SPU Manila INTER-OFFICE BULLETIN

Vol. XIV No. 8 15 September 2020

A WORLD IN CRISIS: COVID-19: PART TWENTY-SEVEN

And so, the pandemic goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on

and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and

on and on And so, Metro Manila has been retained on General Community Quarantine until

30 September. And the numbers keep increasing and increasing and increasing and

increasing and increasing and increasing and increasing and increasing and increasing and

increasing and increasing and increasing and increasing and increasing and increasing and

increasing and increasing and increasing and increasing and increasing and increasing and

increasing and increasing:

COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Last updated: September 7, 2020 Last updated: September 15, 2020

Coronavirus Cases: Coronavirus Cases:

27,476,367 29,437,591

Deaths: Deaths:

896,364 932,654

Recovered: Recovered:

19,566,142 21,273,304

The top five countries most affected by the coronavirus are:

September 7, 2020-September 15, 2020

Confirmed Cases Deaths Recovered

USA 6,485,302-6,749,289 193,511-199,000 3,756,248-4,067,801

India 4,277,584-4,926,914 72,816-80,808 3,321,420-3,856,246 Brazil 4,147,794- 4,349,544 127,001-132,117 3,355,564-3,613,184 Russia 1,030,690-1,068,320 17,871-18,635 843,277-878,700

Peru 689,977-733,860 29,838-30,812 515,039-573,364

It will be noted that India has overtaken Brazil and is now in second place.

In the Philippines, these are the figures:

September 7, 2000-September 15,2020

Confirmed Cases Deaths Recovered

238,727-265,888 3,890-4,630 184,906-207,504

SPU MANILA OBSERVES CHRISTIAN FORMATION WEEK

In line with the Philippine Catholic Church’s observance of the Year of Ecumenism and

Interreligious Dialogue and Indigenous Peoples and as we face the COVID 19 Pandemic as

one, we are celebrating the SPU Manila Christian Formation Week 2020 on September 14 to

18 with the theme: CONNECTEDNESS: Stronger Together in God, Our Hope!

September 14: CF Week Opening Mass and Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Launching of the Christian Formation FB Page

Launching of the week-long CONNECTEDNESS Exhibit

(showcasing the exemplary works of our students in their Rel. Ed. Classes)

September 18: CF Week Closing Mass

SHARE A MEAL PROJECT OF CDC

Part of the Christian Formation Week activities

was the Share-a-Meal Project of the Community

Development Center.

Here's a salute to our front liners in PGH!

EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS

O Holy Cross of Jerusalem!

Beautiful wood on which my Lord died, to

give me eternal light and free me from the

contrary one, before You I humble myself

and reverently implore my Lord Jesus

Christ, for the sufferings that over you He

received in His Most Holy Passion, that you

grant me the spiritual and corporal goods

that may profit my soul.

Elevated before the world you are a

luminous lantern that gathers around you

the Christian faithful to intone songs of glory

to Christ the King, the God-Man who, being

the owner of all that was created, allowed Himself to be crucified on you for the redemption

of the human race.

Over you an astounding mystery for the redemption of the entire World was performed which,

since then, frees the Christian from original guilt and allows him to be called son of the Eternal

God and aspire for Celestial Glory.

BUWAN NG WIKA CELEBRATED

Katutubong diyalekto, frontliners, tampok sa Buwan ng Wika 2020

Logan Zapanta

From The Paulinian

Idinaos ang taunang pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wika na may temang “Wika ng

Kasaysayan, Kasaysayan ng Wika,” sa isang virtual event sa Facebook page ng St. Paul

University Manila Supreme Student Council (SPU Manila-SSC), Setyembre 11.

Tampok sa selebrasyon ang paggamit ng iba’t ibang diyalekto ng bansa at ang

kahalagahan nito sa pagsugpo sa pandemiya.

“Wika ang tulay sa paghatid ng kamalayan sa sangkatauhan upang ang COVID-19 ay

mapigilan.” diin ni Gng. Eva Navarro sa kaniyang pambungad na bati.

Namuno sa panimulang panalangin ang piling mag-aaral mula Kolehiyo ng Musika at

Pagtatanghal, kasama ang mga pangulo ng mga ekstra-kurikular na organisasyon na siya

namang nanguna sa Pambansang Awit at Panatang Makabayan.

“Nawa, ang taong ito, bagamat punong-puno ito ng pagsubok, ay maging panahon

upang mas lalo nating mapaigting ang ating samahan bilang isang komunidad ng Paulinians,”

pahayag ni Gng. Elmgay Valeriano, Tagapangasiwa ng Student Welfare and Development

Office at SSC Moderator, sa kanyang pambungad na pagbati.

Gamit ang isang tula at video presentation, inilarawan ng Kolehiyo ng Pangangalakal

at Pamamahala ang krisis na nagaganap sa iba’t ibang aspekto ng komersiyo dulot ng COVID-

19. Sa isang awitin naman ipinamalas ng Kolehiyo ng Musika at Pagtatanghal ang kanilang

pagkilala sa ambag ng sining sa panahon ng pandemiya.

Samantala, idinaan sa maikling pag-arte ng Kolehiyo ng Agham, Sining, at Edukasyon

ang kahirapang dinaranas ng kapwa mag-aaral at guro sa ilalim ng distance learning.

Tinampok namang muli ang medical frontliners sa video message ng Kolehiyo ng Narsing na

nagbibigay-pugay sa mga nars, doktor, at iba pang manggagawang humaharap sa panganib

ng COVID-19.

Nagtanghal din ang mga miyembro ng Paulinian Dance Troupe, Tanghalang St. Paul,

at si John Teodosio ng Kolehiyo ng Sining, Agham, at Edukasyon.

“Nawa, patuloy tayong maging aktibo sa pagbibigay pag-asa at inspirasyon sa ating

kapwa mag-aaral,” mensahe ni Supreme Student Council (SSC) President Abcydee Gonzales

sa kaniyang pasasalamat.

Nagwakas ang programa sa panalangin ni Angelina De Vera ng Paulinian Liturgical

Animators.

CONDOLENCES

The Paulinian Family condoles with the family of Maritoni Ayesa (HS 1957).