March 23, 2018

TO: CEAP SCHOOL HEADS AND SUPERINTENDENTS/CEAP AFFILIATES

RE: FIRST NOTICE OF 2018 CEAP NATIONAL CONVENTION
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Greetings!
This is to inform you that the CEAP National Board of Trustees has scheduled the 2018 CEAP National Convention
on October 2-5, 2018 at the SMX Convention Center-Manila, Pasay City.
It is customary during the last few years that the convention is with a pre-determined annual themes. For this year’s
convention the theme is “SANCTIFICATIO: from Brokenness to Blessedness”. For the three (3) day-event, we will
have concurrent sessions on the domains and standards of the Philippine Catholic Schools Standards (PCSS) for
Educational Institutions, Engagement and Recent Trends, Issues and Concerns affecting Private and Catholic
Education. Speakers and resource persons are from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP),
educational leaders, researchers, academicians and advocates. We will also have an Educators’ Exhibit featuring
educational products and services which we are used to every CEAP Conventions.
The General Membership Meeting of School Heads/Superintendents will be on October 2, 2018 at 3:00 PM
at Function Room 2 & 3 at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City. Agenda will be announced not later than July
2018 together with the Second Notice for the CEAP National Convention.
Attached is the Convention Programme, Registration Guidelines, Registration Fees, COMELEC Rules and Regulations,
Proxy and Nomination Forms, Guidelines and Letter of the Membership and Awards Committee on CEAP’s Pro Deo
et Patria Awards, Catholic School Heroes Award and List of Hotels/Lodging House. The participants are expected to
take care of their travel, board and lodging arrangements or hotel reservations. We encourage participants to
register early so that they can avail of discounted registration fees and for the convention organizers to finalize
arrangements for food, venue and preparation of convention materials. The convention website will be live on April
16, 2018.
In the meantime, may we suggest that you block off the aforementioned dates in your calendars and make provisions
in your school budgets for the registration fees and other expected expenses of your delegates. For more
information, you may get in touch with the following at the CEAP National Office:

Mr. Jose Allan I. Arellano, Executive Director, (02) 926-6273

Ms. Mary Ann S. Cruz, Plans and Programs Officer (02) 926-5153
*for queries on Convention Program and Concurrent Sessions
Ms. Roselle Perez-Bariuan, Membership and Communications Officer (02) 926-6273
*for queries on the School Heads Meeting, Election and Awarding Rites
Ms. Ana Liza G. Enguito, Finance and Administration Assistant (02) 926-5153loc.108
*for queries on the Registration Process
Fax Number: (02) 426-2670 E-mail: info@ceap.org.ph
Website: www.ceap.org.ph

We look forward to your continued support and cooperation. See you in the 2018 National Convention!

In Christ,

FR. JOEL E. TABORA, S.J

President, CEAP
 PROGRAMME
(as of March 20, 2018)

DAY 0 – October 2, 2018 (Tuesday)

12:00 – 5:00 PM Soft Opening of Exhibits

Registration and Distribution of Kits

3:00 General Membership Meeting of School Heads/Superintendents

Election of Trustee/s-at-Large
4:45 Launching of the JEEPGY Manual
5:00 Discussion – Forum: Renewed Servant Leadership
7:00 Dinner of School Heads/Superintendents

Day 1 –October 3, 2018 (Wednesday)

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Registration and Distribution of Kits

11:00 – 11:30 AM Blessing of Exhibits (to be led by: Msgr. Manuel S. Bravo, Region 1 Trustee)

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Press Conference of the National Board of Trustees

Opening Program

1:00 – 2: 30 PM Opening Eucharistic Celebration

Main Presider: Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia
Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines

2:30 PM Break

3:00 PM Opening Ceremonies

Entrance of Colors
National Anthem
Welcome/Opening Remarks Fr. Joel E. Tabora, SJ
President, CEAP

Presentation of CEAP Delegates by Regions

Overview of the 2017 CEAP Convention Program
Fr. Elmer G. Dizon
Vice - President, CEAP
 Keynote Address

Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio S. David, D.D.

