Canossian Youth Camp 2014 SONG WRITING CONTEST Mechanics

CANOSSIAN YOUTH CAMP

ANIMATION SONG WRITING COMPETITION

The Canossian Youth Camp will be open for submissions for Animation Song Writing Competition from February 1 to 28, 2014 ONLY.

Canossian Youth Camp Organizers will be accepting all animation songs as a part of the CANOSSIAN YOUTH CAMP 2014 Promotion between February 1 – April 1, 2014. By entering this promotion, entrants agree to make their song(s) entered available for free download on the Canossian website as a part Canossian Youth Camp 2014 animation songs playlist. All songs entered will also automatically be entered into the 2014 competition. 

Rules:

1. Song on CD or tape. If you want to submit an MP3, you may enter online. If you are submitting multiple songs or one song, please put them all on one CD or tape, if possible. If entering a CD, submit the entry in a regular-sized CD case (not an ultra-thin case) and label the spine with entrant's name in black marker. Also, be certain that the entrant's name is marked directly on the CD, CDR, or tape. If entering a tape, label the spine of the case with entrant's name. Please include a track listing of the songs in the correct order.
2. Two copies of the lyric sheet for each entry (please include English translation, if applicable and possible, and type or print legibly). Please include your email address on the lyric sheets.
3. ENTRY FEES: no Entry Fee!

Online entries are accepted; it is a very easy process, and it only takes minutes. To enter online, please.

a.      The soft copy or original raw file must be emailed to: bakhitacanossa@yahoo.com with Subject Name: CYC2014 SONG WRITING CONTEST ENTRY

TEXT CONTENT:

Name of Artist:

Address:

Contact Number:

Brief Description/Rationale:

                                                              i.      Original raw file should bear name of the contestant and the artwork title.

Example: juandelacruz_MakeJesusKnown.mp3

*All songwriters must be 13 years old to 25 years of age  by December 31, 2014. He or She must be an Oratorian and CTCFI Scholar weather he or she is amateur or professional. All genres of music are accepted in this competition provided that the context or content of the song and music is in line with the Theme of the Camp “ MAKE JESUS KNOWN “. 

** The Entry is judged not only on the song writing but also on the overall delivery/performance of the song.

** Song should not be more than 4 mins.

1.      All entries submitted must be original songs and shall not violate any copyrights or any other rights of any third parties. Songs may have multiple co-writers, but only one name should be designated on the entry form. 

2.      Entry materials (CDs, tapes, and videos) submitted will not be returned to the entrant. Canossian Youth Camp Organizers is not responsible for late, lost, damaged, misdirected, stolen, incomplete, or misappropriated entries.

3.      Canossian Youth Organizers reserves the right to extend the entry deadline of the competition and promotion period. 

4.      Entries will be screened by the Canossian Youth Camp Organizers listening committee who will select the finalists, and the finalists will be sent to the judges who will select the winner. The judging committee consists of musically inclined, Canossian Fathers, Brothers, Sisters and Youth. Songs are judged equally on melody, composition, originality, and lyrics. Lyrics per entry must be in pure English or in pure Tagalog (no taglish please ).

5.       All prizes will be awarded to the first name as it appears on the entry form, and division of prizes among co-authors is the responsibility of winner. Entrant agrees to accept the final decision of Canossian Youth Camp Organizers and its judges.

6.      Canossian Youth Camp 2014 finalists will be announced in February-March, 2014 and winners in March 1, 2014 during the Family Day of the Canossian Sons of Charity in New Manila, Quezon City. Canossian Youth Camp Organizers will post all results on its website and will notify entrants by email that results are posted.

7.      CYC will use its best efforts to announce the winners at the designated time, but will not be held liable for any unforeseen delays. Winners will be notified by email or phone.

8.      Entrant agrees that should his/her song(s) be selected as a winner, Canossian Youth Camp Organizers shall have the right to include the winning song(s) on the Canossian Youth Camp 2014 Compilation CD to be used for promotional purposes and animation song throughout the camp period and in all Youth Activities in the future. The CD will not be for sale.

Ang Paglalakbay ng Kariton ni Pablo

by Post. marcelo Ximenes

Ang paglalakbay ng Kariton ni San Pablo is one of the charitable works that we the youth from Tondo do or offer in our different apostolate areas. The purpose of this Kariton ni San Pablo is to reach out or to continue to get in touch with the little children who are abandoned by their parents in different areas.  Every month we have this Kariton ni San Pablo in different areas of our apostolate or mission. By doing this, we really try to bring these children back to the church because these children do not what to do and where to go. 

