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The Notre Dame of Lagao Class 1954 of my Dad

Posted by bariles On March - 3 - 2008 - Visited 1347 times, 3 so far today



Graduation time is upon us once again. Time for our first HISTORY LESSON.

On June 21, 1948, four Marist Brothers from the United States arrived in the Philippines upon the invitation of Bishop Gerard Mongeau, OMI to work in the Diocese of Cotabato where the Oblates have their mission.

Headed by Bro. Maurus James Doherty, FMS, they took over the administration of the Notre Dame of Cotabato Boys’ Department (1948), followed by Notre Dame of Marbel (1950), and the Notre Dame of Lagao in 1952.

Here is a 55-year old picture of the 2nd batch of graduates of the Notre Dame of Lagao Boys Department (now known as Notre Dame of Dadiangas University) where my late father, Avelino belongs. He was the Philippine Military Training Commandant at that time. When he graduated in 1954, he was 22, one of the oldest since he had to work in their farms in Lagao and babysit for his younger sisters.

Where others went off to college, my Kapampangan dad opted to study Tailoring in Davao for two years and later on, established & owned the biggest tailoring shop in GenSan until he retired in the 80s. (But that story of course, merits its own post here.)

I hope you can see my dad here with the X mark.

You might be able to recognize your dads, your fathers, or your grandpa’s among them.

And oh, while you’re at it, would you or anybody happen to know the names of the MARIST BROTHERS here?

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8 Responses

  1. brVince Says:

    di lahat ng naka-sutana dyan ay mga Marist Brothers…

    kuy, di ako nakapag-online talaga for blogging today kaya wala munang blog… was searching articles para sa talk ni BigBro Willy kasi e… medyo na-busy, at isa pa, di pa nag-subside lagnat ko….

    Posted on March 3rd, 2008 at 8:41 PM

  2. sunshine Says:

    hi there.. grabe na keep mo yun pix na yun? diba ka batch sila ni papa also? i’m looking for papa, hahahaha but gosh oh my gosh ang liit di ko makita da.. hehehehehe

    Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 11:46 AM

  3. bariles Says:

    Bro Vince, i think may mga Passionists dyan. Ano kaya mga names nila? Am sure, nasa heaven na ang mga iyan.

    Sunshine, click on the LINK BELOW THE PHOTO for a bigger view. Your Papa is the boy to the right of the brother at the extreme right. Thanks for subscribing, by the way. Regards to Mike and the kids.

    Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 5:04 PM

  4. sunshine Says:

    hahaha. saw dad already. amazing ang dami nila 52? i’ll ask dad sino yun mga brothers da. he’ll be here next week. of course bka nga sa heaven na. ka chika na nga papa mo da.

    Posted on March 7th, 2008 at 11:02 AM

  5. sunshine Says:

    vel, dito sila daddy…. sabi nya yun katabi si Brother Damian, Father Dimers, Father Lian Ditcho, yun dalawa sorry short term memory call na… hahahahaha.. happy sya to see his class pix..
    chow….

    Posted on March 12th, 2008 at 7:35 PM

  6. orman Says:

    they were all so virginal… and my feelings almost borders to a scandal… nyahahaha! am sure happy si daddy ka-reunion na nya ang ibang all soul’s day sa picture…

    Posted on March 12th, 2008 at 11:10 PM

  7. cathlene joy tabago Says:

    WOW MGA ARTIST BAH>>>

    Posted on October 7th, 2008 at 8:49 AM

  8. zaida (ortiz) ko Says:

    can anybody of batch75 post some updates of our classmates?how i wish to hear from them.i missed the high school days of my life..anybody please???

    Posted on March 27th, 2009 at 4:35 AM

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