Bishop of Caloocan

5:30 PM Conferment of the Pro Deo et Patria Award

Kapatirang Kamagong Update – Br. Dennis M. Magbanua, FSC, CEAP

Treasurer

Singing of the CEAP Hymn

6:30 PM Vespers

End of Day 1

Day 2 –October 4, 2018 (Thursday)

8:00AM -12:00 PM Late Registration

8:00 AM Simultaneous Eucharistic Celebrations

at the respective concurrent session rooms

Subtrack
1. Basic Education Faculty
2. Basic Education Administration
3. Non-Teaching Personnel
4. Higher Education
Presider
Fr. Nolan A. Que (NCR Trustee)
Fr. Gilbert B. Sales, CICM (CAR Trustee)
Fr. Renillo H. Sta. Ana, CICM (Region 2 Trustee)
Fr. Ernesto M. Arceo, OP (Region 5 Trustee)

9:00 AM Snacks
 Subtrack / Session 1 Session 2 Session 3
(no. of participants) 9:15 – 11:15 AM 12:30 PM – 2:30PM 2:45 – 4:45 PM
Venue Lunch at 11:15 -12:15 * in TALK SHOW format PM snacks at 3:30 PM
AM
1. Basic Education Teachers as Sanctifiers Nurturing Priestly and Religious Navigating the
Faculty (1200pax) & Agents of Wholeness Vocations in Catholic Schools Landscapes of Change
SMX Function Rm 5 and Transition in Senior
High School
2. Basic Education Collaborative Dynamics The Religious Dimension Issue in Focus:
Administration between the Lay and of Education in a Catholic Child Protection in
(1100pax) the Religious School: Schools
SMX Function Rm 4 Engaging other Faith Traditions
and those in the Margins
3. Non-Teaching Issue in Focus: Family as Seedbed for Vocations From Pusher to Priest: A
Personnel (550 pax) Child Protection in / Families in Challenging Testimony on Drug
SMX Function Rm 3 Schools Situations Addiction and Reform
4. Higher Education Leadership as Finding God in the Innovation in Higher
(550 pax) Harmonizing Charisms “Marketplace” Education
SMX Function Rm 2

5:00 – 6:30 Special Session: Media as Locus for Sanctification

7:00PM Organizational Meeting of the CEAP National Board of Trustees
End of Day 2

Day 3 – October 5, 2018 (Friday)

7:30 AM Morning Praise

Opening Number

8:00 AM From Brokenness to Blessedness: Students’ Perspectives

8:30 AM Conferment of the Catholic School Heroes Award

9:15 AM Synthesis of the National Convention Jose Allan I. Arellano

Executive Director, CEAP
9:30- 10:30 AM Awarding of Jubilarians and
Recognition of the New CEAP Member-Schools
Sr. Marissa R. Viri, RVM
Membership and Awards
Committee Chair

10:30 Announcement of Newly-Elected Officers of the CEAP National Board

Awarding of Outgoing CEAP Board Members
Jose Allan I. Arellano
Executive Director, CEAP
Singing of the CEAP Hymn

11:00 AM Closing Eucharistic Celebration

Main Presider: Most Rev. Marlo M. Peralta, D.D.*
Vice-Chairperson, CBCP Episcopal Commission
on Catechesis and Catholic Education

*** After the Prayer after Communion

Message of Thanks – Fr. Joel E. Tabora, SJ, CEAP President
Oathtaking of Newly-Elected Officers of the CEAP National Board

12:30 PM Lunch (with raffle)

End of the 2018 National Convention

Other features:

• Consecration room (prayer room)

• Vocation Exhibit
 2018 CEAP National Convention Registration Guidelines for CEAP Member-Schools

To facilitate easy and efficient registration to the 2018 CEAP National Convention carefully read and follow the steps
outlined below. Observe registration deadlines to give the organizers enough time to finalize venue/food
arrangements, production of convention kits and materials, and other logistical considerations. Check your e-mails
regularly for notices and important announcements. Updates may also be received through
Facebook.com/CatholicEdPH and Twitter.com/CatholicEdPH.

ONLINE REGISTRATION GUIDELINES

STEP 1 – Log on to http://convention.ceap.org.ph and click the “Register Now” button. Fill up the form
completely and click “Submit”. Wait for the approved registration to load and PRINT. You need to PRINT and
SAVE the form for future reference. The online facility will be open starting on April 16, 2018.

STEP 2 – Pay the Registration Fee thru:

A. Over the counter at any Banco De Oro (BDO) branch using the BILLS PAYMENT SLIP. Note that you need to
provide the following information in the slip:
Company Name: Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines or CEAP
Product Code: 116
Subscriber Account Number: CEAP-BDO ID Number (each CEAP member school has its own 15-digit ID
number)
Subscriber Name: Name of the School

If paying in check, please make it payable to:

CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

B. Directly to CEAP National Secretariat Office or thru any local courier and addressed to:
JOSE ALLAN I. ARELLANO
Executive Director
Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines
No. 7 Road 16, Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City.

