Casa Miani "Augusta e Piera" in Sorsogon City - The Venue of 2009 Casa Miani Foundation Seminar

Rodel and Ricky of Casa Miani Sorsogon

Yesterday, I visited Casa Miani to greet our Somascan Religious who are in Sorsogon for the Seminar. Of course I also wanted to see our lay collaborators joining in the same seminar. They are the members of Foster Parents Association, Social Workers, Secretaries, Catechists, Teachers in our Schools and even cooks and helper in the house. I will show you their faces in the next post.

The Beautiful Image of St. Jerome surrounded by joyful kids carved on volcanic rocks. There is the inscription declaring St. Jerome Emiliani's sublime love of the needy youth and the orphans: "I want to live and die with them." He did live and die with them.

The goal of the seminar is to help the religious and all those who are working or helping in our institutions to be properly equipped in helping, teaching and understanding the children.

Before focusing on the persons I want to show you first the venue of the event which is no other than the Casa Miani "Augusta and Piera" in Sorsogon City, my home for 6 years of service with the Orphans.

The other side of the work in stone

The Casa Miani - Sorsogon Chapel The Main Altar of the Chapel

Manang Nemia, our cook with the laundrywoman and Mang Paquing our maintenance man

The tool for weight measurement of children

These are simple things made by the boys during their summer activities. They are usually sold to people as souviners or gifts items

Another set of gift items

Finger rosaries The Office of the Rector Fr. Javier San Jose, CRS

Brochures about Casa Miani and the Life of St. Jerome Emiliani and the Somascan Missions are on hand near the office of the Social Worker

The two rooms previously serving as study rooms for boys have been transformed as refectory. It is better and more practical because this area is closer to the Kitchen.

The window separating the refectory from the Kitchen. There is a door connecting both further at the left side.

Another portion of the Refectory

The pathways of the Casa Miani, this time filled with seminar participants waiting for the start of the talks

The previous refectory is now the classrooms and for the occasion it has been transformed into Session Hall

Poster inviting people to visit Casa Miani Sorsogon

Bulletin Board filled with pictures of boys in various activities including the pictures of those who have graduated in High School and in College

Another set of pictures in the Bulletin showing the boys outing and the religious assigned with them

The Third Set of Pictures

The Poster showing the different branches of Casa Miani in the Philippines

The Banner for the Seminar

These two boys are having their OJT in the institution. They are Ruben and Joshua, both students of Bicol University