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CO DA NCE LA P U C C IO A N M ET VIRTUS d N e I l a a l SCIENTIA C e O d N O VERITAS C I CONCORDIA COLLEGE O G R E D L ET VITA I O A C • 1739 Pedro Gil Street, Paco, Manila MANILA • St. Vincent "Go to the poor, you will find God!" Concordia Contents College Charism –based Vision Mission • St. Vincent De Paul Continues Concordia College of To Inspire Concordians……2 • Live Stream Holy Spirit Of Daughters of Charity, Concordia College Generates St. Louise de Marillac 1200…..3 • To Be or Not To Be: Taboos In Educational System is The Implementation Of LMS…7 an audacious Christ- • Campus Awareness VAWC ---8 • HED Utilizes LMS Platform In centered educational Transition For Prelim Exams…5 institution committed • Concordia Sponsored Webinar On Managing Your Mental to empowering Health Amidst Covid 19……4 communities of • Campus Awareness: VAWC…..4 • One Of A Kind…..9 learners into inner- • Literary Features Exhibit….10 directed Vincentian leaders who are advocates of persons living in poverty situations and of God’s Creation. Senior Concordians 1 Lady of Miraculous Medal Chapel. personnel and sisters were St. Vincent De Paul Attended by CC personnel and live practiced as they sanitized their Continues to Inspire thru YouTube streaming. hands, wore protective masks and Concordians in Acts of face shield and did social Charity Amidst Covid Rev. Fr. Rolando Limjoco distancing while giving food to the Jr., CM led the sacred homily as workers. 19 Pandemic he shared the importance of the By: Maria Isabel Gamil Gospel of God in helping and The people who were given St. Vincent de Paul Patron sharing with the poor people in the food were very thankful and Saint of all Charitable Works was which is the key of true blessed blessed for the graces, Concordia known for his Vincentian Mission happiness in life, even in this College shared. in helping and sharing with the Pandemic. poor people. Inspired Concordians Appreciation and priceless continue the mission by giving 250 Daughters of Charity smiles among the faces of the packed lunch to the Construction Sisters with some personnel led workers for the charitable mission Workers in Quirino, Manila last the charitable mission after the serves the successful mission of St. September 26, 2020 after the Holy Holy Mass, as they went to Vincent de Paul through his Mass celebration. Quirino Highway Manila giving Vincentian community today that 250 packed lunch to construction his advocate will continue in It was a blessed Saturday workers. The safety of the helping and sharing with the for Concordians in celebrating the involved people who are in need even in Feast of St. Vincent de Paul in the this Covid 19 Pandemic. Senior Concordians 2 Live Stream Holy Spirit last September 04, 2020 at 08:00 important message and to quote, Mass of Concordia AM. with Reverend Father “The Lord is reminding us that College Generates 1200 Rolando Limjoco, CM. as the trusting is not only sacrificing or mass presider. giving people of something with Plus Online Viewers someone dahil kung minsan it has Personal presence of the also become getting rid of By: Maria Isabel Gamil members of the Concordia College someone especially who are in community was limited in number Mass of the Holy Spirit need. Jesus wants us to be due to adherence to protocols set twining with First Friday Mass via involved in the charity and be part forth by IATF. online streaming in our Lady of of his life through helping the Miraculous Medal Chapel According to students and needy as well.” generated 1200+ CC attendees teachers, it has been customary for Despite this pandemic, both from the students, lay catholic schools to open and Concordia College will never stop partners, parents and alumni. welcome the School Year with the praising the Lord and its mission mass of the Holy Spirit, invoking It was the first time for to become advocates of St. the presence of the Holy Spirit for Concordians to have the Vincent and St. Louise de Marillac guidance and protection of all Eucharistic Celebration under the in helping the poor by extending it educational institutions. New Normal, as Covid 19 to the four corners of our home. pandemic ceases to stricken our Even if it's a new norm of The 1200 online viewers privilege of social gatherings praising the Lord, the program didn't let their faith be unfelt as especially going to churches for started with solemnity, peace and they sent warm and heartily everyone’s safety. But Concordia presence that heartily felt as the messages to the comment box of College as a Catholic Institution hymn was played in the online the online streaming video. continues to profess its Catholic streaming. identity through the celebration of the Holy Mass. The said Fr. Rolando Limjoco Eucharistic celebration was held delivered his homily