Should you need assistance please call (02) 376-66-70 loc 108 or email convention@ceap.org.ph.

For ONLINE Registration the system will automatically compute the total fees after you have completed the
form. For your guidance, please refer to the Schedule of Registration Fees on the following page. You may also
call the CEAP National Secretariat Office to verify your computation.

STEP 3 – Send us a clear copy of the machine-validated PAYMENT SLIP through e-mail: convention@ceap.org.ph
or Fax (02) 426-2670. We, however, prefer to receive your payment slips through e-mail.

IMPORTANT: Please indicate in the payment slip a contact person and his/her contact information so we will
know who to talk to just in case we need clarification. Failure to send your payment slip with the required
details could mean that your registration is incomplete and no O.R. will be issued.

STEP 4 – Check the “Registered Participants” page of the Convention website for confirmation of your
completed registration within 5 working days after payment. Only paid registrants are guaranteed—seats, kits,
meals, and slots to the Concurrent Sessions.
NOTES:

1. NO REFUND IS ALLOWED. Request for substitution of participants will be allowed only until 10 September 2018.
No request for substitution will be entertained beyond this date.

2. Participants will have to take care of their own travel and board/lodging arrangements. A list of available hotels
is attached with this communication.

3. The fees cover:

Conference kits and other materials
Day 1 – PM Snack
Day 2 – AM Snack, Lunch & PM Snack
Day 3 – AM Snack & Lunch

4. For schools who do not have access to internet please call the CEAP National Secretariat Office at Tel.#
(02) 376-6670 loc 108 for assistance.

2018 National Convention Registration Fees

If payment (NOT registration) is made on…

Early Registration Regular Registration Payment after cut-off and
REGION/AREA
and Payment until and Payment from Walk-in Registration
July 31, 2018 Aug. 1 to Aug. 31, 2018 September 1-15, 2018

NCR including Rizal 6,800 7,100 7,400

Regions 1, 2 (except 5,900 6,200 6,500

Batanes), 5 & CAR

Regions 3 & 4A 6,500 6,800 7,100

Regions 6, 7 & 4B 5,500 5,800 6,100

Regions 8, 10 & NIR 5,200 5,500 5,800

Regions 9, ARMM 4,700 5,000 5,200

& Batanes

Regions 11, 12 & CARAGA 4,900 5,200 5,500

Non-Members * 7,700 7,700 7,700

* Non-Members may start registering on August 15, 2018.

 CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
#7 Road 16, Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City
(info@ceap.org.ph)

2018 ELECTION RULES & REGULATIONS

1. VOTING RIGHTS/PROXIES
1.1 Only school heads, superintendents or their duly authorized proxies are entitled to vote.
1.2 All proxies must be duly authorized by their school heads in writing, submitted to and
received by the Committee on Elections (COMELEC) not later than August 31, 2018.

1.3 No employee of the CEAP shall be authorized as proxy for purposes of voting during the CEAP Convention.
1.4 The COMELEC shall have authority on voting rights and qualifications of delegates or proxies.

2. VOTING/BALLOTS
2.1 Secret voting for a new CEAP Trustee-at-large shall be held in the afternoon, following an orientation on
COMELEC rules, on October 2, 2018.
2.2 Ballots shall be distributed to and filled up by the school heads/superintendents or their duly authorized
proxies, and canvassed based on pre-determined face values. Each ballot shall have a face value of 1 vote,
2 votes, 3 votes, or 4 votes, depending on the number of votes each school is entitled to, based on
departmental levels offered/registered at the CEAP National Office. These ballots are color-coded to
facilitate the canvassing process.
2.3 Each school shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each of the following departments offered: pre-
elementary/elementary, secondary (including SHS), college and graduate school.

3. NOMINATIONS
3.1 Any CEAP member school head/representative may submit advanced nominations for the election of the
Trustee-at-Large, which shall be received by the CEAP COMELEC Chairperson c/o CEAP National Office,
not later than August 31, 2018. A nominee must confirm his/her acceptance in writing, by telegram or
telefax (426-2670 or 926-6273) to the CEAP COMELEC Chairperson c/o CEAP National Office (may be
emailed to info@ceap.org.ph) not later than September 15, 2018.
3.2 A nominee is allowed to accept nomination for only one vacant position.
3.3 The COMELEC shall have final authority on qualifications of nominees. A nominee must come from a
school, which is on active membership status determined by the National Office.
3.4 The COMELEC shall present the list of advanced/ accepted/qualified nominations to the Assembly prior
to voting.
3.5 The COMELEC may allow additional nominations from the floor, provided the nominees are qualified and
willing to accept their nomination.

