(Top) LCUP personnel photo opportunity with Sr. Edith and Sr. Sheba. (Bottom right) Beloved Sr. Edith and Sr. Sheba holding boquet of flowers given by the LCUP Community as a sign of gratitude. (Bottom Left) Ms. Zacarias delivering the message of gratitude in behalf of the Non-Teaching Personnel staff.
LCUP Community bids farewell to Sr. Edith and Sr. Sheba
June 19, 2023
To celebrate and offer support
to their next Augustinian mission as they
come to the end of their five-year service
to the institution, the LCUP Community
expressed their warmest farewell to Sr.
Editha S. Zerna, OSA, Ph.D., outgoing
University President and Sr. Mary Sheba O.
Principe, OSA, outgoing Vice President for
Religious Formation and Extension and
University Treasurer through organizing a
Thanksgiving Dinner, on June 19, 2023, at
the Kalinangan Auditorium, LCUP Main
Campus.
Sister Edith was installed as the
university’s third University President on
June 5, 2010 – making her the successor
of Sr. Niceta M. Vargas, OSA, Ph.D. After
various significant advancements in the area
of instruction, research, and community
extension, Sr. Edith concluded her term on
April 28, 2015. At the turn of the academic
year 2018-2019, Sr. Edith returned to the
institution and began another term as the
University President.
In the same academic
year, the institution welcomes Sr. Sheba
into the Religious Community. For five
years, Sr. Edith and Sr. Sheba together
with the LCUP Religious Community,
administrators, and personnel, steered
the university towards quality and excellence
with burning passion and dedication.
The whole LCUP Community
attending the program witnessed the
entrance of Sr. Edith and Sr. Sheba as
the program commenced. Representatives
from each department/unit expressed
their gratitude to them through heartfelt
messages and memories they shared with
the two beloved Augustinian Sisters. An
audio-visual presentation comprised of
photos and videos featuring the fruitful
stay of Sr. Edith and Sr. Sheba in LCUP
was also showcased as another way of
expressing gratitude.
As the finale of the program and
the major highlight of the Thanksgiving
Ceremony, the community gave way
to a response message from Sr. Edith
and Sr. Sheba. In Sr. Edith’s message,
she acknowledged all the hardships and
obstacles that the institution had gone
through over the years, yet encouraged
the community to go on, move forward,
and sustain the achievements and
advancements so that the LCUP will
always be on the roadmap of great
universities in the country. Furthermore,
Sr. Sheba emphasized in her speech
that parting ways with the community does
not mean goodbye, for God’s plans may
once again take her to crossroads with the
LCUP Community someday.
As a final remembrance,
departments/units posed for group
photos with Sr. Edith and Sr. Sheba. The
LCUP Community then feasted over the
Thanksgiving Dinner after the program.
The program materialized through the
efforts of the LCUP administrators and
was hosted by Mr. Ezekiel Rodriguez,
Director of the Marketing and Promotions
Office.
