Religious association elects new set of officers

By Myrna S. Bermudo

The Association of Communities of Consecrated Life in Caceres (ACCLIC) has chosen their Executive Board Officers & Cluster Coordinators. 

Elections were held during the 4th ACCLIC General Assembly held at the seminar hall of the Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Peñafrancia on February 2, World Day of Consecrated Life.

A concelebrated mass was presided by Caceres Archbishop Rolando J. Tria Tirona, OCD, DD in the morning.

The director of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Office of Research, Fr. Vladimir Echalas, SOLT, gave a talk on “The Consecrated Life and Synodality.”

The newly elected officers of the Association of Communities of Consecrated Life in Caceres (ACCLIC): Fr. Arnold Sanico, SDB, Chairman; Fr. Wilfredo Villanueva, SOLT, Vice Chairman (Men Religious); Sr. Blanca Ortiz, SdeM, Vice Chairman (Women Religious); Sr. Ely Nasol, DM, Secretary;  Sr. Dolores Tan, ACI, Treasurer and Fr. Conrad Flores, FI., Auditor. The Cluster Coordinators are: Sr. Josie Fe Presbitero, OP, for Partido Area; Sr. Vanise Mariel Ocera, DSA for Rinconada Area; and Br. Ciprianio Certicio, MOP for Central Bay Area. (Photo credit: ACCLIC FB)

These are the newly elected officers: Fr. Arnold Sanico, SDB, Chairman; Fr. Wilfredo Villanueva, SOLT, Vice Chairman (Men Religious); Sr. Blanca Ortiz, SdeM, Vice Chairman (Women Religious); Sr. Ely Nasol, DM, Secretary;  Sr. Dolores Tan, ACI, Treasurer;  Fr. Conrad Flores, FI., Auditor. 

The Cluster Coordinators are: Br. Ciprianio Certicio, MOP for Central Bay Area; Sr. Vanise Mariel Ocera, DSA for Rinconada Area; and Sr. Josie Fe Presbitero, OP, for Partido Area. 

One hundred and twenty religious men and women from various congregations attended the gathering.