4. CANVASSING
4.1 The COMELEC, assisted by duly designated CEAP staff, shall conduct the canvassing of votes. The
casting of ballots may be done after the orientation by the Chair of the COMELEC during the Business
Meeting of school heads until 5:00 PM of the following day (October 3, 2018).

5. RESULTS OF ELECTIONS
5.1 The COMELEC shall submit the result of the election to the CEAP National Board right after the canvassing
of ballots on October 2, 2018. The announcement of the election results and proclamation of the winner will
be done before the closing of the CEAP Convention.
 NOMINATION FORM
2018 CEAP ELECTION FOR TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE

Date: _______________________________
The Chairperson
Committee on Elections
c/o CEAP National Office

Dear Sir/Madam:

I hereby nominate the following candidate to be a CEAP Trustee-at-Large to be elected during the CEAP
Annual Meeting to be held on October 2, 2018 at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City.

TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE

(To be nominated by any superintendent/school head from any region. The nominee must be a school head,
superintendent, or representative of a CEAP member school, and if elected, shall serve a 3-year term as
provided in the CEAP By-Laws. The exception is when he/she is elected to serve the unexpired term of
his/her predecessor.)

Name Position School / Address

_____________________________ ______________________ _____________________________

Respectfully submitted,
NOTES:
1. This form must be returned by email
(allan.arellano@ceap.org.ph) or fax to the CEAP
National Secretariat (Fax nos. 426-2670 or call 926- ____________________________________
6273) on or before August 31, 2018.
Name/Signature of School Head
____________________________________
2. The nominator must inform the nominee of his/her
nomination, and request the nominee to likewise School
inform the CEAP COMELEC Chairperson by letter, ____________________________________
wire, telephone (926-6273) or fax (426-2670) about
his/her acceptance or non-acceptance of the Address
nomination) on or before September 15, 2018.

Tel. No. _____________ Fax. No. ___________

Region: ______ Diocese: _______________

 PROXY FORM
ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS
October 2, 2018

Date: ___________________________

______________________
Committee on Elections
c/o CEAP National Office

Dear ____________:

I hereby designate ___________________________________ to be my PROXY who is authorized to

Printed Name and Designation

receive the ballot (s) and vote in behalf of my school during the election of the new CEAP Trustee-at-Large at the
CEAP General Membership Meeting of School Heads/Superintendents to be held on October 2, 2018, at the SMX
Convention Center, Pasay City.

Programs offered (please check):

Sincerely yours,

____________________________________________

Pre-elementary Name / Signature of School Head

Elementary
High School ____________________________________________

College School
Graduate ____________________________________________

Address

Region: ______ Diocese: ______________

 The Pro Deo et Patria Award 2018 and
The Catholic Heroes School Award 2018

March 26, 2018

TO: CEAP SCHOOL HEADS AND SUPERINTENDENTS/CEAP AFFILIATES
RE: NOMINATION FOR THE PRO DEO ET PATRIA AWARD 2018 and CATHOLIC HEROES SCHOOL
AWARD 2018
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Greetings from the CEAP!
This is to inform you that the National Board of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) through
the Membership and Awards Committee has opened the nomination for the Pro Deo et Patria Award 2018 and 1st
Catholic Heroes School Award 2018.

The Pro Deo et Patria is the highest award given by the Association to deserving individual/s who manifests an
exemplary attitude of love for God and country and his/her faithfulness to Catholic teachings as part of service to
God. The awardee must be seen as a model of Christ the Teacher. Past recipients of this award are the late Manila
Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin, the late President Corazon C. Aquino (posthumously), Cebu Archbishop Ricardo
Cardinal Vidal (Cebu 2010), Fr. Anscar R. Chupungco, OSB (posthumously, Cebu 2013), Fr. Catalino G. Arevalo, SJ,
Abp. Leonardo Z. Legaspi, D.D. O.P.(Davao 2014), Dr. Lourdes S. Quisumbing (Manila 2015), Amb. Henrietta De Villa
and Cardinal Rosales, D.D. (Cebu 2016). They were chosen by the members of the board from nominees
recommended by member institutions, superintendents or Regional Councils.

