September
8, 2014 was the Golden Jubilee of our dear Sisters Guadalupe Bautista and
Rosemary Bacaltos. Fifty years (50) of
faithful commitment to the call of God and God’s fidelity to them. Both of them belong to the Baguio
community. It was a very simple
celebration of the community without any invited guests. However, the Provincialate community and the
Isabela community were present because the echo of the Local Community’s
meeting was scheduled the following day.
It was the joy of the two communities to come a day earlier to share the
joy of the golden jubilarians.
The
Eucharistic celebration was at 7 a.m. presided by Father Elmer, SVD, with selected girls from
the Rose Virginie Residence as choir.
Father Elmer’s homily dwelt on the vocation of Our Lady and related it
to the life of the two golden jubilarians and in fact to all of us. He summarized that vocation into 3 positions
of Our Blessed Mother namely: FIAT,
MAGNIFICAT AND STABAT. (Full text
available on request.)
Breakfast
followed the Eucharistic banquet. The
dining table was filled with appetible dishes, all kinds of tropical fruit, home
made yogourt, a variety of jams, and freshly baked bread from the Mountain Maid
Training Center, not to mention different kinds of coffee, tea and other health
drinks. We appreciated the culinary,
art, management skills of the HRM students, the girls and boys who are part of
the 350 working students employed at the
Mountain Maid Training Center. All these
youths are indigenous, belonging to the different tribes of the six provinces of
the Cordillera, most, if not all, from remote, far-flung villages. The two jubilarians are very much involved in
the training of these youths.
At
the end of the day, all gave praise and glory to our Shepherd God who walked
with love and compassion with our golden jubilarians and for all the graces and
blessings received and love and joy experienced on this day!
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