UTS Field Education

TUNAY NA REPORMA SA LUPA, IPAGLABAN!
TUMINDIG AT DEPENSAHAN ANG MGA MAGSASAKA AT MANGAGAWANG BUKID!

𝗖𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 | 𝗧𝗜𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
The air was heavy—thick with memory.
Steps echoed through old wards and faded tenements. Walls seemed to whisper names long forgotten by history.

For decades, this was 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘰 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯—the world’s largest leprosarium. Here, thousands lived and died in exile, their pain sealed off by the sea. But for us who have listened to its stories, we say: this has become 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻—𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴—𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁, 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮.

From August 9–12, nine international youth fellows and two faculty from Union Theological Seminary, Philippines, came not as tourists but as listeners—walking through the old hospital, nursery, public toilet/baths, and archives. They heard the Indigenous Tagbanua speak of living, survival, and deep connection to the land and sea—stories braided with lament and quiet strength.

This visit came after TIM’s first two modules—Psychological and Socio-analytical—which shaped hearts and eyes to see beyond appearances, to recognize wounds and resilience alike. Now, Culion becomes the bridge to the next module—Biblical/Bible—where Scripture will be read not only from the page, but from lives at the margins, where God’s story is still being written.
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(1) 𝐻𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝒯𝑜𝓊𝓇/𝑀𝓊𝓈𝑒𝓊𝓂/𝒜𝓇𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒫𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝐻𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝑒 𝒱𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶𝓃𝓊𝑒𝓋𝒶 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒮𝒾𝓇 𝒥𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝐿𝒾𝓈𝒷𝑜𝒶
(2) 𝒞𝒽𝓊𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐹𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝐿𝒶 𝐼𝓃𝓂𝒶𝒸𝓊𝓁𝒶𝒹𝒶 𝒞𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓅𝒸𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝒽 (𝐹𝓇. 𝑅𝒾𝒸 𝒰𝓎) 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒰𝒞𝒞𝒫-𝒞𝓊𝓁𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝐸𝓋𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓁𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝒞𝒽𝓊𝓇𝒸𝒽 (𝑅𝑒𝓋. 𝐸𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒶 𝒟𝑒𝓁 𝒱𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒)
(3) 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉, 𝒮𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝑒𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓈𝓎 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈/𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈
(4) 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉, 𝒮𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝒶𝑔𝒷𝒶𝓃𝓊𝒶 𝐼𝒫 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓂𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝒾𝓃 𝒜𝓁𝓊𝓁𝒶𝒹

Call for Donation

CALL FOR DONATIONS | TULONG SA NIYOGAN, TANZA 🌧️

The recent onslaught of Bagyong Emong has severely affected the Fisherfolk Community in Niyogan, Tanza, Cavite. Many families lost their homes and belongings due to heavy floods and strong winds.

We are humbly calling for your help. We are accepting:
👚 Used Clothes
🍲 Cash donations for hot meals
🏠 Basic necessities for affected families

Let’s extend our compassion and solidarity to those in need. 🩷🌸

📩 For inquiries, please contact Pura Angela Binuya
📱 Send donations via GCash: 0946 237 0090 – Mary Flor C.

In a creative and courageous act of witness, UTS Prophets - seminarians, pastors and ministerial students gathered to craft their prayers and calls —signs of resistance, lament, and solidarity—as we prepare for the People’s SONA 2025.

Led by Kasimbayan-UTS, in partnership with the Field Education Office, the workshop and prop-making became a space of reflection and collective discernment—naming the cries of the people, confronting the painful realities on the ground, and affirming our shared call to walk alongside the marginalized.

Tomorrow, July 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM, the Field Education Office will host a Worship Service to bless these placards, prayers, and prophetic calls—lifting them up as sacred offerings of faith, justice, and solidarity.

Because to pray is to act,
to hope is to resist,
and to walk with the poor is to walk with Christ.






📷Jem Llait