Kabankalan Catholic College – Comprehensive Study Notes

Historical Development of Kabankalan Catholic College (KCC)

• $1927$ – Founding year
  • Group of incorporators established a secondary school named Kabankalan Institute.
  • Significance: Responded to regional need for Catholic secondary education.
• Name changes & early milestones
  • Kabankalan Private Academy (later name of the institute).
  • First commencement exercises: $1940$.
• Impact of World War II ($1941$–$1946$)
  • Classes suspended; reflects vulnerability of educational institutions during conflict.
• Short-lived Junior Normal College
  • Board of Trustees obtained permit post-war; closed after only a few years owing to poor enrolment.
  • Significance: Demonstrates early ambition to expand into teacher education and the enrollment realities of rural areas.
• $1953$ – Entry of the Columban Fathers
  • Fr. Thomas J. Cronin negotiated purchase of Kabankalan Academy.
  • Many stockholders donated shares in exchange for scholarship privileges ⇒ illustrates community support.
  • First administrative decision: Transfer campus to a lot near the parish church, emphasizing Church–school synergy.
• Columban directorship pattern
  • Directorship linked to parish-priest assignments; position rotated regularly – highlights missionary governance style.
• Expansion under Fr. Cronin
  • School year $1963$–$1964$: Opening of a General College and an Elementary School.
  • $1965$: Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres joined management; their experience turned KCC into principal learning hub in southern Negros Occidental.
• Land donation
  • Zayco family donated $1$ hectare for College Department – example of lay philanthropy.
• Administrative transitions
  • $1983$: St. Paul Sisters ended service; Diocesan priests took over.
  • Msgr. Josefino I. Iledan became President, assisted by Presentation Sisters.
• Great fire of $14\,March\,1987$ (town’s $50^{th}$ Foundation Day)
  • Destroyed High School building, parish convent, old church.
  • Immediate reconstruction; high school temporarily moved to College campus.
• New infrastructure after fire
  • Three-story HS building on lot adjoining College.
  • St. Columban Arts Center (socio-cultural venue) + concrete Annex housing: ground-floor canteen & textbook center; upper-floor college library.
• Diocesan creation & leadership waves
  • $1988$: Diocese of Kabankalan erected; Bishop Vicente M. Navarra first ordinary.
  • Same year: brief service of Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
  • $1996$: Carmelite Sisters of Our Lady invited to assist Msgr. Rogelio B. Cruz (President).
  • $2003$: Bishop Patricio A. Buzon, SDB installed; $2005$ became Board Chair & School President.
  • Established KCC-Technological Center in Barangay Talubangi ($2009$).
  • $2011$: Rev. Fr. Radny T. Bayog, PhD appointed President.
  • $28\,May\,2018$: Bishop Louie P. Galbines, SThD ordained; appointed Rev. Fr. Eugene D. Lucerna II, PhD, Rpsy, RGC as President (start $2019$–$2020$ SY).

Leadership & Governance Timeline (Quick Scan)

• Presidents/Chairs chronologically
  • Fr. Thomas J. Cronin (Columban) – founding purchase period.
  • Msgr. Josefino I. Iledan (Diocesan) – $1983$ onward.
  • Msgr. Rogelio B. Cruz – $1996$ (with Carmelites).
  • Most Rev. Patricio A. Buzon, SDB – $2005$–$2009$ (dual Bishop & President).
  • Rev. Fr. Radny T. Bayog, PhD – $2011$–$2018$.
  • Rev. Fr. Eugene D. Lucerna II, PhD – $2019$–present.

Institutional Identity

Vision

• KCC is “an educative and evangelizing community” fostering values of love, life, justice, care for creation, acting as agent of societal transformation.

Mission

• Provides quality education & holistic formation to youth of the Diocese.
• Preferential option for the poor in a Christ-centered environment cultivating academic excellence & continuous learning.

Ten Core Values ("KCCian")

1. Love – flowering of faith; passionate affection for God, neighbor, country.
2. Integrity – balanced holistic growth; maturity amid life’s challenges.
3. Faith/Prayer – adherence to Catholic doctrine; devotion to Most Blessed Trinity.
4. Excellence & Competence – intellectual diligence; mastering academic/technical demands.
5. Cleanliness – external order & environmental care reflecting inner purity & self-respect.
6. Industry – spontaneous, filial cooperation; completion of tasks “in the best way possible.”
7. Honesty – rejection of cheating, lying, stealing, bullying; courage to stand for truth.
8. Respect – courtesy toward authority & elders; recognition of inherent dignity.
9. Humility – showing gifts without pretension; uplifting others.
10. Preferential Option for the Poor – spontaneous generosity to those in need, echoing Church social teaching.

Current Administrative Structure (circa $2021$–$2022$)

• School President: Rev. Fr. Eugene D. Lucerna II, PhD, Rpsy, RGC.
• Vice-President for Academic Affairs: Dr. Imelda M. Gatoc, LPT.
• Vice-President for Student Ministry: Roxanne Arian-Cabarubias, LPT, MAEd.
• Vice-President for Administration & Finance: Jocelyn E. Ynchausty, CPA, MBA, JD (recent Juris Doctor graduate).
• High School Principal: Joe Ann V. Jonota, LPT, MAEd.
• Assistant HS Principal: Paul Melchar C. Paglumotan, LPT, MAEd.
• Guidance Counselors: Sir Clen Trinidad, Ms. Sheryl Tomo, Sir Max Frederick Oyos, Ms. Macy Pabalinas.
• Medical & Dental Team
  • Physicians: Dr. Ester F. Belleza (College/Elementary), Dr. Aurora G. Gayatao (High School).
  • Dentist: Dr. Lorely M. Lirazan.
  • Nurses: April Grace E. Barroa, RN (HS); Kris Ciedel M. Caguales, RN, LPT (College/Elementary).
• Maintenance Personnel: Roberto Jamilo Gigabine, Tothsie Gelasan Polvora, Perfecto Jr. Porol Libierto, Garry Rizardo Labawan, Romeo B. Amita, Francisco Jr. Sisa Talaban – custodial & campus upkeep.

