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E X T E N D E D !!!
The registration for the SAN CARLOS RUN is extended until Friday, March 24.
For walk-in participants, registration area will be at the NC guard house on Friday at 1:00 - 5:00 pm.

Come and join the FUN!, Join the SAN CARLOS RUN!
Student Category
1st - Php 1,500
2nd - Php 1,000
3rd - Php 500
Separate prizes for SC, NC, Male & Female
Family Category
1st - Php 3,000
2nd - Php 2,000
3rd - Php 1,000
Separate prizes for NC, SC
Faculty, Staff & Alumni Category
1st - Php 1,500
2nd - Php 1,000
3rd - Php 500
Separate prizes for SC, NC, Male & Female
For more details and inquiries, kindly PM Alimski Largo Mr. Largo.

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Mr. Alexander P. Cañabano. Sir Alex, as he was fondly called, passed away on the 10th of December, 2022. He had been a valued faculty of USCNC from the Science Area. He will surely be missed.

Please keep Sir Alex's family in your thoughts as they go through this difficult time.

His mortal remains lie in state at their residence in Naga and will be brought to the Municipality of San Fernando, Cebu on Friday, December 16.

Interment will be on the 18th of December, Sunday after the mass of the resurrection at San Isidro Labrador Parish, San Fernando, Cebu at 1:00 in the afternoon.

"Pahulay nga dayon ihatag Mo kang Alexander o Ginoo, ug ang kayahag nga walay pagkapalong magdan-ag unta kaniya hangtud sa kahangturan"

Who was our patron Saint Charles Borromeo?

Charles Borromeo was born on October 2, 1538, near the Alps in Lake Maggiore, Italy. He was the second son of distinguished and wealthy parents who raised him in an extremely religious atmosphere. When he was twelve, he was given tonsure, which is the cutting of hair on top of the head. This marked him for the priesthood and he was educated with that goal in mind.

Charles studied theology and also earned his degree in law at the University of Pavia in Milan. Three weeks after he received his degree, his mother’s brother became Pope and called his brilliant young nephew to Rome. Almost immediately, Pope Pius IV made Charles, aged 22, a Cardinal of the Church. Because of his skills of organization and dealing with people, the Pope promoted Charles Borromeo to the office of Secretary of State, the Cardinal Protector of several countries and of six religious orders as well as naming him Archbishop of Milan. He had many friends, played the violin, went hunting and enjoyed his life.

In 1562, Charles was appointed by the Pope to help him organize the upcoming Council of Trent. During this planning, Charles’ brother died, forcing Charles to look at the meaning and purpose of his life. He decided to be holy and make the Church, if he could, a holier place, too. He made several changes: 1) rewrote the catechism that the people learned; 2) started reforms in the preparation of candidates for the priesthood; 3) ordered changes in the prayer book of the Church; and 4) asked the Pope to decree that political appointments could no longer be made in the Church. Many of these reforms, and others with which Charles is credited, grew out of the Council of Trent.

In 1566, the Pope sent Charles back to Milan to be full-time Archbishop. He continued his work with the people, caring for them in the streets when the plague hit Milan. He nursed the sick and even saw that the curtains in his palace, his clothes and other possessions were turned into money for medicine for the poor. Charles, the Archbishop of Milan, was usually seen in rags. He taught catechism, found the sick and elderly places to stay, established schools and ran the diocese. He lived a life of prayer, slept little and ate less. He once said, “Here all kinds of poor will be housed, outsiders as well as Milanese; men, women, children because charity knows no distinction of nations, and we are all brothers and sisters in the Lord.”

Toward the end of October in the year 1584, Charles had been traveling to some outlying districts in his diocese. On the way home he fell ill with a heavy fever and had to be brought back to Milan on a stretcher. He died a few days later.

The Church that he had worked so hard to make more human recognized him as a saint in 1610. His feast day is celebrated on November 4th.

Known as the loving reformer, Charles Borromeo cared about people and wanted them to know that the Church of God cared about them, too. His changes and reforms in the way the Church was organized, changed the way that the Church listened to the people—all of them, not just the rich and powerful.

Charles Borromeo devoted his entire life to helping the people of God become more like Jesus, more like the Kingdom of the Father. Even now, he says to us that each of us can make a difference in the Body of Christ. Because we are Christians, we can reach out in special ways to help those around us and make the face of God more real in the world. In this way, we can change the world.

It is fitting that St. Charles Borromeo—lawyer, cardinal, pastor, teacher, holy man, reformer and saint—is the patron saint of our vibrant, caring, Vatican II parish. Our mission statement exemplifies his principles—we share faith in Jesus, live the Gospel and care for others.

Patronage: against ulcers; apple orchards; bishops; catechists; catechumens; colic; intestinal disorders; Lombardy, Italy; Monterey California; seminarians; spiritual directors; spiritual leaders; starch makers; stomach diseases; São Carlos in Brazil.

~ Adapted from Franciscan Communications booklet © 1932

Article:
https://stcharleslivermore.org/who-was-st-charles-borromeo

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S!!!
to our very own Leo O. Borromeo of Grade 9- St. Matthew
for being ranked as the 4th Best Rubik Cuber in the world at a recent WORLD CUBE ASSOCIATION, Cube Ta Bai sa Cebu 2022 event.
Leo managed to complete a cube in just 5.48 sec. in the 3x3x3 average of 5.
He is currently no.1 in ASIA.
The NC Community is so proud of you!

With hearts in jubilation, the NC community celebrates the 147th FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY of the SOCIETY of the DIVINE WORD and the NATIVITY of the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.
VIVA MARIA!!!
DEO GRATIAS!

USC BED NC announces that the last day of enrollment is on August 31, 2022.

The NC Carolinian Community expresses warm greetings to our University President, FR. NARCISO CELLAN JR., SVD on the occasion of his birth anniversary.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Fr. Sisoy !!!
May God bless you with good health always to continue your mission of shaping the lives of the Carolinians.
AD MULTOS ANNOS!

The NC community welcomes the Carolinians for AY 2022-2023 with USCFLEx in blended learning modality .
Virtual meeting will be set on the first week for instructions and details as we transition for our in person sessions.
We look forward to seeing you for another teaching- learning experience!

Be a part of the NC Carolinian Community!

The UNIVERSITY of SAN CARLOS is a Catholic institution of learning that embodies the principles and academic discipline of San Carlos Borromeo and the missionary charism of the SOCIETY of the DIVINE WORD.
The university aims to develop competent and socially responsible professionals and lifelong learners in an environment that fosters excellence in the academic core processes of teaching-learning, research, and community extension service.
The mission is to provide timely, relevant, and transformative academic programs responsive to the needs of the local, national, and global community in a rapidly changing world.