\u201cPillarican education is a\nlifelong journey towards total human transformation through integral\nevangelization in order that everyone becomes a pillar of peace, justice, love\nof humanity with preferential option for the p[or and deep concern for the\nenvironment\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more than 60 years, this has\nbeen the philosophy of the Pillarican community and for more than seven years,\nour school president, Exuperio V. Flores, Jr. Ph. D., continuously transforms\nour humble catholic institution into something worth emulating for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And his efforts and great\nachievements earned him a spot in the Catholic Educational Associations of the\nPhilippines (CEAP) after being elected as the First Regional Trustee. <\/em>Together with the other officers, he took\noath on August 30, 2018 as officiated by Fr. Carlito Sarte at Our Lady of the\nPillar Parish Pastoral Center, Cauayan City. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI feel honored and humbled to\nbe elected. First, because most if not all, the presidents and the directors of\nthe CEAP schools in the region are priests and religious. They elected a lay\nperson for such a position and this is truly a very humbling experience.\nSecondly, OLPC is a relatively small school as compared to the Catholic\nUniversities in Region 02 comprising of the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan,\nIsabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino. And on the national level, it is only\nRegion 02 that a trustee is a Layman.\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nCatholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP)<\/strong> is the national association of Catholic\nEducational Institutions in the Philippines founded in 1941<\/strong>. It now has more\nthan 1,484<\/strong> member-schools\nand more than 120 <\/strong>superintendents\nof Catholic Schools. It is a voluntary organization which operates through\nregional educational associations located in the 17<\/strong> regions of the\ncountry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It represents the interests of Catholic educational\ninstitutions in national and international fora; fosters unity of action with\nother organizations in educational matters; and assists members, particularly\nthose in mission areas to achieve common and specific aims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is commissioned to advance and promote the\nteaching function of the Catholic Church. It contributes towards the attainment\nof the objective \u201cthe total development of the human person,\u201d<\/em> through\na Catholic orientation in accordance with the norms of the Church, consistent\nwith national development goals as expressed in the Philippine Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Pillarican community\nrejoiced with this great sweet blessing of being headed by Sir Junn (as he is\nfondly called), a man who had proved himself not just in the hearts of his\nsubordinates but also in the hearts of the CEAP members. He will serve for one\nterm and that is three school years (from 2018-2021). Although one re-election\nis allowed under the CEAP Region 02 by-laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After being elected, he\nimmediately proved his innate act of kindness and leadership to the victims of\nthe typhoon Ompong after visiting the Lyceum of Appari, Cagayan. He also went to Naguilian together with Fr.\nAdalbert Barut to monitor the damage caused by the typhoon Rosita. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt present, we are taking off\nfrom where the previous Regional Council under Fr. Neil Sta Ana, now president\nof the University of S. Louis-Tuguegarao (USLT) have left. There is an existing\nstrategic plan and I continue to implement it as I am part of the plan being\nthe Vice Trustee then. These are all programs of the CEAP which comprises programs\nof the National Basic Education (NBEC), the National Higher Education\nCommission (NHEC), the advocacy commission that works for the interests of\ncatholic education as a whole, the JEEPGY Pillar Programs, cultures and sports\nand others. We hope to unite and make all the CEAP schools in the region more\ncohesive and collaborative so we can advance better the cause of Catholic\nEducation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said that being in catholic education,\nour Mission and Vision as a catholic school speak of what we want our school to\nbe, our students, teachers and also the parents of our students. That should be\nour guiding principle that must be cascaded in all our activities and even in\nour lessons in the classroom; to transform our students to become a truly transformed\nindividual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This humble man offers his\nachievement firstly, to God, his best example of a servant-leader, and to his\nPillarican family, his pillar of strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo all Pillaricans, I share\nwith you the joy and honor of being elected as a CEAP Region 02 Trustee. This\nis an added work with no financial renumeration. It is pure and simple service\nto lead Catholic Education in Region 02. The fact that our school is now\nrecognized and acknowledged as a premiere college in Region 02 and in the\nnational level is already an achievement itself. But there is more to it\nbecause it gives us an advantage to position our school on the level with other\ncatholic schools nationwide. Your support would be very vital in every CEAP\nactivity that would bring us more benefits and active participation in the\nlocal and national level\u201d, he shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are looking forward to bigger\ndoors of great opportunities that will open for our school president. Knowing that\nserving other people is the best way of being a leader, we know that he will be\ngreat in fulfilling his duties as a regional trustee of the CEAP Region 02.\n\nOur beloved school\u2019s father is now a servant-leader to wider scopes and\nwith this good news, we are proud to be headed by the first elected layman\nregional trustee, our very own school president, Exuperio V. Flores, Jr. Ph.D.\nCongratulations and we are very proud of you!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cPillarican education is a lifelong journey towards total human transformation through integral evangelization in order that everyone becomes a pillar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[173],"tags":[354,356,355],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/olpcc.edu.ph\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Installation.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olpcc.edu.ph\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olpcc.edu.ph\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olpcc.edu.ph\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olpcc.edu.ph\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olpcc.edu.ph\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6598"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/olpcc.edu.ph\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6601,"href":"https:\/\/olpcc.edu.ph\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6598\/revisions\/6601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olpcc.edu.ph\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olpcc.edu.ph\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olpcc.edu.ph\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olpcc.edu.ph\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}