Preparations for the St. Ignatius Day

Left: The Three Mas­ters: Frs. Nemy Que, Mano­ling Fran­cisco, and Arnel Aquino.

Loy­ola House has been busy the past days with the prepa­ra­tion for the St. Ignatius Cel­e­bra­tions this sun­day at the Ate­neo High­school Cov­ered Courts. We are expect­ing about three thou­sand peo­ple to attend the event. This is “triply” (is there such a word?) spe­cial because it is the Jubilee Year of the First Com­pan­ions: St. Ignatius, St. Fran­cis Xavier and St. Peter Favre.

Fr. Mano­ling com­posed a haunt­ing melody enti­tled THE FIRST COMPANIONS which I think will become an instant hit among choirs. It is haunt­ing, sad and mysterious.We’re also prepar­ing for our own pre­sen­ta­tion that night. We’re going to sing Josh Groban’s You Raise Me Up while we show pho­tos of our Jubi­lar­i­ans this year (includ­ing Fr. Cy Unson who cel­e­brates 50 years in the Society).

You Raise Me Up
Josh Groban

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When trou­bles come and my heart bur­dened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on moun­tains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoul­ders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on moun­tains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoul­ders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on moun­tains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoul­ders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on moun­tains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoul­ders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.

You raise me up… To more than I can be.