Bayanihan

The origin of the term bayanihan can be traced from a common tradition in Philippine towns where community members volunteer to help a family move to a new place by volunteering to transport the house to a specific location. The process involves literally carrying the house to its new location. This is done by putting bamboo poles forming a strong frame to lift the stilts from the ground and carrying the whole house with the men positioned at the ends of each pole.

In society, bayanihan has been adopted as a term to refer to teamwork, one of the first groups to use the term is a world acclaimed dance group (Bayanihan Dance Company) which travels different countries to perform the various traditional folk dances of the country with the objective of promoting Philippine culture.

In the spirit of Bayanihan we call on all our brothers and sisters to get involved in our next two major fund raising projects for the church: the FASO concert and the Filipino Food Booth on our forthcoming summer church festival. Details will be announced later.

Birthday celebrants:
Ramona Abad, Abigail Agarao, Miles Baranda, Nancy Benares, Melanie Butawan, Precy Dulla, Joel Eggleston, Flora Manalo, Leticia Morales, Norma Navarro, Emmi Neri, Remy Orpiano, Rose Panes, Ami Salas, Cynthia Tady
Marga Tolentino, Ma.Luisa Webb

Wedding anniversaries:
Jimmy and Chakie De Guzman