We join our Muslim brothers and sisters as they celebrate Eid-al-Fitr - the the end of the sacred month of Ramadan. May Allah bring you joy, happiness, peace, prosperity and good health. Eid Mubarak!

SFAC and SAS is one with you in honoring all the hardworking and selfless moms. Truly, a mother's unconditional love brings light and happiness to each home. We wish all moms a Happy Mother's Day! Mother’s Day in the Philippines used to be celebrated on the first Monday of December. On this day, school children placed pink cadena de amor, others say carnations, on their chests. Schoolchildren who no longer have mothers placed white cadena de amor on their chests. Appropriate programs were held all over the country in honor of mothers and husbands gave gifts to their wives. What a wonderful way of honoring the wonderful people who gave birth to the children of the world! It was said that in 1921, the Ilocos Norte Federation of Women’s Clubs appealed to then American Governor-General Charles Yeater to declare the first Monday of December as Mother’s Day to honor these fabulous women who brought forth God’s children into this world. Governor-General Yeater responded with the issuance of Circular No. 33 designating the first Monday of every December as Mother’s Day. The then Bureau of Education was designated as the agency in charge of the national celebration. When the Philippine Commonwealth Government was proclaimed, President Manuel L. Quezon also issued a presidential proclamation declaring the first Monday of December as Mother’s Day. Then President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Proclamation No. 2037 in 1980, declaring the first Monday of December as Mother’s Day. During the term of President Corazon Aquino, however […] she issued Proclamation No. 266 declaring the first Sunday of May as Mother’s Day, thereby changing the Filipino tradition of Mother’s Day. […] What the article forgot to mention is that this tradition was revived by President Joseph Ejercito Estrada through Proclamation No. 58, s. 1998. He amended Proclamation No. 266, s. 1988, changing the Mother’s Day and Father’s Day celebration from the second Sunday of May and third Sunday of June, respectively, to the first Monday of December. [1] Source: [1] http://malacanang.gov.ph/74663-the-first-monday-of-december-is-mothers-day-and-fathers-day/

JUST IN | The Department of Education (DepEd) announces the opening of classes for School Year 2020-2021 on August 24, 2020 Watch the interview of DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones here: https://www.facebook.com/LagingHandaPHL/videos/2736200809943782/

SFAC prepares for the New Normal | The administrators and faculty members of Saint Francis of Assisi College and Saint Anthony School conducted a digital conference on May 04, 2020 to finalize the Franciscan Adaptive Learning Program (FALP). FALP is a project under the SFAC’s Basic Education Council and Academic Council in preparation for the New Normal education. Since the month of March, the administration has been regularly conducting digital conferences and consultations regarding possible adaptations on the educational delivery amidst Covid-19 pandemic. The Technical Working Committee, composed of more than 40 members, has started conducting an intensive at-home workshops for the needed curricular modifications and instructional preparations. In this challenging time, the SFAC management continues to work on and explore available options in order to deliver quality and responsive Franciscan education.

Today, May 01, 2020, we are celebrating the Labor Day. It is a public holiday which seeks to honor all the workers across the country. The first May 1st celebration was held in 1903, under the Union Obrero Democratica de Filipinas (UODF). Thousands of workers marched from Plaza Moriones in Tondo to Malacanang Palace, then the seat of the governor general of the Philippines, to demand complete independence. On April 8, 1908, the Philippine Assembly passed a bill making the first day of May as a national holiday. On May 1, 1974, former president Ferdinand E. Marcos, signed Presidential Decree No. 442 known as the Labor Code of the Philippines. The decree emphasized that the employer and the employee are on the same workbench, with different functions, but united by their common purpose of efficient production to meet the needs of their fellow citizens.[1] Coincidentally, May 1, is the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker (San Jose Obrero). Venerated as the patron saint of the Universal Church, fathers, the dying, and workers, the feast highlights how St. Joseph, as a skilled carpenter, taught Jesus not only basic carpentry skills, but also appreciation and awareness of the dignity of labor.[2] The whole Franciscan community honors all our workers. Mabuhay ang mga manggagawang Pilipino! References: [1] https://www.philstar.com/business/2020/04/29/2010439/significance-labor-day [2] http://tiny.cc/stjoseph-feast

Today, May 01, 2020, we are celebrating the Labor Day. It is a public holiday which seeks to honor all the workers across the country. The first May 1st celebration was held in 1903, under the Union Obrero Democratica de Filipinas (UODF). Thousands of workers marched from Plaza Moriones in Tondo to Malacanang Palace, then the seat of the governor general of the Philippines, to demand complete independence. On April 8, 1908, the Philippine Assembly passed a bill making the first day of May as a national holiday. On May 1, 1974, former president Ferdinand E. Marcos, signed Presidential Decree No. 442 known as the Labor Code of the Philippines. The decree emphasized that the employer and the employee are on the same workbench, with different functions, but united by their common purpose of efficient production to meet the needs of their fellow citizens.[1] Coincidentally, May 1, is the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker (San Jose Obrero). Venerated as the patron saint of the Universal Church, fathers, the dying, and workers, the feast highlights how St. Joseph, as a skilled carpenter, taught Jesus not only basic carpentry skills, but also appreciation and awareness of the dignity of labor.[2] The whole Franciscan community honors all our workers. Mabuhay ang mga manggagawang Pilipino! References: [1] https://www.philstar.com/business/2020/04/29/2010439/significance-labor-day [2] http://tiny.cc/stjoseph-feast