Bro. James P. Dunne, S.J. passed away today, 14 July, shortly after noon as he was being rushed to the Philippine Heart Center. The wake will be in the Ateneo High School Chapel starting tomorrow morning. The funeral Mass will be on Saturday, 19 July, at 8 o'clock in the morning at the Church of the Gesu. Interment follows immediatly after at Sacred Heart Novitiate, Novaliches. Please pray for the eternal repose of his soul.

[ July 16, 2003: Message edited by: admhs ]

some things cannot really be helped.

i lost my focus upon hearing the news. he is one of my closest friends. i wished that this was all a dream...pero ganun talaga. can't help but cry.

paalam bro. i will miss you so much.

Got the news at about 2:30pm, after my class at SEC. I was really shocked.

Halos lahat ng AHS alumni na kilala ko (pati na rin ata yung di ko kilala) na nakaalam ng nangyari nalungkot talaga. Parang lahat malayo ang tingin o nakayuko. Basta, tayong mga nakakilala kay Bro lang ang makakaintindi sa laking kawalan na ito.

Thanks Bro. You will be missed.

Oh, the leaves they fall
they go so far sometimes.
do i blame the wind
or the tree that let it go?

or do i wave goodbye?
settling.
- Tara McLean, "settling"

I didn't know him personally but he was
really nice.He always had a ready smile for
anyone he passed by on his scooter...whether
they greeted him or not.

Rest in Our Father's embrace,Bro. Dunne.

Joel Suplido, former HS computer teacher now living in Guam, has set up a tribute to Bro. Dunne. He has asked that this site be posted: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brodunne

I was shocked when I got the text message earlier.

I have to admit that he was one of the most important figures that changed my entire high school life. I remember running away from home and he was the one that offered me a place to stay that time at cervini when he was the prefect then. He also made a big impact on me when I was part of the Days With The Lord batch 100 and I've always wanted to thank him all my life --- through words, music, praise, and at one time, a round of ice-cold San Miguel Beer. We were all concerned especially when he fell of the steps at cervini and broke his left arm. I'll also never forget that white and light-blue scooter always parked near the admi or sometimes, near the APDIS Office... That cane that he held like a lightsaber when he made morning reflections. Who wouldn't forget that red "La Salle Academy" hand bag that he brought to school one time (He's actually Irish by blood)? And yes, one of the biggest impact he made in high school was when he became the Principal-OIC back in 94-95. He turned the HS quad to what it is today.

I'll surely miss Bro. Di kita malilimutan, Bro. Di ka namin malilimutan. SALAMAT sa lahat! Basta ikaw, Bro... Basta ikaw LORD!



[ July 15, 2003: Message edited by: Pizza Guy ]

For what is to die but to stand naked in the wind and melt into the sun?

And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides,
that it may rise and expand
and seek God
unencumbered

-Kahlil Gibran

We love you Bro!

Bro Dunne is probably one of the most influential people i ever met. He helped me numerous times during my tumultuous freshman years in high school, and was instrumental in rescuing me from summer class. Now im a freshman in the college, doing great just as he said i would later on.

I know Bro might even have been glad of the day he died, for he has a place to go home to after his life here has ended.

I will always remember you Bro

I was at the mass and wake earlier today. It saddens me to see one of the most important people of the high school leave us. He was an institution and the high school will never, ever forget him. He will be missed.

Take care on your journey to God, Bro. Dunne.

Mr. Baseball

BIL! DWTL Batch 145

his memories will stay in our hearts forever.

a Dios, to God Bro. Dunne.

[ July 16, 2003: Message edited by: hornsby ]

he used to call me shortie during high school...send birthday and christmas cards and post cards. definitely, mamimiss ko yun.

pero, at least bro you could now play basketball up there.

i love you bro.

pati he can drink all the beer he wants!

bro, wag mo nang bastunin yung mga angels dun. i'll never forget how you use your cane to call my attention from my back.

paalam bro. magkikita pa tayo someday.

vaya con dios, Bro. Thanks for everything. May you always live in our hearts forever. I LOVE YOU!!!!

Basta ikaw...

AHS DWTL 163/175


At sa iyong paglisan... ang tanging pabaon ko ay PAG-IBIG

[ July 17, 2003: Message edited by: bruja mujera ]

so tell us what you REALLY think

one morning during my freshman days at AHS, he gave the reflection in my class. noong una, ang ingay pa namin (syempre 1st year) tapos pinalo nya ng malakas yung cane nya sa blackboard, edi tahimik naman kami. old fellow, we can mess with him, that was what we thought. but after he delivered his reflection, nagsorry sya in an outstandingly sincere manner like we've never experienced before. walang makagalaw sa'min...institusyon pala siya dito. kakaiba ang tikas niya when it comes to relating to the students...

we'll see you there, bro.

He was an educator, a mentor, a rock when you needed someone to lean on.

