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A Tribute to the Father of Free Public Secondary Education: A Tribute to an Outlasted Life
A NECROLOGICAL SERVICE in honor of the late GOVERNOR CARLOS M. PADILLA

Sponsored by the Nueva Vizcaya Association of Secondary School Principals (NVASSP)
INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
SERVICE LEADER
RUCELLE TUCAY BORJA
School Head, Alfonso Castaneda National High School
We gather as one NUEVA VIZCAYA ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS or

NVASSP Family and friends to honor the life of our dear Governor of the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, our
dearest HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA. Now that he has gone from us, we come into the Lord’s presence to
remember and give thanks for the good things that the Lord has done in him and the richness that we have
received through his life. We give thanks for his life and ask God to bless him now that his time in this world
has come to an end. For our dearest HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA, the journey is now beginning. But for
us, there is loss, grief and pain. Every one of us here has been aﬀected - perhaps in small ways, or perhaps in
transformative ones- by our dearest Governor. His life mattered to us all. It is important for us to collectively
acknowledge and accept that the world has fundamentally changed with his passing. We are all grieving.
Life will not be the same - nor should it be. Together, let us open our hearts and commemorate the impact
our dearest HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA had on us and entrust his soul to the tender mercy of God. May
we now begin this simple necrological service through our opening songs.
OPENING SONGS
AMAZING GRACE
Amazing grace how sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear

And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers, toils, and snares

I have already come
This grace that brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home
When we've been here ten thousand years

Bright, shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we first begun
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Amazing grace how sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
HOW GREAT THOU ART
Oh Lord, my God
When I, in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee

How great Thou art, how great Thou art
And when I think that God, His Son not sparing

Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin

When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation

And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration
And then proclaim, my God, how great Thou art

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OPENING PRAYER
PRAYER LEADER:
JOSEPH GASTON DONALD A. LANANG, EdD
School Head, Dupax del Sur National High School
(This is just a sample Opening Prayer. The Prayer Leader may opt to compose his/her own.)
Father, you are all-powerful and

ever living God. In your son Jesus
Christ, who rose
from the dead, our hope of
resurrection begin. The sadness of
death gives way to the bright
promise of immortality. Lord, for
your faithful people life is changed,
not ended. Merciful
Father, hear our prayers and be
gracious to us. As we renew our
faith in your Son, whom you
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raised from the dead, strengthen our

hope that our beloved dead,
N.________ and all our
departed brothers and sisters will
share in his resurrection. We ask
this through Christ our Lord.
Assembly: Amen.
God of life and light and hope, with your whole Church in heaven and on earth we bring to you our
thanks, we offer to you our praise, for all that you have done for humankind through Jesus who is the Christ.
You showed your plan for the world and proved that your love has no limit, and on that first Easter when
you raised Jesus from the dead you promised that all humankind might share his resurrection.
For the hope of our faith, for the good news of your kingdom, and for all those whom you have
welcomed into your loving presence, we thank you, gracious God. But especially now, we thank you for the
life of our dearest HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA whom we loved and treasured so much. We thank you for
all the ways in which he became special and precious to each of us who knew him; for the values and
standards he set himself and lived by; for his sense of what was good and right and decent; for his warmth
and humor and sense of family; for every life that he enriched and all that he invested of himself in our lives;
for the faith by which he lived and in which he died.
We thank you for the glorious treasury of memories that are ours to keep, to hold on to and to enjoy –
the moments that were deep, special and personal, the times that rang with laughter and fun, and for the
ordinary days of discovering each other a little more, when affection and love, trust and respect, grew and
were deepened. We thank you for the courage shown, and for a life fulfilled, and for all that our dearest
HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA reflected of your goodness and love. And now we are glad that our dearest
HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA has found peace and will neither suffer nor mourn again. He has laid his
burden down before you and is with you, safe, happy, whole, and welcomed by those for whom he once
mourned.
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Help us to hold on to what we should and to let go what we must. Help us not to cling to the past
constantly brooding for what might have been, but rather to take forward what he gave us for the rest of our
lives’ journey. Help us to trust and to know that our dearest HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA will never be far
from us till that day when we all stand together in your presence.
We ask you to bless our program as we thank and glorify your name through the life of our dearest
HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA. Bless those who will stand and testify the good deeds of our dear Governor
and may the words we give and songs we sing comfort the bereaved family. With faith that you listen when
we call, we ask all these things through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, AMEN.
OPENING REMARKS
MERLITA C. PADILLA, PhD

