People come and go…

The blissful days we have been sharing with special people will always come to an end. And this end will come on the time we least expect it to. No one really knows when. And this write-up is meant for the bunch of people who, in one way or the other, has touched our lives and has occupied a certain space in our hearts. This one goes out for our brothers, the Venerators…

For four successive years they survived the uncanny atmosphere of the seminary. They managed to answer the series of questions in the comprehensive oral exams, to prepare for their theses and oral defense, and to surpass countless sleepless nights.

And now the time has come – the time that they all had been waiting for – the time to graduate from their four years of seminary formation. No more pressures, stress and worries.

If you think a bonfire is always accompanied with corn and marshmallows on sticks or thumping feet of a throng to the beat of drums... you are wrong. A bonfire is also an occasion for people to talk and share their experiences in life and evaluate them. This happened on the eve of March 14, 2011; a pre-celebration of the birthday of the Father Rector Lauro V. Larlar, OAR as he entered his senior years.

The cold air of the night was changed to a warm gathering as the woods were lit and balls of fire spread around the area. The bonfire served as a way for the seminarians of Casiciaco Recoletos to talk and evaluate some of the areas in formation that need to be improved. Aside from that, the seminarians, by year level, showed values that ought to be emulated by everyone in a form of a comical skit. It was a way of addressing serious parts in formation but given in a form of a joke. That’s what they say... jokes are half meant. They may be delivered in a form of a joke but the matters they portray were necessary that needed utmost attention. The air was filled with laughter as the different batches showed their wit.