O. P. Archives - The Flame

by AUBREY SHANE LIM THE UNIVERSITY’S research chief urged Thomasians to hone their gifts and talents, likening them to a treasure that would be lost if not taken care of. UST Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation Rev. Fr. Jannel N. Abogado, O.P. compared learning to childbirth, saying failure to cultivate one’s talents is similar to the experience of loss after a miscarriage. “If the baby is not delivered at all, there is the experience of loss. Similarly, if you do not cultivate your gifts and talents with the opportunities that you have, then it is likely that you will not be able to give birth to them,” Abogado said during his homily during the Homecoming Walk of sophomores and juniors on Tuesday, August 23. “We need to make an effort to cultivate and improve [one’s ...

By NILLICENT BAUTISTA A UNIVERSITY official called on Thomasians to be careful of those who spread ‘fake’ treasure and happiness and to stand by the truth that leads to God. In his homily for the second mass of the Homecoming Walk on Tuesday, August 23, Vice-Rector for Religious Affairs Rev. Fr. Pablo T. Tiong, O. P. urged juniors and sophomores not to be "misled by the world." “Let us be careful of those who attract attention to this and that. Saying that, that is the way of happiness. That’s the treasure, this is the treasure,” Tiong said during the mass, which was held at the UST Quadricentennial Pavillion. “Let us not be misled by the world. This world preaches about fake treasure. This gives happiness, fake happiness,” he added. Tiong told Thomasians to stick to the...

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Thomasians told to hone their gifts and talents, participate in campus activities

Thomasians warned against ‘fake’ happiness