Secondary School Principal IV
Nueva Vizcaya General Comprehensive High School
BIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA
TRINIDAD B. LOGAN, PhD

Solano National High School
HONORABLE CARLOS M. PADILLA, is the incumbent Governor of the Province of Nueva

Vizcaya. Before he seated as the Chief Executive of the province, he spent his 29 years in the realm of
legislation as the Representative of the Lone District of Nueva Vizcaya including six years of stint in the
Batasang Pambansa.
While in Congress, he served as Deputy Speaker and a Minority Leader. He became a member of
very important congressional bodies such as Commission on Appointments and the House of Representative
Electoral Tribunal (HRET). He became the Co-chairperson of the congressional commission called the
EDCom with Senator Edgardo Angara as Chairperson, a body to assess Philippine education. The honorable
Padilla shall be remembered for the enactment of several landmark pieces of legislation such ad 1) RA 6655,
establishing and providing for Free Public Secondary Education in the Philippines; 2) RA 6728 establishing
the PESFA Scholarship, the Educational Service Contracting (ESC) Program for private schools, and other
programs. He likewise authored the creation of the NCCA and the Commission on Filipino Languages and
the establishment of about 45 high schools in the province of Nueva Vizcaya including the Philippine
Science High School, Cagayan Valley Campus in Bayombong. He was also responsible for the conversion of
the then NVSIT and NVSPC into a university now known as the Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU).
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On several occasions, he represented Congress in several international conferences abroad, such as

the International Labor Organization Conference in Geneva, the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarians’ Union, the
ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization Conference, and the UNESCO General Assembly in Paris among
others. Prior to his successful career as a veteran lawmaker, he served as a Local Chief Executive of the then
undivided municipality of Dupax, Nueva Vizcaya. History will remember him as the last Mayor to serve the
old Dupax and the first mayor to serve Dupax Del Norte. The old town of Dupax has been split into three
namely, Dupax del Norte, Dupax del Sur and Alfonso Castañeda.
Padilla was a recipient of the outstanding alumnus award at the Polytechnic University of the
Philippines (PUP), where he served as President of the Supreme Student Council and also received his
doctorate degree in Public Administration, honoris causa. He likewise received the same honorary degree in
Education, and in Humanities, from Philippine Normal University and Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of
Technology and the Nueva Vizcaya State Polytechnic College, now the Nueva Vizcaya State University
(NVSU) respectively.
Governor Carlos M. Padilla is happily married to Ruth Raña Padilla, who also served as provincial
governor of Nueva Vizcaya and PRC Commissioner and blessed with three children: Carlos “Jojo” II,
Ruthie Maye, and Carlo Paolo who are his number one supporters and the source of his strength to fulfill his
oath to the people of Nueva Vizcaya.
BIBLE READINGS
OLD TESTAMENT READING
Reader
ROBERTO D. CUTILLON
Diadi National High School
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born
and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down
and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter
stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search
and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to
be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
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What do workers gain from their toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. 11 He
has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet [a] no one can
fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be
happy and to do good while they live. 13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all
their toil—this is the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be
added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him. Whatever is has already been,
and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.[b]
CHRISTIAN HYMN
BECAUSE HE LIVES
God sent His son

They called Him Jesus
He came to love
Heal and forgive
He bled and died
To buy my pardon
An empty grave
Is there to prove
My savior lives
And because He lives

I can face tomorrow
Because He lives
All fear is gone
Because I know
He holds the future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives
How to sweet to hold

