“The Spirit is Alive in Our Hearts!”
OCT 1st FEAST DAY OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX, THE “LUZ” RED ROSE FROM THE LITTLE FLOWER OF JESUS WITH NOSTALGIC POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
As alumna and guests entered the Gala Ballroom, they were greeted with Luz’s long-stemmed red roses for all ladies in commemoration of the Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower of Jesus. Prayer answered with the surprise red rose!
With “Pomp and Circumstance” playing in the background, this video shows graduate headshots of different high school and college batches, most of which were submitted by attendees of the CHSNAF Grand Reunion Gala held in Toronto on October 1, 2022.
It also includes group shots of the different batches. This video surprised and welcomed guests as they entered the Imperial Ballroom of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
In our grad year, listening to “Pomp and Circumstance” is like entering a soothing sanctuary. Within a single musical line, Edward Elgar, the composer, seems to “blend emotions of triumph with feelings of melancholy, capturing the bittersweet sense of excitement for the future “fused with sorrow of leaving the present and the past to venture to the future, which is now our yesterday and today."
“We were deliberate then in our steps by stepping forward with the right foot and bringing the left foot to the side of the right foot, then stepping forward with the left foot and bringing the right foot to the side of the left foot. We continued in perfect precision as we found our way to our seats, eager and ready for the future. For the moment, however, it seemed an effort to contain our overwhelming enthusiasm.”
We tried to recreate that grad feeling the night of Oct 1st, 2022. We thank all alumna who attended our event. As a token of our appreciation, we created a surprise presentation made with soaring Spirits and boundless love - with many, many hours and weeks of toil, sweat, edits, research and repeat. — Beng Espinosa Lorayes HS69 and Marilou Capistrano Parcero HS73, Toronto, Canada
Credits: Marvin Gobuyan - Video Editor, Paul Espinosa - Graphics
CHS North America Foundation, Inc.