22/01/2026
PEN: ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
The Love Drive Campaign was launched during the Christmas season and is set to culminate during the Foundation Week as an expression of gratitude and shared mission. This initiative was made possible through the generous support of the Spรญnola family and friends who extended their blessings through financial assistance, in-kind donations, and, most importantly, through their prayers. These acts of generosity reflect a deep sense of solidarity and communion, for which we are sincerely grateful.
Rooted in our personal experience of Godโs abiding and transformative love, the campaign seeks to share this same love with others in its 31st founding anniversary in a concrete and life-giving manner. Having encountered God who is present and faithful, we are called to โbe withโ those who are often marginalizedโlistening to their stories, accompanying them with compassion, and serving them through tangible acts of care. This includes our brothers and sisters deprived of liberty, those who are ill and in hospitals, and families of children who would greatly benefit from moments of joy, human connection, and gift-giving. In this mutual encounter, we recognize that as we reach out to them, they also touch our hearts, deepen our gratitude, and draw us closer to God.
This outreach is deeply anchored in the spirituality of our founder, Blessed Marcelo Spรญnola, who taught us to allow ourselves to be loved and to recognize Godโs love as it is manifested in countless ways. From this spirituality flows our mission to announce the personal love of Christ and to serve with joy, love, humility, and simplicity. Guided by this charism, the Love Drive Campaign is directed especially toward the beneficiaries at the District Jail (Male/Female Dormitory) and the District Jail in Sanito, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, as a concrete expression of faith in action and compassionate service.
In the end, To Serve is to Reign (Servir es Reinar) calls us to a way of life where greatness is measured not by power held, but by love given. It reminds us that true leadership is born in humility, compassion, and self-giving service, lived out in our daily encounters within and beyond the school community. As we choose to serveโoften quietly and without recognitionโwe participate in a reign that transforms hearts, uplifts the marginalized, and reflects Christโs own way of loving. Thus, our school motto is not merely a phrase we recite, but a mission we embody, shaping us into persons who reign by serving and lead by loving.
Words by Jazminne De Guzman Besa
Artworks by Abbigail Patangan