The Catholic Heroes School Award is an award that recognizes the perseverance, dedication and loyalty of
individuals in CEAP member schools that really contributed to the development of their individual school
communities and have been in service for 10 years or more. This is for the promotion of solidarity and unity of action
among the member institutions towards fulfilling the evangelizing mission of the Church in Education recognizing
the dedication of individuals in its member institutions who continuously promote quality and transformative
Catholic Education.

Attached please find the mechanics and guidelines for your information and guidance. May I request that you send
your nominees with the supporting documents to the CEAP National Office before May 30, 2018 at Number 7, Road
16, Brgy Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City. You may also call Mr. Jose Allan I. Arellano, Executive Director of CEAP for
inquiries through the following numbers; (02) 9266273/telefax (02) 4262670 or email at info@ceap.org.ph.

Once again, thank you so much for your usual support to the CEAP!

Truly yours,

S. MA. MARISSA R. VIRI, RVM

Chair, Membership and Awards Committee

Noted:

FR. JOEL E. TABORA, SJ

CEAP President
 PRO DEO ET PATRIA AWARD
I. Nature and Description

The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), committed to promote democracy, concern
and respect for human dignity, recognizes the noble and significant contributions of the lay and
consecrated people to education, through the highest award that it confers known as Pro Deo et Patria
Award (for God and Country). CEAP acknowledges the internal and external manifestation of the awardees
love for God and country and his/her faithfulness to Catholic teachings as part of service to God. The
awardee must be seen as a model of Christ the Teacher.

Past recipients of this award are the late Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin, the late President Corazon
C. Aquino (posthumously, 2009) and Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal (Cebu 2010), Fr Anscar R.
Chupungco, OSB (posthumously, Cebu 2013), Fr. Catalino G. Arevalo, SJ (Cebu 2013), Abp. Leonardo Z.
Legaspi (posthumously, Davao 2014), Dr. Lourdes R. Quisumbing ( Manila 2015), Amb. Henrietta De Villa
and Most Rev. Gaudencio B. Rosales, D.D. (Cebu, 2016), and Sr. Amelia G. David, ICM (Davao, 2017). They
were chosen by the members of the board from nominees recommended by member institutions or
Regional Councils.

II. The Award

1. The awardee will receive an Icon of Christ the Teacher and a plaque during the Closing Program
of the 2018 CEAP National Convention on October 3, 2018 at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay
City. No monetary award will be given to the awardee.

2. The accomplishments of the Pro Deo et Patria awardee would be included in the CEAP Bulletin
and other publications that would be released by the association. An audio-visual presentation
(AVP) featuring these achievements would be shown during to the awarding.

III. Criteria

A. Service to God

1. The awardee must have significantly contributed in the promotion of Catholic values in the
country through his/her advocacy, initiation of and/or participation in specific projects,
activities or programs.

a. These projects/advocacies must have been clearly demonstrated and proven to

have positively affected Philippine society or the specific communities where these
were initiated. These should be stable, sustainable and capable of being replicated;
or
b. These projects/advocacies must have ushered in new ways to promote Catholic
education so that many people may be influenced to consciously explore
innovative and creative avenues to uphold transformative education and
improvement in the larger educational system in general.

2. The awardee must be of high moral and spiritual integrity, whose faith can be emulated
and promoted as worthy of emulation.
 B. Service to the Country

1. The awardee must also be involved in socio-civic work which aims to improve the lives of
others. This shows that there is a check in the promotion of a well-rounded being. A solid
contribution to the JEEPGY pillar programs of CEAP is a preference.

2. The awardee must be a leader in his/her field but need not be a person of immense power
or stature. His/her leadership status shows that s/he does not just do what s/he does for
the sake of doing it but that s/he wants to lead and mobilize others to realize their
objectives, clearly a better way of bringing in encouraging change.

IV. Guidelines

1. The candidate must have been nominated by a member-school, Regional Trustee or any
member of the Board through the Membership and Awards Committee, before May 21, 2018.

2. The advocates for the candidates must furnish documents to the Membership and Awards
Committee whose members will deliberate and prepare its recommendation to the National
Board.

3. The Membership and Awards Committee will convene for a special meeting upon receipt of
written nominations before the 2nd quarter Board Meeting. A 2/3 vote from the members of
the Committee would warrant endorsement to the CEAP National Board.

4. The National Board will deliberate and/or approve the recommendation of the Membership
and Awards Committee. The awardee must have received 2/3 votes of all the members and a
resolution from the National Board before the 2018 National Convention for the award to be
granted.

5. The National Board will no longer accommodate a nominee whose name has been submitted
to the Board three times. All deliberations on this award are strictly confidential.