A new born baby
And feel the pride and joy it brings
But greater still
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The calm assurance

This child can face
Uncertain days
Because he lives
And because He lives

I can face tomorrow
Because He lives
All fear is gone
Because I know
He holds the future
Just because He lives
And then one day

I'll cross the river
And I'll fight life's final war with pain
And then
As death gives way to victory
I'll see the lights of glory
And I'll know He reigns
Because He lives
I can face tomorrow
Because He lives
All fear is gone
Because I know
He holds the future
Just because He lives (He lives)
Hallelujah
He lives
BIBLE READINGS
NEW TESTAMENT READING
Reader
GEORLY R. TUGADE
Secondary School Principal II
Murong National High School
I Thessalonians 4:13-17
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Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that
you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the
Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly
not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud
command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise
first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet
the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
Father, you are all-powerful and

ever living God. In your son Jesus
Christ, who rose
from the dead, our hope of
resurrection begin. The sadness of
death gives way to the bright
promise of immortality. Lord, for
your faithful people life is changed,
not ended. Merciful
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Father, hear our prayers and be

gracious to us. As we renew our
faith in your Son, whom you
raised from the dead, strengthen our
hope that our beloved dead,
N.________ and all our
departed brothers and sisters will
share in his resurrection. We ask
this through Christ our Lord.
Assembly: Amen.
CHRISTIAN HYMN
WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS
What a Friend we have in Jesus,

All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
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O what needless pain we bear,

All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer.
Have we trials and temptations?

Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful

Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
Are we weak and heavy laden,

Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge,
Do your friends despise, forsake you?

Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In His arms He'll take and shield you;
You will find a solace there.
Blessed Savior, Thou hast promised

Thou wilt all our burdens bear
May we ever, Lord, be bringing
All to Thee in earnest prayer.
Soon in glory bright unclouded

There will be no need for prayer
Rapture, praise and endless worship
Will be our sweet portion there.
EXHORTATION
Speaker
DAVID JOHN D. UBERA
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School Head, Ganao National High School
CHRISTIAN HYMN
HEAVEN BOUND
Heaven is my home
I'm just a stranger in this world
I'm on a journey,
and I'm not here to stay
I'm heaven bound

Where I will live eternally
Jesus my Saviour
He is waiting there for me
I'm heaven bound

Oh, Hallelujah
I'm heaven bound,
Glory to God
I'm on my way to that fair land
Where the saints of God are bound
Jesus made the way and now I'm heaven bound
I've set my eyes

To the Savior of my life
Nothing in this world
Can separate me from his love
Though sometimes the road is rough

Sometimes I feel I had enough
But the grace that brought me to him
Will carry me until the end
I'm heaven bound

Oh, Hallelujah
I'm heaven bound,
Glory to God
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I'm on my way to that fair land

Where the saints of God are bound
Jesus made the way and now I'm heaven bound
MESSAGE
Speaker
LUVIMINDA M. CORDERO, EdD
Bambang National High School
CHRISTIAN HYMN
WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER
When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more
And the morning breaks eternal bright and fair
When the saved diverse shall gather over on the other shore
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there
When the roll is called up yonder

When the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there
On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise,
And the glory of his resurrection share;
When his chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies,
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.

When the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there
Let us lay before the Master from dawn 'til setting sun
Let us talk of all his wondrous love and care
Then when all of life is over and our work on Earth is done
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there

When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there
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AWARDING OF POSTHUMOUS AWARD
To be awarded by the
NVASSP OFFICERS
CHRISTIAN HYMN
POWER OF LOVE
Lord I come to You

Let my heart be changed, renewed
Flowing from the grace
That I've found in You
Lord I've come to know

The weaknesses I see in me
Will be stripped away
By the power of Your love
Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side
And as I wait
I’ll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love
Lord unveil my eyes

Let me see You face to face
The knowledge of Your love
As You live in me
Lord renew my mind
As Your will unfolds in my life
In living every day
By the power of Your love
Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side
And as I wait
I'll rise up like the eagle
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And I will soar with You

Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love
CLOSING PRAYER
PRAYER LEADER:
MICKAEL A. RAYMUNDO
School Head, Runruno National High School
(This is just a sample Opening Prayer. The Prayer Leader may opt to compose his/her own.)
Gracious Father God, your love never ends and is always willing to comfort us. On this occasion
grief can threaten us and over-shadow our hope and optimism. Help us to remember with gratitude our
dearest HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA. May his influence remain with us because he was dear to us. May
your compassion lead us from the grief of separation to the hope of resurrection.
We thank you for the life which has passed; we give thanks because we have seen the leading of God
in our dearest HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA who has died. We give thanks because of the virtues, love and
activity which made him what he was. We thank you for his life with all its achievements and for the love
given and received by him among his family and friends. We are content that whatever suffering and pain,
sadness and sorrow there was in his life has now passed and ended and that he has entered into a life which
is eternal. We are grateful that he was such a person that our grief and sorrow is real and pray for your
comfort in healing the absence of his laughter and joy of life.
We pray that you will bring comfort to those who grieve. We pray particularly for parents, children,
relations and friends of our dearest HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA. Give them courage to adapt to living.
May grief and distress not overwhelm them so that in time the wounds left by this death may be healed.
Give us insight to believe that physical death is the gateway to a more complete and fulfilling life. So give
us your peace and light, comfort and compassion in the name and for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.
AMEN.
CLOSING SONG
DIKANTUN MALIPATAN
Di kan ton malipatan, kuna toy pusok

Uray no awanak dennam ti tunggal aldaw
Uray pay no tawenen iti naglabasen
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Di mon to kunaen a malipatan ka

Ingga't tungpal tanem
Kanayon nga adda kaniak

Toy impaidulin mo nga ayat
Nga isu ti impaay mo a pagbiagak
Uray no maysaak to payen
A nalamiis a bangkay
Di mon to kunaen a malipatan ka
Ingga't tungpal tanem
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A Tribute to the Father of Free Public Secondary Education: A Tribute to an Outlasted Life

A NECROLOGICAL SERVICE in honor of the late GOVERNOR CARLOS M. PADILLA

We gather as one NUEVA VIZCAYA ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS or

Amazing grace how sweet the sound

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear

Through many dangers, toils, and snares

When we've been here ten thousand years

Amazing grace how sweet the sound

HOW GREAT THOU ART

Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee

And when I think that God, His Son not sparing

Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee

When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation

Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee

Father, you are all-powerful and

raised from the dead, strengthen our

MERLITA C. PADILLA, PhD

BIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE HON. CARLOS M. PADILLA

TRINIDAD B. LOGAN, PhD

HONORABLE CARLOS M. PADILLA, is the incumbent Governor of the Province of Nueva

On several occasions, he represented Congress in several international conferences abroad, such as

OLD TESTAMENT READING

God sent His son

And because He lives

How to sweet to hold

The calm assurance

And because He lives

And then one day

NEW TESTAMENT READING

Father, you are all-powerful and

Father, hear our prayers and be

WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS

What a Friend we have in Jesus,

O what peace we often forfeit,

O what needless pain we bear,

Have we trials and temptations?

Can we find a friend so faithful

Are we weak and heavy laden,

Do your friends despise, forsake you?

Blessed Savior, Thou hast promised

Soon in glory bright unclouded

School Head, Ganao National High School

I'm heaven bound

I'm heaven bound

I've set my eyes

Though sometimes the road is rough

I'm heaven bound

I'm on my way to that fair land

WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER

When the roll is called up yonder

When the roll is called up yonder

When the roll is called up yonder

AWARDING OF POSTHUMOUS AWARD

Lord I come to You

Lord I've come to know

Lord unveil my eyes

And I will soar with You

Di kan ton malipatan, kuna toy pusok

Di mon to kunaen a malipatan ka

Kanayon nga adda kaniak

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