Baccalaureate Mass 2023 Archives

Jun12023 by No Comments

To Start a Journey, You Must First Leave Home

Literary

by ABIGAIL M. ADRIATICO I WAS never one to be too engrossed in large celebrations. This sentiment stretches even to my own birthday as I do not particularly like the grandiosity it entails. However, as if it was a comical twist of fate, my 22nd birthday fell upon the same date as the Baccalaureate Mass this year. At first, I did not think too much about it. I thought that it was just going to be a simple mass with a prompt ceremony just as it was when we were in our first year. To my surprise, it was not. Right when I headed towards the holding room to await the proceedings, there was something present in the air. I found it in the strangers I passed by, wearing their type A uniforms along with the distinctive props their respective programs had prepared. Regardless of which coll...

May312023 by No Comments

Processions by the boulevard

Literary, Liyab

by MARIA ALTHEA V. JAVIER SOMEBODY ASKED me if I could sign their uniform as we half-listened to the Father’s sermons. It was a rather lighthearted request, but a compromised nod was all I could give. As candles lit up the field I once cursed the sun out loud in, I knew there was a sudden shift in the air. One by one, we took center stage as the quiet witnesses of the establishment sang through the night. As the solemn gathering commenced, we sought the baroque posts and everything else beyond it. Amid what seemed like the longest walk of my life, I cheered briefly, the loud streams of joy keeping me occupied. In a swift motion, I swerved quickly as I completed a passage of joy and dread, and looked back towards the lane where lovers once loomed. With the stars se...

May312023 by No Comments

UST Rector to Batch 2023: Be prolific, fulfill your duties

News

UST RECTOR Rev. Fr. Richard Ang, O.P. called on graduating students of batch 2023 to be productive and to embody Thomasian values as they pursue their professions. "You are designed to function in a unique and distinctive way, so fulfill your destiny, be creative, be prolific in your chosen profession, and try to make a dent in the universe," Ang said on Tuesday, May 30, during the 2023 Baccalaureate Mass. He urged Thomasians to “maximize” their skills and talents and invest in their character to be successful. “Character empowers people, I want you to grow and to be productive and invest in your character. If you do that it will give you a large yield in the future,” the rector said. This year’s Baccalaureate Mass sent off 9,473 seniors of them from the Faculty of Arts and Letters. ...

May252023 by No Comments

Dos and don’ts for the onsite Baccalaureate Mass 2023

News

by ZOE AIRABELLE AGUINALDO THE UNIVERSITY will send off the graduating batch at its UST grandstand and open field for the Baccalaureate Mass on May 30. According to the Office of the Secretary-General (OSG), the event will be divided into the pre-event activities, the Eucharistic celebration proper, and the post-mass program. The Flame prepared a list of reminders for graduating Thomasians so they can make the most out of the event while remaining safe and compliant with the University's regulations. Dos: Wear the proper attire The type A uniform of faculties and colleges should be worn by the graduating students during the Baccalaureate Mass. Administrators encourage the graduating students to perform the tradition of writing messages on uniforms after the mass, S...