Our Family
Before anything else,
we are family, and you are our friend.
“I have called you friends.”
That is how Jesus spoke to those He loved, and it is how we hope to speak to you. Within UST Pax Romana, we are brothers and sisters, one growing family of Catholic Thomasian students. And to everyone who meets us along the way: you are not an audience or an outsider. You are a friend, always welcome at our table.
What we hold dear
Values that feel like home
The character of our family is unmistakably Filipino and unmistakably Catholic. Three values shape the way we love, serve, and stay together.
Family Oriented
Filipinos are known to prioritize their family's welfare, their main driving force everyday. We treat one another not as staff, but as brothers and sisters.
Bayanihan
The family always displays the Filipino value of prioritizing to help without anything in return, leading rather than commanding, walking together as one.
Model of Catholic Faith
The family is a ministry entrusted with a mission by Christ: to make Him known and to be loved, bearing witness to the light of the Gospel.
How we relate
The words we use for one another
Words shape a home. So we choose ours with care, for the brothers and sisters within, and for the friends who walk beside us.
Become a Part of a Growing Family
Members of the organization are always called brothers and sisters, or any Filipino term of endearment.
Be our Friend or Collaborator
Non-members who wish to contribute are called friends, or in a more formal setting, collaborators.
Our Team Effort
Every achievement is a collaborated effort, never the work of one, reducing individualization and toxic leadership.
Share a Story
We refer to our materials as stories, just as Jesus, during His ministry, shared stories to proclaim the Kingdom of God.
The way we work
We lead rather than command
A family does not run on orders. It runs on love, trust, and the quiet Filipino instinct to carry the load together.
Around here, decisions are made through conversation rather than parliamentary discussion. We would rather gather around a table and truly listen than win a vote, because a family that talks together stays together.
When we plan, the work is never the point; the family is. We check on one another before we check the checklist, and we treat every brother and sister as family, never as staff. Whatever we accomplish, we accomplish it side by side. No one carries it alone, and no one takes the credit alone.
Bayanihan, after all, is simply love with its sleeves rolled up.
Come as you are
There's a place for you here
Whether you long to become a brother or sister in this growing family, or simply want to walk with us as a friend and collaborator, the door is open, and the table is set.
Pax Christi in Regno Christi