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Through pictures and words, we tell the story of Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan. This narrative of 75+ years celebrates the academic life and community spirit, the times and challenges that have shaped Xavier over the years. In our telling of this story, we remember with gratitude all those who came to form and be formed while here at Xavier. We honor the men and women who devoted their lives to this mission, teaching us in countless ways “to prepare for sacrifice” and to offer our lives “for God and country.”

This story has been compiled from various sources, the most significant of which was Fr Miguel A Bernad’s “Significant Dates,” a chronicle of milestones in the life of the University. Another source was the gathered input from faculty members, students and alumni who drew variously from memorabilia, brochures, yearbooks, Xavier University studies, official documents, and the like to portray a meaningful arc of the life and growth of the University.

In faith, we hold these events not to be merely accidental or without purpose. We believe Xavier University to be more than just a school. It is also a place in which God moves and inspires and calls us.

We are humbled to be part of this Ignatian tradition and noble enterprise. In sharing our story with you, we invite you to rejoice with us. By the grace of God, we have never stopped learning how to love and serve. And by the love of God, we shall continue to give “our hands in help, our hearts in love, and our lives that other men might live.” This is the truth of our hope and very desire.

Veritas liberabit vos.

X75+ Cofeetable Book

KJ41 f

Kinaadman is a refereed journal produced yearly by Xavier University Press. It publishes multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary articles or studies in the social sciences and humanities, particularly those concerning Mindanao. Its target readers are the workers in the academe and other social organizations which are interested in the various aspects of Philippine life especially in the southern part of the Philippines.

Kinaadman Journal Volume 30 – to present

KJ29 f

Kinaadman Journal Volume 1 – 29 & Index Volume

crossing the river

“Poetry that was absolutely wonderful, that did what great poetry
is supposed to do refresh the heart, the mind, and the spirit…

“We want to express our deepest gratitude to you, for the
contributions you make to our lives and the lives of our readers.
Poetry of this quality is one of the rarest and finest gifts that one
human being can give to another. We can never thank you
enough for the gift you have given to all of us.” (Blurb) --- Dan
Veach, Editor of Atlanta Review

Crossing the River: Poems Old and New

Poems
by Anthony L Tan
Copyright 2019
ISBN 978-971-9094-26-5
142 mm x 257 mm
121 pages
Price: Php 275.00

hate eating birds

“What we often overlook is the connection between poetry and
pain. This is because essentially a poem is a song, which connotes
joy and celebration. But there likewise are sad songs. They,
however, no matter how deep the hurt is within them, because
they must needs go through a process of artistic justification,
comes out in the end as victorious. In its being expressed in a
measured, well-thought-out way, the pain is distanced from the
singer or poet and in the end transmuted into wisdom. This we
find in poem after poem in Denver Torres’ collection.” (Blurb)

--- Simeon Dumdum

hate-eating birds

Poems
by Denver Ejem Torres
Copyright 2018
ISBN 978-971-9094-25-8
148 mm x 211 mm
77 pages
Price: Php 250.00

basa basa

“Ton Daposala takes us through what seems like a macho journey
in quest of sexual conquest amid the grossness, banality, and
fakery of a Filipino suburbia. The object of the quest, figured as
female, as in many cases perverse, wayward, fleeting, even non-
existent except in the fevered brain of the seeker. His muse, if it
does exist, is so trapped in the ordinary that the quest ends
without fulfillment. In the images of sexual congress, whether
consummated or denied, the poems create a totality, a sort of
mythopoeia in suburbia, a declaration of ars poetica, complex,
painful, sardonic, but supple and confident in its youthfulness and
virility. Daposala’s poetry asserts the relentless human drive to
pursue meaning and beauty despite the staleness and triteness of
daily life. And spoken in the mother tongue.” (Blurb) --- Merlie Alunan

basâ-basa

balak
ni Ton Daposala
Copyright 2018
ISBN 978-971-9094-23-4
150 mm x 212 mm
110 pages
Prices: Php 275.00

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