AdZU JHS this week, August 22 – 27, 2016.

Date: 19 August 2016

Weekly Memorandum No. 2016 – 8.3

TO: AdZUHS Community
FROM: Father Principal

Tuwing sumasapit ang buwan ng Agosto, ipinagdiriwang ng sambayanang Filipino ang Buwan ng Wika. Sa araw na ito, Agosto 19, muli nating ginugunita ang kaarawan ni Manuel Luis Quezon na ipinanganak noong 1878.  Kilala siya bilang unang Pangulo ng Commonwealth ng Pilipinas sa ilalim ng pamahalaang Amerikano noong simula ng ika-20 siglo.  Isa sa mga mahahalagang ambag niya sa ating kasaysayan ay ang pagtatayo niya ng Surian ng Wikang Pambansa na naglalayong lumikha ng isang pangkalahatang wika para sa mga Filipino.  Ang Surian ang nagrekomenda na gawing Tagalog ang Pambansang Wika  na sinang-ayunan ni Pangulong Quezon. Ayon sa kanyang utos,  simula noong Hunyo 1940,  itinuro ang pambansang wika bilang isa sa mga asignatura sa paaralan.  Si MLQ ay kinikilala ring Ama ng Wikang Filipino.  Siya ay namatay noong Agosto 1, 1944.

Sa buwan ding ito ay ating inaalala ang anibersaryo ng kamatayan ng tatlong makabagong bayaning Filipino: una, si Cory Aquino (August 1, 2009);  ikalawa, si Jesse Robredo (August 18, 2012), at ikatlo, si Ninoy Aquino (Agosto 21, 1983).  Habang inaalala natin ang kanilang ambag sa ikabubuti ng ating bayan,  mainam na tanungin din natin ang ating mga sarili:  Ano kaya ang misyong ibinibigay sa akin ng Diyos? Ano kaya ang paanyaya niya sa akin upang maglingkod? Ano pa kaya ang maaari kong gawin upang higit kong maipapamalas ang pagiging Atenista?

1. Characteristic of Jesuit Education (CJE): Since education is a life-long process, Jesuit education tries to instill a joy in learning and a desire to learn that will remain beyond the days in school. “Perhaps even more important that the formation we give them is the capacity and concern to continue their own formation; this is what we must instill in them. It is important to learn; but it is much more important to learn how to learn, to desire to go on learning all through life.”

2. Faculty Updates

a. Mrs. Mila Lacson and Ms. Christy Patta will attend a Training-Workshop on Disaster Risk Management and Preservation/Conservation Program and PLAI-Zampen General Assembly on August 25-26, 2016 at the Grand Astoria Hotel, Mayor Jaldon Street, Zamboanga City.  The two-day activity aims to establish and develop archival policies on acquisition, preservation, storage, access to materials and other activities;  develop preservation/conservation program strategies; and, draft an emergency disaster plan.

b. Si G. Carlito A. Robin ay naanyayahan na maging puno ng inampalan sa Pampinid na Palatuntunan ng Buwan ng Wika ng AdZU GS sa ika-26 ng Agosto, 8:00n.u. – 11:30n.u., sa Fr. Aureo Nepomuceno Covered Courts.

3. Activities and Events for August 22 – 27

a. 22, Monday                   *  7 AM             Monday Assembly  (Sponsor: CLE Department)

*  10 AM           Principal’s Meeting with Assistant Principals

*  YSEP-TEC on Duty:     Gr. 10 Briant

b. 23, Tuesday                  *  Gr. 7 Jerome Recollection        (Moderator:  Mr. Ronel Layese)

* 4PM – 5PM:    Counselor’s Grade Level Meeting with Moderators (AVR 1)

*  YSEP-TEC on Duty:     Gr. 10 Lewis

c. 24, Wednesday              *  7AM Class Mass:        *  Sponsor:  Gr. 8 Southwell (c/o Ms. Sara Velasco)

