AC 'Old Girls': Forever young in purpose
What keeps the spirit among Assumption Convent alumnae burning even if they don’t have UAAP or NCAA matches to stoke the school spirit as the hardcourt matches do for co-educational universities like UP, Ateneo, or La Salle? Why is it always raining confetti on Assumption “Old Girls,” not just during Assumption Day in August, or “Old Girls’ Day” in October, but any time AC girls are gathered together—whether for velada practices or bazaars or golf tournaments?
I believe—I know—that it is the purpose to be of service to a greater cause that makes each Assumption Old Girl—like a proton, neutron, or electron—bind like a nuclear force. Together, Old Girls are a force, indeed. A force for good.
So it was just fitting that the motto of this year’s host class, the Silver Jubilarians of Batch 2001, is Serviam, a Latin word that means “I will serve.”
And the theme of Old Girls’ Day 2026 was “Proud Old Girl, Our Legacy in ACtion.”
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As Assumption College president Sister Irene Torres, R.A. said in her speech, “They remind us that our Assumption legacy is not simply what we remember or what we have achieved. It is what we live and what we give to others.”
“Our Assumption education did not end at graduation. It was a call to bring Christ’s love into our families, workplaces, and communities. We are called to be women of faith, and women of action—serving others, and bringing hope wherever we are,” she added.
“As St. Marie Eugenie reminds us, ‘Love never says, I have done enough’.”
Let the show begin
After Assumption Alumnae Association president Marie Young reported the AAA’s achievements, including the turnover of P10 million by last year’s jubilarians for the benefit of the Assumption mission schools for the underprivileged, the much-awaited velada began.
As always, it was like Broadway and the West End with a Pinoy touch—and the widest age range. The oldest alumna to participate in the velada, singing Que Sera Sera with such fervor that the audience joined her, was Corazon Villavicencio Sto. Domingo of Batch 1946 (the Rhodium batch). At 101, she is the only surviving member of her post-WWII batch. They were a batch of 60 girls who tackled their lessons in the Quonset huts of Assumption Herran and graduated in the “dilapidated” auditorium there. The youngest to perform were grade schoolers in their plaid uniform, who joined in the finale, the singing of the rousing Assumption school song.
Corazon’s performance was followed by Batch ’56, the Platinums; Batch ’66, the Diamonds; Batch ’81, the Sapphires; Batch ’61, the Blue Diamonds; and Batch ’86, the Rubies for the first half of the show.
I was not a jubilarian this year, but two of my sisters, Mary Mae Mayor of Batch ’81 and Valerie Sotto of Batch ’86 were. A very close friend, Dr. Denise Castro, was a Silver Belle. All three of them danced onstage. For Mary Mae, it was especially memorable because she flew in from California, with two dance practices to go, to join her velada, with her classmate Popsie Gamboa making sure she had her costumes ready in a day. Talk about sisterhood!
It was also memorable for our family, especially my 87-year-old mother, Sonia Mayor, not only because she enjoyed watching Mae, Val, and Denise dance but also because she got to hear the live announcement that her granddaughter Trish Sotto was one of six Old Girls elected to the AAA board.
Mommy Sonia shed tears of joy.
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