Center for Peace Education Miriam College

The Bangsamoro Gallery: An Interactive Exhibit

To celebrate the Mindanao Week of Peace, the Teach Peace Build Peace Movement (TPBPM) has partnered with the Center for Peace Education Miriam College to bring “The Bangsamoro Gallery” to life at the Miriam College QC campus. According to the TPBPM, “the gallery is an interactive exhibit that challenges misconceptions by showcasing the resilience, culture, and faith of the Bangsamoro people, creating a space for authentic dialogue, youth storytelling, and strengthened intercultural and interfaith connections that foster peace and social cohesion."

The exhibit was made available for viewing from November 25 to 26, and a short program was held to celebrate it’s opening. Highlights of the program included welcome remarks from Dr. Loreta Castro (Executive Director, CPE) and a Message of Peace from Ms. Bai Rohaniza Sumndad-Usman, also known as “Ate Honey” (Founder, TPBPM). Through her message, Ate Honey has placed emphasis on our significant role in building peace as an academic institution in Metro Manila and reminds us that “peacebuilding cannot only happen “where the conflict is”; it must also happen where the narratives are formed”. Although it was brief, the MC community expresses its profound gratitude to experience the exhibit these past two days and further expand our knowledge on the continuing peace process and revitalize our commitment towards lasting peace in the Bangsamoro.

We once again thank the Teach Peace Build Peace Movement for choosing to partner with us, to make the Bangsamoro Exhibit in our school possible. ☮️

💖☮️ Celebrating another year of solidarity as associates & volunteers of the Miriam College Center for Peace Education! It was also an opportunity to renew our commitment to promote the rejection of violence against women & girls. ♀️✨️

Miriam College - Women and Gender Institute - WAGI
Pax Christi Pilipinas
Catholic Nonviolence Initiative

𝐀𝐧 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 🕊

In celebration of Mindanao Solidarity Week, the Center for Peace Education organized a hybrid lecture titled, An Update on the Bangsamoro Peace Process last November 14, 2025. We invited Dir. Wendell Orbeso, the Head of the M**F Peace Process Office of the OPAPRU (Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity), to be our resource speaker for this activity. During his discussion, Dir. Orbeso not only gave us a comprehensive background on the peace process, but also left some key messages for our students on how the youth can play a role in sustaining peace. He particularly highlighted the need for youth to engage in community work, promote inclusivity and respect, use their voices responsibly online, and choose empathy and understanding in their daily lives.

The lecture was succeeded by a fruitful exchange of questions and ideas between the students, online participants, and Dir. Orbeso. Then, the program concluded with a closing message from Ms. Beyoncé De Leoz, 3rd Year MCIS student and EVP of Pax Christi Miriam College. As a youth leader, Ms. De Leoz reminded us that “the journey of peace doesn’t end in just one peace agreement. It is a continuous process in which we have a role to play as well”.

Write-Up by: Bianca W. Reyes

To celebrate Mindanao Solidarity Week, the Miriam College (formerly Maryknoll) & Pax Christi Miriam College are hosting an online lecture, "An Update on the Bangsamoro Peace Process" on Friday, Nov. 14, 9:00-10:20 AM.

We look forward to your joining us in this youth-led opportunity to raise greater awareness on the topic. 🕊☮️

Time: Nov 14, 2025, 09:00 AM
Zoom Link: bit.ly/MSWwebinar
Meeting ID: 917 6084 9577
Passcode: peace

Dr. Loreta N Castro of the Center for Peace Education shared selected good practices in peace education based on the experience of Miriam College and Philippine schools during the International Day of Peace symposium at Hiroshima University on "Diversification and Systematization of Peace Education". It was attended by Hiroshima University's administrators, faculty and students as well as a few other Japanese and international speakers who also presented their own experiences and insights. 🕊☮️

Dr. Clarissa Mariano Raymond Ligon, a faculty associate of the Center for Peace Education Miriam College (CPE-MC) represented the CPE-MC in the National Conference on Peace Education as a speaker, held at the Philippine Normal University last October 11. She shared the Miriam College experience on the theme, "Planting the Seeds of Peace in Early Childhood". 🕊🌱

The Center for Peace Education Miriam College and Pax Christi Pilipinas organized the forum, “Hibakusha Memories: A Call to End Nuclear Weapons”, which was held at the school's Innovation Center on August 29. Hibakushas Mr. Hakariya and Mr. Obha shared how an ordinary morning in Nagasaki turned into unimaginable devastation and unspeakable human suffering when a plutonium-fueled bomb (code name Fat Man) was dropped on August 9, 1945 at 11:02 am. Their stories of loss, resilience, and hope moved students, teachers and peace advocates present, uniting everyone in one urgent call: Nagasaki must be the last city to endure an atomic bomb! 🕊





Catholic Nonviolence Initiative
Pax Christi International
Pax Christi Miriam College
Satomi Yoshimuta

Credits:
Write Up by: Dr. Loreta Castro and Dr. Gail Galang
Photos by: Ms. Darla Valera

The Center for Peace Education Miriam College (CPE) and Pax Christi Pilipinas (P*P) will hold a special forum at the Miriam College Henry Sy Innovation Center on August 29, from 9:00 to 11:00 am titled "Hibakusha Memories: A Call to End Nuclear Weapons".

For the first time we will be joined by two survivors (hibakusha), Mr. Hakariya and Mr. Oba, who are now in their 80s. They were young children when the atom bomb was dropped in Nagasaki. They have pledged to spend their remaining years to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

In case you wish to attend, you will be most welcome. However, please email [email protected] for a security request for you for onsite attendance. A link will be provided if you wish to attend via zoom.

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