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The Visayas OAR schools gathered for the 3 Ones Assembly (February 26-27, 2025) to experience the sweetness of coming together as one family sharing with each other one’s best. Listening to the oratorical, declamation pieces and extemporaneous speeches of the young people was truly moving and enlightening. The young participants articulated their fears, frustrations, as well as the joys and dreams of the present generation, allowing the participants to see through their souls and their struggles.

UNO-Rian is Rank 2 in Civil Engineering Board
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…

CST-R Grand Alumni Homecoming 2021
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…

REAP holds Conference for the 6th Educar Congress
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…

Serene Monteagudo Saturday for Thomasian Community: The Annual CST-R Recollection
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…

45 RECEIVE UNO-R SERVICE AWARDS
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…

REAP Schools virtually gather during Novena Masses of St. Ezekiel Moreno
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…

REAP launches ARIF 2021 Program
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…

Fr. Provincial Visits CSNT-R
The school community welcomed the Renewal Visit of the Prior Provincial and the Provincial Secretary of the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno of the Order of the Augustinian Recollects last July 16, 2021. Rev. Fr. Dionisio Q. Selma, OAR, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of CSNT-R, toured the campus and…

CST-R, 3 Public Schools, Brgy. Rizal Now Partners through G.U.G.M.A.
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—The Thomasian family now includes three public elementary schools in Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City. Under the Community Extension and Development Office (CEDO) of Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos, the adoption of Ansulag, Katiclan and Nabataan Elementary Schools marks the beginning of a partnership “to provide education, values formation and basic social…