Fourth commemoration of Super Typhoon Yolanda – We Remember

Date: November 7, 2017 Author: admin

On this fourth commemoration of Super Typhoon Yolanda, WARAYNON INITIATIVE NETWORK (WIN) would like to pay homage to the thousands of named and unnamed men, women and children who perished in its fury, and honor & inspire the families they left behind.

It is amazing to see how faith, hope and love have made the human spirit rise from the rubble. Although, there has been a marked sense of normalcy, WIN is committed in the coming years to help and reach out to those in need.

In the words of Pope Francis during his homily at the Papal Mass in Tacloban, with the power that comes from Jesus’ love on the cross, let us move forward, always forward, and walk together as brothers and sisters in the Lord.

 

Waraynon Initiative Network is 4! Happy 4th; may the fourth be with us all!

Date: September 1, 2017 Author: admin

WIN’s Music Ministry Workshop: An Outreach Program

Date: August 3, 2017 Author: admin

A total of 107 participants gathered in Tacloban City for a 2-day Music Ministry Workshop last July 4 &5, 2017 aimed at recollecting dormant ideas, imparting new techniques in choral singing and accompanying, teaching choirs to become independent in application and execution of knowledge with the objective of making the Eucharistic Mass more meaningful.

WARAYNON INITIATIVE NETWORK (WIN) offered the free workshop to all the church choirs of the different dioceses of Leyte, Samar and Biliran.

The following is a listing of the parishes who participated: –

1. Our Lady of Fatima Parish (Tacloban City)
2. St. Michael the Archangel Parish (Javier, Leyte)
3. St. Anthony de Padua Parish (Tabon-tabon, Leyte)
4. Holy Trinity Parish (Alang-Alang, Leyte)
5. St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish (Libertad, Leyte)
6. St. Jude Thaddeus Parish (PHHC, Tacloban CIty)
7. Our Lord’s Transfiguration Parish (Palo, Leyte)
8. St. Francis Xavier Parish (Palompon, Leyte)
9. Immaculate Conception Parish (Burauen, Leyte)
10. Diocese of Borongan (Eastern Samar)
11. Sto. Nino Parish (Tacloban City)
12. St. Michael Archangel Parish (Tolosa, Leyte)
13. San Jose Parish (Tacloban City)
14. Our Lourdes Parish (V&G, Tacloban City)
15. Parish of Julita (Julita, Leyte)
16. Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish (Tacloban City)
17. Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Parish (Tacloban City)
18. St. Scholastica Choir (Tacloban City)
19. St. James Parish
(Caibiran, Leyte)
20. Diocese of Catarman(Catarman, Northern Samar)
21. Our Lady of Refuge Parish (Dulag, Leyte)

The workshop was designed and facilitated by WIN’s VP for Ensemble, Training and Development, Melvin Corpin.
The resource speaker was Nino Banares, a composer and a member of the Board of the Philippine Choir Directors Association (PCDA). Nino is a very good friend of Melvin and volunteered his services for the two-day workshop. He trained the Caibiran Parish choir (St. James Parish) on the eve of the workshop to fine tune the mass songs and anthem ( Melvin composed it) for the centennial celebration of the Caibiran parish on July 25,2017.

Fr. Raymund Mazo, chairperson of the Commission on Liturgical Music of the Palo Archdiocese was also on hand to facilitate the two-day workshop.

WIN would like to express its heartfelt gratitude to Fr. Mazo Raymund Ciprian Mazo for his support of this project and for presiding over a Eucharistic Mass before the start of each day of the 3-day medical mission held simultaneously during the mission’s last 2 days with the music ministry workshop.


?:Ludette Virtucio Ruiz, Melvin-Carla Corpin, and Lidu Saño.

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Medical Mission: July 3 to 5, 2017 Tacloban City

Date: July 30, 2017 Author: admin

Medical Mission from July 3 to 5
RTR Medical Foundation in conjuction with Tacloban City Hospital

 

Photos by Gerry Ruiz, Dulce and Peter Caludac, Carla and Melvin Corpin

 

 

 

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Kabilin Concert held July 1 and 2 at the RTRMF Gymnasium, Tacloban City

Date: July 17, 2017 Author: admin

The Waraynon Initiative Network’s (WIN) musical and cultural collaborative concert with local performance organizations, dubbed as the “Kabilin Concert,” held July 1 and 2 at the RTRMF Gymnasium.

The Waraynon Initiative Network (WIN) is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation organized in the State of California, US. It was formed to preserve and promote the national heritage of the Philippines as well as its Waraynon sub-culture, a distinct cultural identity of the islands of Leyte, Samar and Biliran.

Photos Taken by Gerry Ruiz

 

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