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Christ in Crisis: Photo story about Yuletide Season despite the Global Health Crisis

PHOTO STORY The documentation were presented on this site: : Click here As the documentation was presented, this will show the importance on CHRISTMAS SEASON.  Happiness may drive you to uncertain consequences after the series of event but these memories shows that the moment you've spent for happiness and joy will give you an adverse skill which is your SMILE. Learn to smile sometimes. Forget all the worries that are stuck in your mind. Deliver your smile to someone and pass it through everyone else. It's just once, but you may encounter it many times. Despite the global health crisis and challenges we've been through, we must learn how to SMILE. Some quotes for you: "Mankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas."-  Pope John XXIII "God goes to those who have time to hear him—and so on this cloudless night he went to simple shepherds." - Max Lucado "God never gives someone a gift they are not capa

Christ in Crisis: The Past Yuletide Filipino Practices and The Present Yuletide Practices

  Readings in Philippine History The Past Yuletide Filipino Practices and The Present Yuletide Practices The past is same as of now but not completely. The past usually have a more interesting and more collaborative neighboring Christmas seasons. Sharing foods and gifts, loud and naughty uncozy drunkards, the laughter and seasonal feast, and most specially the mass. The present were full of time spending at home. Most of the family members spent time on social media, also, virtual mass and class were secluded. The present is nostalgic yet magical. The lost of its culture and beliefs were children and parents got so often get together were they began caroling, some were often giving foods sharing it by door to door, and free walk during midnight seeing fireworks glittering in the sky. And that was lost at the moment. How often we could foresee the present when the new season has already started. People are wearing mask, the mass was on virtual presentation, the seniors and minors were a

Proclamation of Philippine Independence

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 September 30, 2020       During the  Spanish-American War , Filipino rebels led by Emilio Aguinaldo proclaim the independence of the Philippines after 300 years of Spanish rule. By mid-August, Filipino rebels and U.S. troops had ousted the Spanish, but Aguinaldo’s hopes for independence were dashed when the United States formally annexed the Philippines as part of its peace treaty with Spain.      The Philippines, a large island archipelago situated off Southeast Asia, was colonized by the Spanish in the latter part of the 16th century. Opposition to Spanish rule began among Filipino priests, who resented Spanish domination of the Roman Catholic churches in the islands. In the late 19th century, Filipino intellectuals and the middle class began calling for independence. In 1892, the Katipunan, a secret revolutionary society, was formed in Manila, the Philippine capital on the island of Luzon. Membership grew dramatically, and in August 1896 the Spanish uncovered the Katipunan’s plans

The KKK's Kartilya ng Katipunan

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 September 30, 2020  The Katipunan is born Andres Bonifacio  was also a member of  La Liga Filipina , although he soon  lost hope  in gaining reforms though peaceful means. This feeling was especially heightened when Jose Rizal was exiled to Dapitan. Bonifacio became convinced that the only way the  Philippines  could gain independence was through a revolution. Bonifacio then founded the “ Katastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipuanan ng mga Anak ng Bayan ” (KKK) on July 7, 1892 in a house on Azcarraga street (now Claro M. Recto), in Tondo Manila. The Katipunan had colorful beginnings. As a symbol of the member’s loyalty, they performed the solemn rite of  sanduguan  (blood compact), wherein each one signed his name with his own blood.. The members agreed to recruit more people using the “triangle system” of enlistment. Each original member would recruit tow new members who were not related to each other. Each new member would do the same thing, and so on down the line. Members were also a

Magellan's First Voyage around the World by Antonio Pigafetta

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 September 30, 2020 Ferdinand Magellan’s Early Years      Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480–1521) was born in Sabrosa, Portugal , to a family of minor Portuguese nobility. At age 12 Ferdinand Magellan ( Fernão de Magalhães  in Portuguese and  Fernando de Magallanes  in Spanish ) and his brother Diogo traveled to Lisbon to serve as pages at Queen Leonora’s court. While at the court Magellan was exposed to stories of the great Portuguese and Spanish rivalry for  sea exploration  and dominance over the spice trade in the East Indies, especially the Spice Islands, or Moluccas, in modern Indonesia. Intrigued by the promise of fame and riches, Magellan developed an interest in maritime discovery in those early years.      In 1505 , Magellan and his brother were assigned to a Portuguese fleet headed for India . Over the next seven years, Magellan participated in several expeditions in India and Africa and was wounded in several battles. In 1513 he joined the enormous 500-ship , 15,000-soldier for