UST Pax Romana Central Coordinating Council

02/05/2026

𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫—𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙏 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙡𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚!
�Come in for comedy and serve yourself a night of pure laughs with SPIT Manila, at our Fundraising Event 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦, 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐰𝐚: 𝐀 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚! 🎭✨

Don’t miss the chaos, wit, and unforgettable improv moments—this is one game you’ll actually want front row seats to 😉

📍 𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦
📅 𝐌𝐚𝐲 9, 2026 @ 5:30 𝐏.𝐌.
🎟️ https://linktr.ee/spitmanila

02/05/2026

✨ 7 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗻𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘀!… 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗸𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘆𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴! ✨

Tick-tock, papalapit na ang araw na puno ng saya, tulong, at tawanan! 🎭💛Magsama-sama tayo hindi lang para magsaya, kundi para magbigay pag-asa at pagmamahal sa kapwa at 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦, 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐰𝐚: 𝐀 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚!

Mark your calendars and get ready—because this is more than just an event… it’s a celebration of hearts coming together. 💫🤍

📍 𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦
📅 𝐌𝐚𝐲 9, 2026 @ 5:30 𝐏.𝐌.
🎟️ https://linktr.ee/spitmanila

30/04/2026

𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 😉

We are a few weeks away from our 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 fundraising event to date! Get ready for laughter and tears as we stand with children who deserve a shot in this world. 🌈👧

Join us in 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦, 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐰𝐚: 𝐀 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚! 🌠

All proceeds will go directly to our bright and 𝗝𝗢𝗬ful children in Bahay Aruga—a halfway house for children with cancer located in Paco, Manila. 🏠

📍 𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦
📅 𝐌𝐚𝐲 9, 2026 @ 5:30 𝐏.𝐌.

𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐌 is open to both Thomasians and Non-Thomasians! So secure your tickets-and this new core memory— at https://www.ticketmelon.com/PaxRomanaUST/SPITatUST

Online and Card Payments, as well as donations, are accepted through the ticketing platform. Your generosity through 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 is highly appreciated. ❤️‍🩹

Thank you for helping us make a difference. 🌈

See you there! 💛

29/04/2026

25/04/2026

Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist. Tradition mentions that John Mark was an apostle of Peter and through his various sermons, the compilation then would eventually become the Gospel of Mark.

Mark's Gospel shows a unique audience. By preaching to the Romans, he introduced Christ beyond the Jews and towards the Gentiles of Rome. In a time of intense persecution, he showed Christ as the suffering servant and the Son of God beyond the multitude of pagan gods.

In the Gospel today, we are called to bear witness like Mark. In the middle of persecution and suffering, we are still called to bear the truth of the Gospel. To share in the suffering of Christ and be with him in glory. Just as Nero did not kill the Christians of Rome, the world today cannot kill the Christians of today.

𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔!

22/04/2026

At the top of a hill in Pangasinan at the Diocese of Lingayen Dagupan one sees a majestic Church and adorned at the High Altar is no other than Our Lady of Manaoag. Bedazzled in many jewels from devotees near and far, Our Lady sits as not only a watcher but a protectress of the whole of Manaoag.

For it because of Our Lady that Manaoag has gotten its name. It was a farmer who was heading back home was the first who saw this apparition of the Blessed Mother holding a rosary in her right and the Child Jesus at her left calling the farmer that she wanted a Church built in her honor on where they were standing.

Manaoag stems from the prefix, "ma" which means "to" and the root word "taoag" which means "to call." This is why Our Lady can also be called The Virgin who Calls.

As we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Rosary today, let us be reminded of Our Lady who calls, that she calls each and every one of us to be part of her Son's family. That when Our Lady calls, we listen.

Viva Birhen ng Manaoag! Ipanalangin mo kami!

03/04/2026

"𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅?
𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅?
𝑶𝒉, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆.
𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅?"

Today is Good Friday, it is Good because from the cross hung the salvation of the world. Yes, the Church mourns but it is through that mourning that we also rejoice for the heavy sacrifice that Christ had paid for us. Through his death, we are reunited again with God. The veil is torn, God is available to all.

02/04/2026

In these three days we celebrate one continuous Mass. Three days to commemorate and remember Jesus' Passion, Death, and Resurrection.

What happens in these three days? This is what we will answer. Join us in celebrating the Paschal Triduum!

29/03/2026

🌿 𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐒𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐊 𝐍𝐈 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐃! 🌿

Today marks the most momentous event in all of Christendom for it is today that the Church honors Christ's Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem and partake in the greatest act of love: his passion, death, and resurrection; it is where the mysteries of salvation are accomplished and fulfilled.

