Employees, students and guests of Cor Jesu College attended a blessing ceremony of the newly erected four- and five- storey Fr. Andre Coindre buildings located at the main campus during a blessing rite presided by Bishop Guillermo Afable, the Bishop of Digos, September 30, 2013.
The blessing rite started at 8:30 in the morning. This event also marked the beginning of the celebration of CJC’s 54th Founding Anniversary with the theme “Here we are!” According to Br. Ellakim P. Sosmeña, S.C., the School President, “the blessing was a way to underscore the mission of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart which is to propagate faith through Catholic Christian education.” He further stressed that “the structure is very symbolic for it has been part of the direction of the school to give new face of Cor Jesu College after fifty long years of quality Catholic Christian education.” The school celebrated its golden jubilee in 2009.
The invited guests were those personalities coming from the religious congregations (such as the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, Religious of the Virgin Mary, Presentation of Mary, etc.), government agencies, private institutions, CJC’s Parents-Teachers Educational Assembly (PTEA) officers, and alumni.
After the rite, the official cutting of ribbon was done by the Davao del Sur Provincial Governor Claude Bautista assisted by Br. Noelvic Deloria, S.C., the Delegate Superior of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart and Br. Ellakim Sosmeña, S.C., the President of Cor Jesu College.
It is hoped that the new building structures would provide a more conducive place for students and employees.