6. If no nominees have been submitted before May 21, 2018, the CEAP Board may not confer the
award for this year.
 CATHOLIC SCHOOL HEROES AWARD

I. Nature and Description:

The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) in its promotion of solidarity and unity of
action among its member institutions towards fulfilling the evangelizing mission of the Church in Education
recognizes the dedication of individuals in its member institutions who continuously promote quality and
transformative Catholic Education. CEAP in acknowledging these individuals who exemplify the CEAP values
of Christ-centeredness, Integrity, Solidarity, Stewardship, Empowerment and Service confers the Catholic
School Heroes Award to these heroes who make life changing contributions in their own simple ways.

The award especially recognizes the perseverance, dedication and loyalty of individuals in CEAP member
schools that really contributed to the development of their individual school communities and have been
in service for 10 years or more.

II. The Award

1. The awardee will receive an Icon of Jesus (Washing of Feet) and a plaque during the Closing Program
of the 2018 CEAP National Convention on October 3, 2018 at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay
City.

2. A monetary award of Php 50,000.00 during the Closing Program of the annual CEAP National
Convention.

3. A plaque with a citation that relays his/her accomplishments.

4. The accomplishments of the Catholic School Heroes awardee would be included in the CEAP
Bulletin and other publications that would be released by the association. An audio-visual
presentation (AVP) featuring these achievements would be shown during to the awarding.

III. Criteria

1. Centered in the Person and Message of Jesus Christ:

a. The awardee is an example of good Christian Life regularly participating in Church and
parish activities and community outreach programs.

b. The awardee is a model of spiritual integrity whose faith is seen in their daily life and
interaction with people.

2. Participating in the Evangelizing Mission of the Church

a. The awardee provides his/her community members opportunities for authentic
apostolate and pastoral actions

b. The awardee strengthens the fervor in the transmission of the Christian faith of
his/her community members.
3. Animated by the Spirit of Communion
a. The awardee ensures the conduciveness of his/her environment to building a Christian
community.

b. The awardee encourages every member of his/her community in making Catholic

education responsive to the battle cry of the Church.

4. Established as an Ecclesial Institution

a. The awardee makes a good representation of the Church and its traditions to his/her
community.

b. The awardee embeds the Catholic doctrine in the formation program and academic
curriculum of his/her community.

5. Distinguished by a Culture of Excellence

a. The awardee helps transform his/her community’s logic of excellence into love for
wisdom, passion for truth and commitment to service, caring for others, and forming
minds and hearts.

6. Committed to Integral Human Formation

a. The awardee puts premium on the formation of the physical, spiritual, intellectual,
emotional, social, cultural and creative dimensions of his/her community members.

7. Engaged in the Service of the Church and Society with Preferential Option for the Poor
a. The awardee ascertains that each family gives their children the right to quality
education.

b. The awardee makes quality education accessible especially to the underprivileged

members of his/her community.

8. Promoting Dialogue on Faith and Life and Culture

a. The awardee builds bridges between and among members of his/her community of
rich culture, indigenous beliefs and foreign influences.

b. The awardee teaches his/her community members to discern and respond to the
challenge of integrating the tenets of their faith with the practices of their culture and
the secular world.
IV. Guidelines

1. The CEAP Catholic Heroes Award gives importance to those who work diligently behind the scenes
even without recognition. Candidates who have received recognitions and awards from other award
giving bodies or organizations and current members of the CEAP Board of Trustees are not qualified
for a nomination.

2. There are separate categories for administrators, faculty members, students, and support staff.

3. Candidates, except for the school administrators’ category must have been nominated by a
member-school Head, Regional Trustee or any member of the Board through the Membership and
Awards Committee.

4. Nomination of school-administrator candidates must come from any member of the Board. The
nomination shall made on or before May 21, 2018.

5. Call for nominees will be released before the 2nd quarter Board Meeting.

6. The advocates for the candidates must furnish the registration and supporting documents to the
Membership and Awards Committee whose members will deliberate and prepare its
recommendation to the National Board.

7. The Membership and Awards Committee will convene for a special meeting upon receipt of
nominations before every 2nd quarter Board Meeting. A 2/3 vote from the members of the
Committee would warrant endorsement to the CEAP National Board.

8. The National Board will deliberate and/or approve the recommendation of the Membership and
Awards Committee. The awardees must have received 2/3 votes of all the members and a resolution
from the National Board before the National Convention of every year for the award to be granted.

9. If no nominees have been submitted before May 21, 2018, the CEAP Board may not confer the award.