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Surabaya
Corner
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 DO
YOU HAVE
Class?
- By Ramon
Martillano
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Before you answer the above question, please read on.
Last March 10, 2003, we were invited by the
Surabaya
International School to witness the induction of our daughter
Kristine Joy (Princess) and some of her schoolmates as new members
of the National Honors Society (NHS), a prestigious, internationally
recognized organization based in the USA.
In his inspirational talk, the school’s headmaster focused
on the following four qualifications required to be eligible as
member of the NHS:
1. Character – defined as “what you do when no one is
looking.”
2. Leadership – putting yourself on the line, saying, “OK
let’s do it and I will take responsibility.”
3. Scholarship – doing more than expected. Wanting to do well,
and making it happen by hard work and sacrifice.
4. Service – doing what is necessary for others.
He inserted the letter “A” in the middle to complete the
word CLASS. He used the word “Amplify” - defined as “to make it
larger or more powerful; to add to.”
After listening to his talk, I thought that all of the
above qualifications also apply to our Catholic faith.
We have to have good character. Our words, actions and
thoughts should be always pleasing to God even when no human is
looking because actually, God is always watching us, 24 hours a day.
We need to be good leaders not only in our Community but also in
the office and at home. Making unpopular but right decisions is a
quality of a good leader. Scholarship applied to our Catholic faith
means striving to know more about God (such as regularly reading
Scriptures and other Catholic books and magazines), so that this
knowledge could be shared with others. Service – going the extra
mile to help others. The aforementioned headmaster emphasized, “It
is putting others before yourself.” This is also quite true in our
Catholic faith. However, let us not do good and serve others but at
the same time commit sins believing that our sins will be offset by
our good deeds. Amplify – Armed with all these four qualifications,
let us “go throughout the whole world and preach (amplify) the
Gospel to all mankind.” (Mark
16:15)
Rephrasing
the title question, we ask ourselves -- What have we done to “add
to” our Catholic faith? What have we done to make our faith bigger
and more powerful, in terms of service to others, and exerting more
positive leadership such as helping our Community move ahead even
when it requires us to give up something we wanted to do? Now let
me ask you, do you have CLASS?
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B I T S A N D
P I E C E S ::
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 A few
weeks ago, some members of the Genesis Surabaya took a 2-hour
trip to Tumpang to visit the Mt. Carmel Monastery. It was a
very touching experience as we enjoyed the tranquility of the
place atop several beautiful, green mountains.
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We also
prayed the Rosary before the statue of Mama Mary located at
the slope of one of the mountains. After that, the group
proceeded to the house of Jun Erguiza -a Filipino living in
Malang - for our lunch. (Thanks Mang Jun!)
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 The
last stop was a visit to the Bakti Luhur Orphanage as we
shared a few precious moments with our less fortunate brothers
and sisters. The whole day trip was tiring but
definitely spiritually gratifying. Praise God
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LIKE IT IS!
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something wonderful and unique happened in your life lately? Did
God answer your prayer in a very unexpected way? Did you, like
Isaiah, meet God’s whisper?
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you felt His powerful hand working in your life recently?
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Everyday, people are experiencing God’s mighty Word in their
lives and it is a pity that very few know about it. Do you have
a story to tell? Some Good News to share?
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us (genesis@catholic.org)
or fax us (021-6627384), and tell us about it. That’s right! You
don’t have to be a great writer to do this. We can help you
write it – just tell us like it is!
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forget to write the subject: “Let Me Tell You A Story”
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