ROXAS CITY, RECONQUERED
The day after docking at the “City of Dreams” (Iloilo), we, the new batch (some said the “anointed ones”), with ambivalent feelings of fear and excitement, set ourselves for St. Anthony College of Roxas City.
Thanks to Fr. Benny Enano, his pawis-steering BIDA and to the all-muscled Toto and Francis, we reached St. Anthony College whole and unscathed. Because we did not advice that we were coming, the room where we should be staying was still not prepared. Thanks to the decorative touch of Sr. Glo, in the span of 10 minutes, she was able to fix the place.
It was when we were lying on bed for our siesta that we fully realized that we have indeed have arrived in Roxas City and that we have a new and different life. If for the last few weeks, coming here was just a dream, now it is a reality. Everybody hoped though that there would be no “nightmares.”
On June 26, as part of PIS Director’s job, Fr. Johnny paid us a visit to find out not only our pressing concerns but also to lay down some rules concerning our stay. Since we are very much far from the rest of our batch mates, he emphasized greater responsibility and personal discipline.
According to him, in his watch there are some negotiable and non-negotiable principles that most of us must observe in order for the program to work on us. I guess, this time we are to be guided not anymore by the walls of the seminary but by the strength of our Vincentian character.
NOTE: This article is an excerpt from MONTANIETTOS, the journal of PIS seminarians assigned at St. Anthony College, Roxas City. I am posting this in honor of my batch mates and on the occasion of the closing of the PIS program this coming March 2007. There will be more to come.
Thanks to Fr. Benny Enano, his pawis-steering BIDA and to the all-muscled Toto and Francis, we reached St. Anthony College whole and unscathed. Because we did not advice that we were coming, the room where we should be staying was still not prepared. Thanks to the decorative touch of Sr. Glo, in the span of 10 minutes, she was able to fix the place.
It was when we were lying on bed for our siesta that we fully realized that we have indeed have arrived in Roxas City and that we have a new and different life. If for the last few weeks, coming here was just a dream, now it is a reality. Everybody hoped though that there would be no “nightmares.”
On June 26, as part of PIS Director’s job, Fr. Johnny paid us a visit to find out not only our pressing concerns but also to lay down some rules concerning our stay. Since we are very much far from the rest of our batch mates, he emphasized greater responsibility and personal discipline.
According to him, in his watch there are some negotiable and non-negotiable principles that most of us must observe in order for the program to work on us. I guess, this time we are to be guided not anymore by the walls of the seminary but by the strength of our Vincentian character.
NOTE: This article is an excerpt from MONTANIETTOS, the journal of PIS seminarians assigned at St. Anthony College, Roxas City. I am posting this in honor of my batch mates and on the occasion of the closing of the PIS program this coming March 2007. There will be more to come.
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