One of the areas that we went on January 18, 2014 was temporary housing. Before going there we started with morning praise and we had also a short group sharing. This sharing was deepened by kuya Oggie. After the morning praise, we started to walk and bring the Kariton ni San Pablo to that area. When we reached temporary housing, we began to call the children and gathered them together. When the children came, we made them sat down and all of them were quiet, we started to pray the opening prayer together with all the children. We had some animation songs like singing and dancing with them and this animation was animated by all the youth. Before we began the catechism, one of the youth read the gospel about the talents. We started to catechize the children by asking them simple questions. Some of the children were able to answer these questions and we gave them the gifts. When we finished catechizing them, again we grouped them into five groups to have some activities. Each of these five groups presented or performed dancing and singing. We distributed the food and the cloths after the group activities.

"Therefore, the main purpose of Kariton ni San Pablo is not only to distribute or give the food and the cloths to the children but to bring them back to the church. That is why we catechized them in order to bring back them to Christ and to make them as part of our journey as Christians."

Canossian Youth Camp 2014 Logo Contest

LOGO DESIGN CONTEST

Mechanics and Guidelines

1.       The contest is open to all members of Oratorio in the Philippines except the members of the Organizing Team of CYC 2014.

2.     Design should be related/connected with the theme; “Make Jesus Known and Loved”

3.       Entries should be in digital or freehand artwork.

a.       The soft copy or original raw file should contain the following specification and information:

                                                               i.      Resolution should not be less than 300pixels with a flat jpeg format.

                                                             ii.      Original raw file should bear name of the contestant and the artwork title.

Example: juandelacruz_CYC2014LOGO.jpg

                                                            iii.      Original artwork should be drawn or illustrated in A4 size using Adobe Photoshop or

                                                           iv.      Brief Description or rationale of the design

b.      The logo should not carry the name of the artist.

c.       The soft copy or original raw file must be emailed to: bakhitacanossa@yahoo.com with Subject Name: CYC2014 LOGO DESIGN CONTEST ENTRY

TEXT CONTENT:

Name of Artist:

Address:

Contact Number:

Brief Description/Rationale:

4.       The winning entry will be published in Facebook Page to allow the public view.

5.       Participants must submit their work with a brief description/rationale of the design to bakhitacanossa@yahoo.com

6.       The logo designing contest shall be judged according to the following criteria:

a.       Concept / Significance – 40%

b.      Originality – 30%

c.       Creativity and Overall Impact – 30%

7.       Deadline of entries will be on 22 February 2014. The winner will be chosen by the CYC 2014 Core Group and its decision is final. He/She shall be informed through text or by phone and will be confirmed by the designated CYC staff.

8.       The awarding of the prize shall be on 2^nd of March 2014. The winner will receive a certificate of recognition and P1,500.00 cash prize.

9.       The CYC Program Committee shall have exclusive rights to the winning logo design. Thus, it shall have the right to refine or make improvements/alteration on the winning logo.  

Building a Community: The YE way

By: Sem. Lester P. De Guzman

 

Let us know more about the YE, the Youth Encounter (YE) is a basic Christian formation program especially design for young people, it was started Virac, Catanduanes, in 1971. And it was founded by     + Msgr. Jose “Ping” Medina, and Bishop Jose Sorra.

                The YE program was approved in 1986 by our bishops and endorsed for the catholic youth of the Philippines. Today, it is being conducted in various parishes, schools, centers, and dioceses all over the country.

The Seminarians of Fr. Angelo Pasa minor seminary Cagayan de Oro, experienced their first youth encounter along with some youth ministers of diocese of Malaybalay Bukidnon, and was facilitated by Sr. Lerma (Canossian sister) and Youth Encounter facilitators. It was held at Mary’s spring retreat house at Bukidnon on October 23-25 2013. Before the youth encounter starts our Superior (Fr. Fermin “Jao” Leoveras, Fdcc) was asked to give a message for the youth at that moment and leave us with a saying “In every situation, take it as an opportunity to learn”. The facilitators gave us three days to experience this one of a kind journey -- a journey of prayer, realization, meditation, and to have a strong bond with our Lord. In three days span we were able to finish 12 sessions and each session has its own uniqueness to jog our minds and remind us that this is the right attitude that we need to posses.

There are a lot of lessons that we had learned from that experience, but let me emphasize one phrase that strike me most and it was: “Remove the crowd and build a community.” taken from Matthew 20:29-34. Well we can correlate it with the community itself like when we are in a crowd we tend to go with the flow, remain to the status quo even though we know that they are wrong. Some of the crowd’s characteristics are to judge one person without even knowing him/her, having a negative perception to others, being too laud and be likely to forget the things that are important. We can also associate this to ourselves, the crowd of our being. Each of us has a crowd to remove our traits who always Judge a person, having a negative point of view to others, and even being too loud and tend to forget the things that Jesus wants to say to us. Based on our facilitators it is the crowd within us that needs to remove, in order for us to construct a new community, it should start within ourselves.

After the three days of being with the Lord and trying to get rid of the crowd within us we can feel the difference within ourselves as if that we are a changed person, truly the youth encounter experience was one of a kind, our sufferings in going to that place has paid off, we had learned new things, made us strong in different aspects of our lives emotional, spiritual, and even changed us. Truly the youth encounter is not to be told, but it is to be experience.