UPSCA

Socio-Cultural Committee

The Socio-Cultural Committee provides opportunities and formation venues for members inclined in music, dance, theater, visual arts and other forms of art; proposes and

initiates socio-cultural activities for the members; coordinates all intra-and inter-organizational special events such as sports and recreational activities; organizes socio-cultural workshops for the members; promotes UPSCA through socio-cultural activities; and, is accountable for the acquisition and maintenance of musical instruments, theater equipment, costumes, art materials, play bank and music bank, and other facilities related to the promotion of socio-cultural activities.

Friday Activity for Yolanda Victims

Papuri 2014

Student Catholic Action Relations Bureau

Himig Jamming and Reunion

The Student Catholic Action Relations Bureau maintains good and harmonious relations with the different UPSCA units as well as other college and high school SCA’s; coordinates with the SCA-AM; is responsible for alumni relations; maintains and updates a data bank containing information on the alumni; coordinates with the continued involvement of the alumni in UPSCA; and, provides venues for interaction with the different UPSCA units as well as other college and high school SCA’s, SCA-AM, and UPSCA alumni.

Vision-Mission Talk

National and University Affairs Bureau

Career Talk

The National and University Affairs Bureau is the official liaison to the University Student Council and to the UP Administration; maintains good and harmonious relations with other organizations; provides venues for interaction with the University Student Council, UP Administration and with other organizations in the university; conducts educational discussions for the members; presents national and campus issues to the general assembly and encourages the members to form a political stand; and, provides materials related to present national and university issues.

History Talk

Fr. Delaney's Death Anniversary

Talk on Budget Cut

Relief Operations

Liturgical Committee

The Liturgical Committee organizes and handles retreats and recollection, spiritual formation seminars and vocation seminars; holds catechetical instructions; organizes morning and/or evening praises; coordinates with the Parish for masses and other liturgical activities; arranges confession schedule for the members, maintains good relations and coordinates activities between UPSCA and the UP Parish; represents UPSCA in the Catholic Students’ Community;coordinates with other religious groups; and, proposes and initiate other spiritual activities.

Faith Discussion

Songs for Mary

Marian Pilgrimage

Stations of the Cross

Academics Committee

Academic Committee conducts, provides scholarship drives, facilitates faculty-student discussions; maintains and improve the library; provides academic facilities and resources for the members; organizes a data bank and compiles and documents researches; organizes/carries-on annual career talks for the graduating members; monitors the academic status of the members; and, proposes and initiates other academic activities.

UNIT COUNCIL

FORMATION DIRECTOR (MEMBERS)

FORMATION DIRECTOR (APPLICANTS)

PRESIDENT

Alternative Classroom Learning Experience (ACLE)

College Entrance Exam Review (CEER)

Maria Pamela Punzalan

Kayla Marie Castro

Czer Marie Esquejo

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

EXECUTIVE TREASURER

ACAD COMM HEAD

Kristine Ashley Castro

Katrina Johanne Lee

Jellah Murielle Jimenez

SCARB HEAD

SO-CUL COMM HEAD

LIT COMM HEAD

NUAB COMM HEAD

Leanne Feliz Pastorpide

Apryll Lacandazo

Mary Minette Geñorga

Ana Lauren Allanigue

UPSCA Pin

The pin was designed in the fifties by Fr. John Patrick Delaney and an UPSCAn,Mr. San-tamaria. It consists of a chalice inscribed with the letters “U” and “P”, topped by a host and a cross in the middle. The chalice represents UPSCA as a community centered around Christ, symbolized by the Host.

The pin reflects the central role the mass plays among UPSCAns, as it depicts the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. As a symbol of Christ’s suffering for us, it invites us to live as He did, to undergo a process of change through and with UPSCA, as the Bread and Wine is transformed in-to Body and Blood. When we partake of this supper, we each receive a part of a whole, WE BECOME A COMMUNITY.

HISTORY

UPSCA began as the Scholastic Philosophy Club in the mid 1930’s, with activities such as regular Sunday Masses and meetings, the Eucharistic Congress, and Christ the King celebrations. It developed into the first ever chapter of the Student Catholic Action (SCA), approved and recognized in April 12, 1936. Through many challenges, UPSCA has endured to be the progenitor of many other SCAs all over the country and of the Campus Ministry which was introduced in 1977, and the source of many of the Philippines’ finest leaders and personalities. Under the guidance of Fr. John Patrick Delaney, SJ, UPSCA’s most beloved chaplain, the organization grew to be a formidable bulwark amidst a so-called atheist University. During the “Delaney Era” through the efforts of many UPSCAns, the UP Catholic Community built the Chapel of the Holy Sacrifice, recently declared a National Historical Landmark. UPSCA remains a holistic venue for activities that form Christians who are both Disciples of Contemplation and Apostles of Action, under the protection of Our Lady, for the cause of Christ, Our King.

MISSION

VISION

UPSCA is an organization which provides individuals a formation rooted on Catholic faith. It seeks to develop socially aware members who will become agents of social change. It aims to nurture a sense of family among members, encourage academic excellence, and direct collective energies towards active involvement in community and society.

We, the UPSCAns, commit ourselves to the vision of forming a truly Filipino Christian community founded on TRUTH, where men come to know and express reality through an exchange of ideas and continuous exposure to the conditions that surround them, FREEDOM, where men are presented with all alternatives and given the right to choose their course of action, JUSTICE, where men's dignity is upheld, LOVE, where men reach out for each other in the service of God and their fellowmen.