Education

“We have to make a distinction between pleasure and true joy. Pleasure is fleeting.” Rev. Fr. Don Besana, OAR, led the community of Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos “to reflect on our hearts” during the First Friday Holy Mass at the St. Ezekiel Moreno Covered Court, February 4, 2022. Fr. Besana was the main celebrant as…

CEBU CITY–A new campus of the University of San Jose-Recoletos will soon rise along Colon Street, Cebu City. It will be called the USJ-R Quadricentennial Campus. Within the said property, a 17-storey building will be constructed and be called Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Building. Hence, the  groundbreaking took place last December 8, which is the…

San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—Five years after its first edition, the Pinunong Recoletos Leadership Camp is back! The second edition of the leadership training centered on inculcating Augustinian Values among student-leaders happened via Zoom Meeting last November 26 and 27, 2021 with 66 participants from six Recollect education centers in the Visayas. Fray Rommel L.…

Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–Charlene Grace Varrera Gelotin, an alumna of UNO-R College of Engineering; UNO-R High school and UNO-R Grade school, got 2nd rank in the November 2021 Civil Engineering Licensure Examination. Engineer Charlene is a true-blue UNO-Rian since her kindergarten, and finished valedictorian and salutatorian during her elementary and high school years. She was…

The traditional and highly anticipated CST-R Grand Alumni Homecoming finally got back its swag after Thomasians Batch 1997, the Silver Jubilarians, organized and hosted remarkable events last October 30 to 31, 2021. Despite the pandemic and several restrictions and protocols, Batch 1997 managed to implement their outreach program to three CST-R adopted schools. The batch…

The Recoletos Educational Apostolate in the Philippines (REAP) held a virtual conference in preparation for the 6th EDUCAR Congress, October 22, 2021, at 1 pm via Zoom.  The program opened with the opening prayer led by Fray Don H. Besana, OAR, University of Negros Occidental -Recoletos (UNO-R) President.  This was followed by the Welcome Address of…

SAN CARLOS, Negros Occidental – Forty-four members of the Thomasian community composed of teachers, lay staff and scholars of Recoletos Educational Assistance for Deserving Students (READS joined the half-day recollection to focus on their spiritual well-being surrounded by nature at Monteagudo-Recoletos.             Rev. Fr. Romeo Ben A. Potencio Jr. OAR, the current director of the…

Forty-five employees of the university received their service awards last September 10, 2021, after the Thanksgiving Mass in honor of St. Nicholas of Tolentino.   Diwa Rekoleto Service Award is given to employees who have served the university for 10 years, 15 years, and 20 years while the St. Ezekiel Moreno Award is given to employees…

Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–The Recoletos Educational Apostolate in the Philippines (REAP) held a virtual novena and fiesta Mass in honor of St. Ezekiel Moreno as part of the Augustinian Recollect Integral Formation Program (ARIFP).  Due to the restrictions imposed in religious gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, the different schools took turns in sponsoring the Masses…

Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–Member schools of the Recoletos Educational Apostolate in the Philippines (REAP) joined hands to launch the Augustinian Recollect Integral Formation Program (ARIFP) last July 23, 2021.  More than 600 attended the virtual launching via Zoom and more than a hundred were linked through the REAP Facebook account. In the invitation letter from…