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The Agnesian Benedicite! Welcome to the official page of The Agnesian, the 78 year old High School Publication of St. Agnes Academy, Legazpi City.

๐ˆ๐ ๐๐‡๐Ž๐“๐Ž๐’ |๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐…๐š๐ข๐ญ๐กGrades 1, 5, 7, and 11 Agnesian students attended the Sponsorship Mass, highlighting their sha...
23/09/2025

๐ˆ๐ ๐๐‡๐Ž๐“๐Ž๐’ |

๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐…๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก

Grades 1, 5, 7, and 11 Agnesian students attended the Sponsorship Mass, highlighting their shared spiritual growth, presided by Rev. Fr. Lyndon Balubar on September 21, 2025, at St. Gregory the Great Cathedral.

Photos by Karl Magno and Sofia Mesias

๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐‘๐Ž๐€๐ƒ๐’ ๐‹๐„๐€๐ƒ ๐“๐Ž ๐‹๐„๐†๐€๐™๐๐ˆ ๐๐˜๐‹๐Ž๐. At the soul of Legazpi City, awakened hearts beat strongly for a nation that refuses to...
21/09/2025

๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐‘๐Ž๐€๐ƒ๐’ ๐‹๐„๐€๐ƒ ๐“๐Ž ๐‹๐„๐†๐€๐™๐๐ˆ ๐๐˜๐‹๐Ž๐. At the soul of Legazpi City, awakened hearts beat strongly for a nation that refuses to be silenced.

Albayanos from all sectors of the community, united under the Trillion Peso March, walked as one toward the Battle of Legazpi Pylonโ€“a historic site that honors the Legazpeรฑosโ€™ fight for freedom and breathes the spirit of resistance in todayโ€™s battle.

Via Mark Mostoles, Jared Blanquisco, and Carlene Manalo
Photos by Angel Azucena, Ryen Celadiรฑa, Carlene Manalo, Sofia Mesias, Karl Magno, and Ellajah Quintano

๐Ž๐‘๐€ ๐„๐“ ๐‹๐€๐๐€๐. Agnesian students, teachers, and non-teaching personnel brave the streets leading to the Battle of Legazpi...
21/09/2025

๐Ž๐‘๐€ ๐„๐“ ๐‹๐€๐๐€๐. Agnesian students, teachers, and non-teaching personnel brave the streets leading to the Battle of Legazpi Monument as they cry the chant: โ€œbayan, simbahan, ngayon ay lumalaban.โ€

According to Ms. Kris Alcantara, Social Involvement Program Coordinator of St. Agnes Academy, Inc., Agnesians are called to embody the Benedictine teachings beyond the four corners of their classrooms.

โ€œSocial transformationโ€”expressed through civic engagement, love of country, and responsible citizenship- are the virtues we hope every Agnesian will uphold and champion. We are compelled to live out what we profess,โ€ Alcantara said.

via Mark Mostoles and Jared Blanquisco
Photos by Angel Azucena, Ryen Celadiรฑa, Carlene Manalo, Sofia Mesias, Karl Magno, and Ellajah Quintano

21/09/2025

๐Ž๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐…๐ˆ๐„๐‹๐ƒ |

Civil society organizations together with church and youth groups fill the streets of Legazpi City with fiery chants and banners demanding an end to corruption and hold involved officials accountable.

The movement is in solidarity with the Trillion Peso March held nationwide to call for transparency, justice, and the prosecution of those responsible for plundered public funds.

Via Iliana Toralba, Angel Azucena, and Karl Tapia

On this special day, we give thanks to God for the gift of your vocation and your unwavering โ€œyesโ€ to His call. Through ...
21/09/2025

On this special day, we give thanks to God for the gift of your vocation and your unwavering โ€œyesโ€ to His call. Through your gentle words, and compassionate deeds, you continue to inspire us to live with deeper faith, hope, and love.

Thank you for being a guiding light, a prayerful intercessor, and a witness of Christโ€™s love in our community. May the Lord continue to bless you with good health, peace, and joy as you walk faithfully in His mission.

Once again, a Blessed Feast Day to our Principal-Directress, ๐’๐ซ. ๐Œ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง!

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ "๐ƒ๐ž๐ค๐š๐๐š '๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ": ๐€๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐“๐จ๐จ-๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐›๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐กWith the prevalence of condescending bribes of transparency, in...
21/09/2025

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ "๐ƒ๐ž๐ค๐š๐๐š '๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ": ๐€๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐“๐จ๐จ-๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐›๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ก

With the prevalence of condescending bribes
of transparency, injustices, and multifaceted webs of foul political schemes, the imprints of Marcos Sr.โ€™s dictatorship persist as an inherited labyrinth of loops in Marcos Jr.โ€™s reign. The paternal communion of hollowed rhetorics, misallocated funds, blind justice, absence of delicadeza, and entrenched cronyism from both terms has yet again stalked and ensnared Filipinos into the spirals of a rebirthed โ€˜Dekada โ€˜70.โ€™

Promising โ€œgreener pasturesโ€ of the country beneath masked figures, the political Minotaurs of todayโ€™s labyrinthโ€”Marcos Jr. includedโ€”gnaw, trample, and devour the nationโ€™s roots, fattening their extreme gluttony for power while the mass is left to thrive in hunger.

With the commemoration of the declaration of Martial Law, the common Juan will remain hemmed in its twists until he learns to tie and unravel the thread from his all-too-familiar vertex, for only then can he escape the Golden Bull and his Calfโ€™s kleptocracy, which relentlessly stifle him back into the same labyrinth of illusions, where every return is mistaken for escape.

๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ก๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข
๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ

๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งPeople ...
19/09/2025

๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

People branded as resilient risks being resilenced โ€“ fed into the constant cycle of being mummed by systemic greed and injustice. The Agnesian Publication firmly stands with the Filipino people who refuse to be praised with the empty badge of resilience, but to be a breed whose survival means active resistance against the corrupt forces that dare plunder its nation.

In the past three years alone, โ‚ฑ1.2 trillion has been poured into flood control projects nationwide โ€” money meant to safeguard lives and protect communities. In the Bicol Region, 866 projects were funded with a staggering โ‚ฑ49.61 billion in contract costs. Yet year after year, floods still ravage homes, displace families, and claim lives.

For the past two decades, across four presidential terms, the same powerful contractors have controlled the largest public works projects, turning vital infrastructure into a lucrative monopoly. Recent investigations expose how some government officials demand 30% kickbacks from these contracts, bleeding public funds dry before a single drop of cement is poured. Worse, reports reveal a trail of โ€˜ghostโ€™ projects, substandard structures, and overpriced contracts across the country โ€” monuments not of protection, but of plunder. Each unfinished wall, each collapsing d**e, each vanished peso represents lives put at risk and a nation betrayed.

This is false stewardship โ€” a hollow claim of duty where no harvest is seen, where projects meant to safeguard lives turn into empty blueprints, and where โ€œprogressโ€ becomes a tool to fatten the powerful while exposing the powerless to danger. This is not mere mismanagement but a desecration of Godโ€™s mandate to care for creation and His people. Every peso plundered rips bread from the mouths of the hungry, every phantom project strips a roof from the homeless, and every careless approval becomes a death warrant when the next storm arrives.

As St. Agnes Academy, Inc. celebrates the Season of Creation this month of Stewardship, it calls the Agnesian community to embody St. Benedictโ€™s teaching of Ora et Labora โ€” to let prayer ignite action and work become a force for justice. This teaching moves us beyond passive faith, urging us to rise against greed, corruption, and neglect, which poison creation and endanger lives. The Agnesian Publication echoes this enduring call to demand leaders who remain faithful to their duty as stewards of the nation and to their people.

Alongside church and civil society leaders at the frontlines, we support the Church Leaders Council for National Transformationโ€™s Trillion Peso March on September 21โ€“and every effort to confront injustice and demand accountability for the P1.2 trillion unlawfully pocketed funds of the people over the past three years.

We call on every Albayano to join the movement on September 21, starting 9:00 AM with a Holy Mass at the Redemptorist Chapel in Gogon, Legazpi City, followed by a Solidarity and Peace Walk to Kalayaan Park until 1:00 PM.

As a testament to true discipleship this Diocesan Year of Stewardship, we bear witness to a faith felt in streets that cry for justice. As we bear the cross of a wounded nation, we persist beneath its weight โ€“ walking with civil society and the universal Church to actively denounce corruption as both a grave sin against God and mankind.

๐ˆ๐ ๐๐‡๐Ž๐“๐Ž๐’ |๐—”๐—š๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜ ๐—ซ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆToday, September 18, 2025, St. Agnes Academy, Inc. warmly welcomed 51 students fr...
18/09/2025

๐ˆ๐ ๐๐‡๐Ž๐“๐Ž๐’ |

๐—”๐—š๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜ ๐—ซ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ

Today, September 18, 2025, St. Agnes Academy, Inc. warmly welcomed 51 students from Xavier School during the opening program of their interschool interaction activity at the High School AVR.

As a part of the Xplore Bicol Experience of Xavier School, this initiative aims to foster cultural exchange and collaborative learning among the participants.

The program, which first began in 2017, was resumed last year after the pandemic, and continues to strengthen bonds between partner institutions.

Photos by Angel Azucena

๐ˆ๐ ๐๐‡๐Ž๐“๐Ž๐’ |On September 11, 2025, St. Agnes Academy, Inc. held its quarterly earthquake drill to promote disaster prepar...
13/09/2025

๐ˆ๐ ๐๐‡๐Ž๐“๐Ž๐’ |

On September 11, 2025, St. Agnes Academy, Inc. held its quarterly earthquake drill to promote disaster preparedness and strengthen safety practices within the Agnesian community. The activity sought to heighten awareness and train students, teachers, and staff with the appropriate responses to follow in the event of a real earthquake.

Photos by: Angel Azucena, Ryen Celadiรฑa, Sofia Mesias, Jya Macasinag, Liam Esquivel, Karl Magno, and Justin Tru Dela Peรฑa

๐ˆ๐ ๐๐‡๐Ž๐“๐Ž๐’ |On September 8, the High School Unit gathered in their respective classrooms for a solemn prayer service in c...
11/09/2025

๐ˆ๐ ๐๐‡๐Ž๐“๐Ž๐’ |

On September 8, the High School Unit gathered in their respective classrooms for a solemn prayer service in celebration of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, led by Grade 12 โ€“ St. Justin.

The dayโ€™s program was also highlighted by the re-launch of the English Areaโ€™s DEAR and DEAL Time, as well as the recognition of Agnesians who proudly represented the school during the 1st Ibalong Festival 2025 Regional Open Taekwondo Championship, led by the ISPD Coordinator, Mr. Herson Lotivio.

Photos by Angel Azucena

๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ โ›ˆ๏ธThe publications proudly commend the campus journalists who rose above the tides and emerged ...
08/09/2025

๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ โ›ˆ๏ธ

The publications proudly commend the campus journalists who rose above the tides and emerged victorious in their respective events. May you always stand for truth in the midst of an unknown tomorrow.

Continue to show that real resiliency comes from commitment and passion to your craft, while being a beacon of hope amidst darkness. ๐ŸŒ…

Until the next Jourknowโ€”๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ. ๐ŸŒŠ

Caption by Raph Palencia
Pubmat by Je Ann Herman

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