Colombear Cubs

11.05.24

“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚.”

— 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙖 𝙆. 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧

ᕼᗩᑭᑭY, ᕼᗩᑭᑭY, ᗷIᖇTᕼᗪᗩY, ᗷᖇOTᕼEᖇ ᖇE᙭! 🥳🎉

ᴡᴇ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴀʏ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜰɪʟʟᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ 𝖆𝖜𝖊𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘, 🙌 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ, ꜱᴜʀʀᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ʏᴏᴜ 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮! 🧡

Your dedication 💪 to giving us knowledge 🧠 has truly made an 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕥 💥 in our lives. Thank you for having made our first year of high school 𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 🌈 and 𝕘𝕦𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 our young minds 💭 to not only be the 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵, but the 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 ✨ example of 𝓜𝓐𝓖𝓘𝓢 👐 under the 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 👀 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙤𝙙 as His children. 🧑‍🧒‍🧒

Though we are no longer your moderating class, 😞 you’d best 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 ‼️ we’ll still continue to 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 of ＣＯＬＯＭＢＩＥＲＥ 🧨 in our hearts. 💚 Your 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 throughout our journey as Highschool students never fails 🙅 to 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙣 🔆 our spirits. 🙏

We can only bet that you’ll continue to 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓮 and 𝗽𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 toward your 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 ⬇️ and 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 🔜 students’ path 🌄 on becoming 𝓬𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓻🫸 to God and other people—the same way you had done for us. 👥 Again, we wish you the 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓫𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂, Bro. Rex! 🎂🎊

With love,
your Colom-Bears 🐻 of A.Y. '23-'24

“𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞.”

— 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧

𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙮? 🤨🤔

Guess what, we’ve just celebrated world teachers’ day!👨‍🏫 Happy teachers’ day to all our second parents out there. 🎉

In honor of world’s teachers’ day, we’d like to give a shout out to our most gwapo 👨, most mabait ♥️, and most matulungin 💯 na moderator from the previous school year, 𝑩𝑹𝑶𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑹 𝑹𝑬𝑿! Though you are not our teacher anymore, you always will be in our hearts. 🥰💖

We’ve never forgotten the kindness and support you’ve shown us as a moderator—not to mention how much we miss the fun games you would prepare for us just right before a long lesson.

May you continue to 𝖙𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖍 your students 📒, to 𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖛𝖊 the Lord ✝️, and to 𝖉𝖔 what you love. Once again, have a happy teacher's day Bro. Rex, we love you ❤!

We miss you very much. 🥲♥️

Xoxo, Grade 7 - St. Claude La Colombiere 2023-2024.

“To Colombiere,

We’ve shared many memories and playful banter in the past year, up until this very moment. Alas, everything good eventually has to come to an end to make room for better experiences in the future. Like how that one saying goes—This is no goodbye, just a melancholic “See you later.”

Thank you for all the great times we’ve bonded, for the periods when we fought with one another, and for times when we stuck together through thick and thin.

I’ll never forget the smiles we shared or the mutual frustration and stress felt among all of us during our final PT days. I won’t forget the hardships, nor will I forget the faces of sluggish students in our class as teachers continued to leave our classroom with exasperated sighs.

I will always remember our auspicious triumphs and everyone’s competitive demeanor in contests—how frustrated we were but accepting of our losses. I won’t overlook our dilemmas in behavior under our teachers, but rather learn from them.

It’s a shame that we’ll be going in our separate directions. And how we’ll eventually drift apart no matter the circumstances. I don’t know what I’d do with myself. Because as absurd as it sounds, I’d much rather stay ridiculed by the witty Colombiere.

What I truly regret is taking this school year for granted instead of nourishing our time spent with one another. Time waits for no one, but I didn’t expect it to get by so soon.

It’s selfish, but I’ve never felt such contempt with my section. I was never the type to get close to my classmates or my moderator then, I’d much rather hang out with kids from the neighboring section and get close with one of my other subject teachers. This is different. Would it be bitter to ask for at least one last day spent together as a class? Maybe. Yet that really is how I truly feel.

Anyhow, I know my whims are futile, as everyone is bound to change paths in their lives. No lavish coax will be enough to modify that.

Still, as mundane as AdZU seemed in the early days of high school, I’m satisfied with how things turned out as our time as a class together draws closer to the end. The wonderful newfound relationships I have created with my peers helped me find solace that will forever be engraved into my soul, and I am permanently indebted to everyone for that.

Being with you all brought me happiness that was too much to comprehend. But as staggering as it seems, the time has flown past to move forward to the next chapter of our lives, and perhaps this learning adventure will bring more lively memories in the future. For the last time, I adore you all to the moon and back,

Atenista to Atenista, 7-St. Colombiere of S.Y. 2023-2024, I bid you adieu. Avanzando, Colombiere!! 💙🦅”

—Warmly, your Mayor 🩵

𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙐𝙇𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎, 𝘾𝙊𝙇𝙊𝙈𝘽𝙄𝙀𝙍𝙀! 🎉

We are 𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓮𝓭 to share the wonderful news that our lovely finalists, ᴀɴᴅʀᴇᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇʀɪᴄʜ, have exceeded all our expectations in the 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐠 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲: 𝐃𝐮𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 and have made it to the finals. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆! ✨

𝐖𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝓞𝓷𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓾𝓹𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓭, 𝓐𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓼! 💙🦅 𝓛𝓮𝓽’𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓮’𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓸𝓯! 🤩‼️

Warm regards,
𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝘾𝙪𝙗𝙨 🐻❤️‍🔥

📝: Eloise Bradecina

Claude La Colombière (1641-1682) enjoyed an intense, if brief, life, notable for the part he played as champion of the devotion to the Sacred Heart.He was born in southern France and studied at a Jesuit school from an early age. He entered the Society of Jesus when he was 17.

He preached what was most dear to him: the message of Christ's love for humankind, symbolized by his Sacred Heart. As a spiritual director, he had the ability o reconize God's real presence and revelation in the prayer of others.

In early February 1682, a fever took him; when he died on Feb. 15, he was only 41 years old. Feb. 2nd was his birthday.

May God also grant us the grace to follow the examples of St. Claude la Colombiere and strive to find God in all things.

St. Colombière, pray for us!

Layout 🎨: Eloise Bradecina
Caption 📝: Bro. Rex Francis Coz, SJ

ℋ𝒶𝓅𝓅𝒾ℯ𝓈𝓉 ℬ𝒾𝓇𝓉𝒽𝒹𝒶𝓎 to our 𝓪𝓶𝓪𝔃𝓲𝓷𝓰 and 𝓪𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 moderator Bro. Rex Francis Coz🫶🏻🎊! Your 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 and 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 have 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓅ℯ𝒹 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, and we're grateful for your 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Colombiere wishes you a day as 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓪𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮🤍

𝒻𝓇ℴ𝓂: 𝒞ℴ𝓁ℴ𝓂𝒷ℯ𝒶𝓇
𝒸𝓊𝒷𝓈 ʕ´•ᴥ•`ʔ

📸 + 📝: Mhahonie T. Arcillas
🎨: Eloise Avery S. Bradecina

Sincere congrats to my fellow classmates, 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙎𝙚𝙨𝙚 and 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚 𝘼𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙣 for placing FⵊRST in the mathematics quiz bowl!!🥳🎉, which is a fantastic accomplishment!

Your 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚎, and 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 have really paid off. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 on your 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝-𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥, and here's to many more in the future! 🥇🏆👏