Spiritual Life & Basic Catholic Prayers

• Definition of Prayer: “Elevation of the soul to God”; tool versus evil; means of thanksgiving, praise, surrender.
• Jesus teaches persistence in prayer ("pray continually and never lose heart").
• Modalities: liturgical, ritual, communal, personal; hymns, creeds, spontaneous utterances.

Core Prayers (Verbatim Texts)

• Our Father (Lord’s Prayer).
• Hail Mary.
• Glory Be.
• Hail, Holy Queen.
• Prayer to the Guardian Angel.
• KCC Community Prayer (multi-stanza plea for living out vision, mission & evangelization).

Order of the Mass & People’s Responses

Introductory Rite

• Priest: “The Lord be with you.”
• People: “And with your spirit.”

Penitential Rite (“Confiteor”)

• Full formula acknowledging personal & communal sin; triple “through my fault…”; invocation of Blessed Mary, angels, saints.

Kyrie Eleison

• Alternating “Lord, have mercy / Christ, have mercy”.

Liturgy of the Word

• After readings: “The Word of the Lord” → “Thanks be to God.”
• Gospel dialogue: “Glory to you, O Lord” ↔ “Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.”

Preparation of Gifts

• Priest invites prayer for acceptable sacrifice; people respond formulaically.

Eucharistic Prayer Dialogue

• “Lift up your hearts … It is right and just.”

Communion Rite

• “Lamb of God…” (3× invocation).
• Invitation to Communion: response of unworthiness (“but only say the word…”).

Concluding Rite

• Final blessing (Trinitarian sign) & dismissal; people respond “Thanks be to God.”

The Holy Rosary

• Structure: Apostles’ Creed → Our Father → three Hail Marys → Glory Be → Mysteries (five decades) → Hail Holy Queen → closing prayers → Sign of the Cross.
• Each decade: announce mystery → Our Father → 10 Hail Marys → Glory Be → Fatima Prayer.
• Meditative dimension: focus on mystery themes while vocal prayers provide rhythm.

Mysteries & Weekly Cycle

1. Joyful (Monday, Saturday)
2. Sorrowful (Tuesday, Friday)
3. Glorious (Wednesday, Sunday)
4. Luminous (Thursday)

Joyful Mysteries (key Scripture events)

1. Annunciation (Lk $1:26$–$38$) – Mary’s fiat.
2. Visitation (Lk $1:39$–$56$) – Magnificat.
3. Nativity (Lk $2:1$–$20$) – Incarnation.
4. Presentation (Lk $2:21$–$39$) – Simeon & prophecy.
5. Finding in the Temple (Lk $2:41$–$52$) – Jesus’ divine mission awareness.

Sorrowful Mysteries

1. Agony in Gethsemane (Mk $14:32$–$42$).
2. Scourging at the Pillar (Jn $18:38$–$19:1$).
3. Crowning with Thorns (Mk $15:16$–$20$).
4. Carrying of the Cross (Lk $23:20$–$32$).
5. Crucifixion (Mt $27:33$–$54$).

Glorious Mysteries

1. Resurrection (1 Cor $15:3$–$8$).
2. Ascension (Acts $1:1$–$11$).
3. Descent of the Holy Spirit (Acts $2:1$–$42$).
4. Assumption (Rev $11:19$–$12:1$ – theological tradition).
5. Coronation of Mary (Rev $12:1$–$5$).

Luminous Mysteries (Mysteries of Light)

1. Baptism in the Jordan (Mt $3:13$–$17$).
2. Wedding at Cana (Jn $2:1$–$11$).
3. Proclamation of the Kingdom (Mt $4:17$; $5:3$–$12$).
4. Transfiguration (Mt $17:1$–$8$).
5. Institution of the Eucharist (Mt $26:26$–$28$; Jn $6:47$–$58$).

Pedagogical & Ethical Implications

• KCC’s history exemplifies Catholic social teaching: commitment to poor, resilience after disaster, collaboration between clergy, religious orders & laity.
• Emphasis on holistic education combines academics, moral virtues, and spiritual life.
• Core values map directly onto ethical leadership traits (honesty, humility, preferential option for the poor) needed in broader society.
• Integration of liturgy and prayer within school life underscores faith–reason synergy – a hallmark of Catholic education tradition.

Numerical/Statistical References Summary

• Founding year: $1927$; first graduation: $1940$.
• WWII closure: $1941$–$1946$.
• Columban acquisition: $1953$.
• General College opening: $1963$–$1964$.
• Fire: $14/03/1987$ (town $50^{th}$ anniversary).
• Diocese creation: $1988$.
• Key leadership appointments: $1996$, $2003$, $2005$, $2009$, $2011$, $2018$, $2019$.

Study Tips & Connections

• Create a timeline chart of major events for rapid recall.
• Link each core value to a real-life example experienced at school.
• Memorize Mass responses; practice with classmates for fluency.
• While praying Rosary, read corresponding Scripture passages to deepen meditation.
• Reflect on KCC’s reconstruction after $1987$ fire as a case study in organizational resilience.
• Compare KCC vision/mission to Ex Corde Ecclesiae (Pope John Paul II’s apostolic constitution on Catholic universities).