with his Senior Concordians 3 CONCORDIA Internal Business Adviser and from the attendees. She shared SPONSORED WEBINAR Deputy Executive Director of In about the stigma brought by the ON MANAGING YOUR Touch Community Services, Inc. pandemic to mental health MENTAL HEALTH and a part-time faculty at De La problems. She mentioned some AMIDST THE COVID-19 Salle University, Counseling and ways to control our emotions and PANDEMIC Educational Psychology handle them more appropriately. By: Maria Isabel Prindiana Department. She also shared some good pieces of advice about the types of worry After the introduction, Dr. and what type of worry we should Saldivar shared the true meaning The Concordia College as a worry about. Dr. Saldivar of Mental Health for the doctors learning institution held a webinar mentioned some techniques or since people have different entitled “Managing Your Mental strategies to lessen stress and to perspectives towards the topic. Dr. Health Amidst the Pandemic” last prevent thinking too much. Saldivar said that the Mental November 19, 2020 via Google Health is a state of well-being in Indeed, the seminar is very meet and YouTube streaming. The which the individual has the helpful in this times when School invited Dr. Ma. Cristina complete control over her or his everyone can’t help but worry as Esquivel – Saldivar and she talked life. Mental Health is really to where the pandemic will bring about how we can handle and important since it shows what kind us to. Truly God sends people who strengthen our mental health of a person an individual is. She can inspire and bring some especially right now that we are also said that COVID – 19 enlightenment. currently in the middle of Pandemic is taking a huge toll in pandemic. our lives in a way that we are The topic was shortly limited to do the things that we are introduced by Mrs. Rizza Feeney, used to do. The pandemic limits us whom also led the prayer for the from interacting with our friends afternoon. She also welcomed the and family, and also it becomes IBED Principal, Ms. Nereann one of the reasons for the decrease Tuano for the Opening Remarks. of employment rate in our country Ms. Tuano later on welcomed the Dr. Saldivar also shared Guest Speaker, Dr. Ma. Cristina information that drew attention Esquivel – Saldivar, the currently Senior Concordians 4 HED UTILIZES LMS PLATFORM IN The Concordia connectivity, availability of TRANSITION FOR College’s Learning time and some information, PRELIM EXAMS Management System makes how to access the LMS. In the online learning of the line with this, the Student by: Jade Santillan Concordians more effective Portal was filled with and efficient especially in question about the schedule The Learning this times of the pandemic. of exam and where the Management System (LMS) Last month of September, students will see their is also known as Vincentian the Higher Education account to be able to access Collaborative Learning Department held its the LMS. Environment (ViCLE) of Preliminary Exam where the The students were not Concordia College is college students took the only ones who struggled designed by Mr. Norman examination online. in accessing the learning Picorro, the school’s system. The teachers also techinician and IT together However, it is not had the hard time designing, with Mr. Alex Gutierrez, the perfect the first time. The converting and uploading School’s IT Director. The students encountered some the exams in the system. LMS was maintained in struggles regarding the order to provide the needs of exams in terms of The school the school community. administration continues to upgrade and develops the Learning Management System by adding some features to it so that the students will have an easier access to the System. Senior Concordians 5 STRENGHTENING SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS AGAINST DANGEROUS DRUGS AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT Concordia College held a webinar called “Strengthening Schools and Community Collaborations against Dangerous Drugs and Sexual Harassment” on December 5, 2020, via google meet and YouTube Streaming. The school invited Police Lieutenant Amie M. Centro – Tiu, Phd, JD as a guest speaker to share some information about the Dangerous Drugs and Sexual Harassment. It was started with a prayer by Ms. Ma. Victoria Diolola. After the prayer, the Master of the Ceremonies, Mr. Buendia welcomed Mr. Alexander Pablo for his Opening Remarks to introduce the topic. Mr. Buendia introduce the afternoon’s Guest Speaker, PLT. Amie Centro-Tiu, PhD Crim, Jd, the current Chief of Station of investigation and detective branch police station 10 in Pandacan, Manila. Police Lieutenant Tiu is also a review director and lecturer, she’s a professor at PPSC, a PNTI Leadership Awardee and a Forensic Chemistry Specialist.