Month of Celebrations: October

October is a Rosary Month. It is National Statistics Month, World Teacher’s Month and Cooperative Month among others.

Rosary is a prayer rich in history. It started at a time when heresy was leading many people into errors. Our Lady gave prayer to St. Dominic as weapon effective against heresy and evil.

Rosary has four elements. These are 1. Contemplation – the series of mysteries of salvation, 2. The Lord’s Prayer, the basis of Christian prayer, 3. The Litany, like the succession of Hail Mary’s, and 4. The Doxology, Glory Be To The Father In Conformity with an orientation common to Christian piety.

October is the 24th National Statistics Month which theme is “Statistics that matter to every Filipino”. The LGU Aklan, and the Aklan Rivers System Development Council are jointly celebrating the Statistics Month. They had conducted two Statistical Research and Utilization Fora where four researches completed were presented and discussed.

October is also World Teacher’s Month which theme is “My Teacher, My Hero”.

The English Club of the Northwestern Visayan Colleges, Kalibo held a Teacher’s Day program in honor of the members of the faculty on Friday afternoon. October 4. Some 71 faculty members led by Dr. Reinalda I. Magdaluyo were proclaimed Teacher’s of the year.

Likewise, the 2013 Cooperative Month celebration is spearheaded by LGU Aklan, Provincial Cooperative Development Council of Aklan and Cooperative Development Authority.

According to Ms. Lilian R. Rey, the celebration is anchored on the theme: “Cooperative Paves The Way For Inclusive Growth”.

The month long celebration will cover orientation on the organization of cooperatives to LGU officials from 17 towns of Aklan, the conduct of Provincial Cooperative Whiz 2013 for students category and members category, seminar on Aklan Credit Surety Fund Strategic Planning, Cooperative Management and Governance, and Aklan CSF Business Forum/Planning/Workshop. /MP