Holy Week starts with Palm Sunday. It is in this that we commemorate Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, where the people welcomed Him with palm branches and praised Him as king. This joyful event, however, also marks the beginning of Jesus' Passion and suffering. It shows the contrast between human praise and the true meaning of discipleship.

This Sunday reminds us that following Christ requires faithfulness, even during times of suffering. Palm Sunday invites us to reflect on our commitment to Jesus and encourages us to remain loyal to Him, not only in moments of joy but also in moments of sacrifice and hardship. In Philippine streets, palm processions weave faith into community life.

Waving blessed palms through daily trials becomes a quiet promise of endurance, turning fleeting cheers into lasting fidelity that mirrors Christ's journey to the Cross.

Pope Benedict XVI writes: "Just as the Lord entered the Holy City that day on a donkey, so too the Church saw him coming again and again in the humble form of bread and wine. The Church greets the Lord in the Holy Eucharist as the one who is coming now, the one who has entered into her midst. At the same time, she greets him as the one who continues to come, the one who leads us towards his coming." It is in this hope that as we begin the season of Holy Week, may we allow ourselves to see Christ in the Eucharist. It is not only in the blessing of the palms or the singing of the Pasyon, or the enactment of the senakulo that one finds the presence of Christ but it is through receiving and welcoming him in the Eucharist. May this season be one of reflection, one of repentance, and one of revelation. While this week may seem great for staying at home or going at beaches, may we remember the spirit of this season as something sacred and somber. For it is in this season the Church remembers, the Church mourns, and the Church rejoices.

Board by: Kenji Raizen S. So
Caption by: Aiverson Hans Gaffud & Gabriel Estioco

21/03/2026

Still searching for the path God has prepared just for you? 👣✨ What if… He’s already calling you to something greater? 🔥
𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗿. 🛣️�Let Him lead you. Let Him surprise you. ☝️🧭

💥 Come and experience something more. Join us at the 𝙑𝙊𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙅𝘼𝙈𝘽𝙊𝙍𝙀𝙀 & 𝙁𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙑𝘼𝙇 𝙊𝙁 𝙋𝙍𝘼𝙄𝙎𝙀 2026 📍 UST Plaza Mayor | Wednesday, March 25, 2026

🙌 Meet 39 religious congregations & communities
⏰ Booths open from 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM

🎯 What’s happening?
✝️ 3:45 PM – Eucharistic Celebration (Presider: Rev. Fr. Randy de Jesus, Executive Secretary of the CBCP–Episcopal Commission on Vocations)

🎤 5:00 PM – VocJam Program:
Dialogues and life-witnessing on religious vocation, married life, and priestly vocation

🎶 7:00 PM – Festival of Praise with UST Youth For Christ Worship Team

🕯️ 7:45 PM – Lumina Pandit

🔥 This is more than an event. This is your moment to listen, to discern, and to say YES.

13/03/2026

During this season of preparation, reflection and repentance—it’s a time to find the right path and open our hearts to God.

From March 4 to 6, Thomasians gathered for the University-wide Retreat entitled: 𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐁 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐚, 𝐏𝐚𝐠-𝐚𝐬𝐚, 𝐏𝐚𝐠-𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐠, a time to reflect deeply on faith, hope, and love. In prayer, reflection, and shared silence, we were reminded that faith is not only felt in moments of comfort but chosen most in times of uncertainty and challenges, when love asks us to persevere beyond our own struggles. Keeping the Alab ng Puso alive means offering our hearts and our everyday efforts back to God, letting faith guide us, hope strengthens us, and love sustains us.

“𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭” (Romans 5:5) echoed through these moments, reminding us that God is always present—ready to walk with us through every challenge, ready to lead us in light. In these days of encounter and renewal, UST Pax Romana Central Coordinating Council, Thomasian Volunteers, and other Religious Organizations journeyed with fellow Thomasians as part of a community willing to be present, willing to help one another grow in faith, hope, and love. In the seen and unseen, the flame of hope continues to ignite, showing us that even the smallest gestures of love and service can make a lasting impact and difference.

𝐈𝐧 𝐨𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐬 — in all things, love! Let this be the light that guides us, reminding us that every act, decisions and choices, can be offered in love and hope.

Photos by: Jiselle Apdian, Kenji So
Caption by: Aubrey de Roma

04/03/2026

As we prepare for ALAB 2026: Pananampalataya, Pag-asa, Pag-ibig, let us unite our hearts in prayer 🙏