*  Send-off  Mass for JHS athletes/coaches

*  Gr. 7 Kostka Recollection        (Moderator:  Mr. Rulthan Sumicad)

*  YSEP-TEC on Duty:     Gr. 10 Ogilvie

d. 25, Thursday                 *  Gr. 7 Rodriguez Recollection    (Moderator:  Ms. Renz Erica Santo)

*  YSEP-TEC on Duty:     Gr. 10 Pignatelli

e. 26, Friday                      *  7AM Class Mass:        Sponsor:  Gr. 7 Ignatius (c/o Ms. Fhadz Issan)

*  2:45PM – 5:30PM       Pambaitang na Paligsahan (Bulwagan ng JHS)

Grade 8:  Malikhaing Pagbasa

Grade 9:  Madulang Sabayang Bigkasan

*  YSEP-TEC on Duty:     Gr. 10 Realino

f. 27, Saturday                  *  Gr. 8 Colombiere Recollection              (Moderator:  Ms. Sally Fernando)

*  Subject Teachers’ submission of Grading Sheets to Department Chairs

*  AM:  AdZU Board of Trustees meeting (Participant:  Father Principal)

*  7:30AM – 11:30AM     Paligsahan sa Pinakamalikhaing Eksibit/                                                               Gallery Walk ng Mitolohiyang Mediterranean

*  First Quarter Deliberations

8AM to 12 noon: Gr. 7 Evans

Gr. 7 Garnet

Gr. 7 Ignatius

Gr. 7 Brebeuf

Gr. 7 Rodriguez

Gr. 7 Kostka

Gr. 7 Jerome

1:30PM to 5PM: Gr. 8 Berchmans

Gr. 8 Southwell

Gr. 8 Faber

Gr. 8 Colombiere

Gr. 8 Chabanel

Gr. 8 Canisius

Gr. 8 Daniel

g. Weekly Activities            *  Tuwing Biyernes ng Agosto:  Bugtungan sa Tanghalian

*  Oras ng Recess tuwing Agosto:  Himig Pinoy

*  Buong Agosto:  TalaHugotan

h. Activities and Reservations made by the Private Schools of Zamboanga City Athletics Association (PSZCAA),  8AM – 6PM, for its selection games.

August 26 – 29               JHS ANCC                      Volleyball Elem. & Sec.

August 27 – 29               JHS Function room         Chess Elementary & Secondary

August 27 – 29               JHS Football Field           Football Elementary & Secondary

August 27 – 29               JHS Cafeteria                 Table Tennis Elementary & Secondary

4. Teach us to Pray:  Desires in Prayer

Fr. James Martin, SJ

Desire is an essential part of a healthy spiritual life.  For in our deepest desires God’s desires for us are revealed.  A married couple, for instance, is drawn together out of multiple desires – physical, emotional, spiritual – in order to live a life of mutual love.  Desire plays a critical part in discerning any vocation:  a particular job or profession, or to the priesthood or religious life.

So pay attention to the holy desires that arise in prayer.  You may experience a longing to follow Jesus more closely.  To emulate one of the saints.  Or simply to become a more loving person.  This is one reason why St. Ignatius Loyola asks us to “pray for what you want and desire” when approaching God:  your holy desires reveal God’s desires for you.  And over time, you’ll gradually learn how to discern between selfish wants (I want a new smartphone) and holy desires (I want to become a better Christian).

It’s also important to pray for the simpler things you desire, as long as they are not immoral.  Sometimes Catholics feel guilty about praying for healing from an illness, for example.  But asking humbly for what you desire is part of being honest with God.

Ultimately, your deepest desire is for God.  The insatiable longing for union with the divine comes from the core of your being.  And that longing is planted within you by God.  For God’s deep desire is union with you.

James Martin is a Jesuit priest and author of “Between Heaven and Mirth”, “The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything”, and “My Life with the Saints”.