanish Civil War(1936-1939).

July 9. All in the family Several families of Tanglaw residents & friends attended the Family Day. The activity started with a commentary on the universal call to holiness, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, a program at the Tanglaw auditorium followed by merienda cena.