CatholicYouth League: 2012 May

FLORES DE MAYO 2012

01: First day of the Flores de Mayo catechism classes at St. James Chapel. Madhyn, Angel, Gemma, Godwin and Patrick went around the neighborhood to invite children to join our Flores de Mayo. Twenty four children came. In the evening, offered special prayers in honor of St. Joseph and afterwards we enjoyed a lively fiesta dinner.

02-30: Catechism lessons for the Flores de Mayo pupils.

Coloring activity after story telling time.

Lesson on the Seven Capital Sins by Angel Hibanada.

Singing hymns to Our Lady.

Exercise: Children drew the proper dress code for the Church, specifying what attire they planned to wear when they come to Holy Mass for the first time on the coming weekend.

Learning new songs again.

This time, it's a hymn to the Blessed Sacrament.

Lecture on the Ten Commandments by Chrisma Jane Bravo.

Children with their flowers to be offered to Our Lady.

09: Departure of the Gensan delegates to Bohol Pilgrimage.

We left Gensan at 1:40PM and arrived in Davao at 5:10 pm.

They passed by Davao, proceeded to Cagayan de Oro, then crossed to Camiguin Island, and then took another ferry bound for Jagna in Bohol, then took a bus which brought them to Tagbilaran.

On arrival the group helped in the logistics preparation for the pilgrimage.

14-16: Formation Sessions in Bohol and preparation for the pilgrimage.

17-19 : Pilgrimage proper graced by Rev. Fr. Daniel Couture, the District Superior, and other priests: Fr.

Thomas Onoda Keiji, Fr. Valan Rajakumar, Fr. Francois Chazal, Fr. Coenraad Daniels, Fr. Aurelito Cacho, Fr. Timothy Pfeiffer, Fr. Joseph Pfeiffer, Fr. Alexander Hora, and Fr. Albert Ghela. There were more than a thousand pilgrims this year, with delegates from other countries.

We were privileged to be on the pilgrimage by the generous sponsorship of Sagittarius Mines, Inc. which donated P40,000.00 towards our fare. Of course we also shelled out our own money from our personal income to pay for our registration and part of our fare and food. And we also received other cash donations from various faithful in Gensan. We were also able to sell some catechism books before the pilgrimage, and the sale proceeds were donated to our fund by Fr. Tim Pfeiffer. We were very fortunate for the generous support we received. Thanks be to God. May God bless all our benefactors!

21-22: Children and youth camp. Special features: judo training by Master Ono.

____________________Manhood training____________________

Flores de Mayo children at play: guess what they're playing:

No need for a court, or a ball, or a pair of shoes or a basket.

Just play like we do, and you'll have lots of fun too!

Our game is called Basketball Fun! Did you guess right?

31: Culmination of the Flores de Mayo program.

One truck, one jeepney, and two multicabs brought 109 children and catechists to St. James Chapel. Participants came from Fatima, Apopong, Bula, Sunrise Village, Kawas, Ladol, Maribulan, Alabel Poblacion, and Lagao. The program began with a procession in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary during the feast of her Queenship.

A cool refreshment awaited the children and the catechists on their return from the hot sun.
Quiz bowl and Marian song contest were the special features of the program.
Various awards and prizes were given to recognize the children who did well during the daily catechism
classes. Games and prizes made the day very fun and memorable for the children.
The activity ended with a prayer and group picture.

Cheers to the working committee!

The sumptuous lunch was prepared by the food committee led by Aldy Mondia and Kitz Wilson. The cool juice and sandwich which refreshed the procession participants were prepared by Chrisma Jane Bravo and Wilmar Intes. The flower arches were made by Sharmaine Paglinawan, Shirlyn Paglinawan, Princess Januto, Gemma Beth Bravo, Godwin Montuya, Rosmar Ordovas, Patrick Intes and Angelica Hibanada. The program MC's were Gemma Beth Bravo and Princess Januto. The certificates and ribbons were printed and crafted by ACIM-Asia office staff. The transportation was paid from the donation of an anonymous donor from Michigan, USA. The special prizes came from the donations of Ms. MK, a very generous donor from Malaysia. Thank you very, very much! Ave Maria! Deo gratias.