2020 Get Togethers with Maryknoll Classmates

 

 

It’s only Feb­ru­ary, but I’ve had  the chance of see­ing some class­mates from Mary­knoll Col­lege  class of 1968.

l‑r: Cecil­ia Brainard, Bing Jacala, Tina Heit­er, Maria Ciocon

Recent­ly some oth­er Mary­knoll class­mates and their hus­bands had lunch at my home in San­ta Mon­i­ca.  I have not seen these friends for some time and it was won­der­ful to get caught up with them.  We talked about movies, pol­i­tics, health, and remem­bered teach­ers and pranks we played when we were in college.

l‑r: Cecil­ia Brainard, Ching­gay Utzur­rum (stand­ing), Chona Bernad, Mari­bel Paraz (stand­ing), Ter­ry Manguerra

In Cebu, I met Mari­bel Paraz with some Cebuano friends. Mari­bel has relo­cat­ed from Mani­la to Cebu and I’m delight­ed that she has befriend­ed my dear friends there.  I have been see­ing Mari­bel when­ev­er I vis­it Cebu. She ardent­ly attends my lit­er­ary events there (and also in Mani­la) when she can, and not just as a favor but because she tru­ly enjoys them.

She is plan­ning on attend­ing a writ­ing work­shop that I’ll be con­duct­ing at the Rizal Library in July.  Stay tuned for more infor­ma­tion about that work­shop AND sub­se­quent pub­lic per­for­mance of par­tic­i­pants’ writing.

tags: friend­ship, school­mates, col­lege friends, ladies night out, Mary­knoll, Cebu