When you're wearied and worn out by the turbulence of everyday life, it's always refreshing to come home. Home was a place that remained the same, a safe refuge, a sanctuary. Sadly, even home gets jarred into reality sometimes...especially when home loses one of its great pillars.

Goodbye Brother Dunne. I'll be there on Saturday morning. I won't miss that last chance to say thank you so much...and farewell.

Basta Ikaw Brother.
Basta Ikaw Lord.

DWTL Batch 15: October 1984

Sobrang shocked ako when I heard the news...

I'll definitely miss Bro...

Cant help but cry...

Ang laking kawalan nito...

I love you, Bro...

Basta dito ka lang palagi sa puso ko...

Kahit hindi kami close ni Bro and kahit hindi niya ako naging student... ill always remember the day when you gave us a talk about "adolescent sexuality seminar" when i was a freshman... thank you Bro for that inspirational talk you gave us that day.
thank you Bro Dunne!!!

"Eternal rest grant to him o Lord and let Perpetual light shine upon him."

we'll miss you bro..

My message has been deleted!!!!!! :mad:

I posted a message in this thread on the pretentiousness of the Ateneo in the way it treated Bro. Dunne's death. Clearly, the moderators of this forum are too close-minded to tolerate an opinion that goes against the grain. It's disappoiting that this has ceased to be a forum where different and sometimes opposing ideas meet and get discussed; this has devolved into a sappy let-us-cry-our-hearts-out-for-the-man thing.

Puh-lease. If the moderators here cannot bear to have people posting ideas here that go against their own, they shouldn't have made this thread, because doing so implies that they are opening the topic to the possible criticism of the public.

Deleting my message reeks of authoritarianism (if there is such a word). I expected the moderators to be more considerate of other people's views.

[ July 20, 2003: Message edited by: eydzhey ]

..

I'm posting my message again.

And I'm deleting it again.

This is a High School Forum, AJ, and you're expected to follow the rules of atenista.net. If you were at the High School community Mass you were there because you wanted to go. College students were not even invited to attend that Mass.

[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: admhs ]

Dude, respect naman for Bro. Dunne. While the whole high school may not have been close to him, I think for what he has done, he deserves some credit and he deserves respect.

If you cannot say anything nice, just keep it to yourself.

Peace.

Yes, Bro. Dunne deserves respect.
Yes, Bro. Dunne deserves credit.
Of course.

But all I'm saying is...
1.My message should not have been deleted simply because it was not as sappy as the other posts in this forum.
2.It was pretentious and Pharisical of the Admin to have forced the entire student body to view his remains after the Mass.
3.People, especially those from outside the Ateneo, should not be given the impression that everyone here loved Bro. Dunne. Because not everyone did.
4.The way the Admin showcased his remains reminded me of those freakshows showing tiyanaks, mermaids, syokoy, etc. that you used to see in carnivals.

I am entitled to my opinion. No one has to agree with me, but no one should censor me either.

And what's this "if you have nothing nice to say, just keep it to yourself" foolishness? I see something wrong with the way things are being done around me, thus I voice out my objections. If everyone is constrained to be nice all the time, who will be left to criticize? to point out flaws? to pop people's bubbles when they float too high up the sky? to make people realize that just because a lot of people think it's right doesn't mean it's right?

My criticism serves a purpose. I intend to be critical.

Assuming he had a soul,
Assuming there is an afterlife,
Assuming he wants to,

May he rest in peace.

[ July 20, 2003: Message edited by: eydzhey ]

[ July 20, 2003: Message edited by: eydzhey ]

look who's close minded and likes to assume.

I'm close-minded to what?
What did I assume?

It's not foolishness. It's etiquette. Proper manners.

There's a right time to voice out opinions like yours. But when people are grieving because a special person died and you put out comments like those, it's not right. It's improper. Sorry pero bastos yung hirit mo.

Don't get me wrong, I honestly wasn't close with Bro. Dunne but I feel for the other people grieving here. People who think Bro. Dunne was significant in their lives. Those comments of yours are unnecessary and disrespectful, especially for the departed.

You have to discern when comments such as those are proper. In this case, it wasn't.

One thing you forget in your mission to be critical is your obligation to be delicate. So what if you feel you're right? Does that mean you have to say what you want to say in a roughshod manner?

Sheesh. Okay, so you might've differed in opinion. Fine. Just don't be a brute---now, instead of people taking you seriously, don't be surprised if you're considered nasty and cold. You're sense of timing is soooo way off, man.

in the summer after my high school graduation, i was beset by quite a difficult problem that i ran away from. i was just out of HS then, not knowing much about the world and its cruelties that come along with it. and i buckled.

i didn't go home for a few days causing my family a lot of pain, grief and confusion. eventually, i found my way back to Ateneo taking it the beautiful and relaxing view of the Marikina valley from the Dorm cafeteria. it was there where Bro. Dunne found me and talked to me and convinced me to face my problem. he found a place for me to stay in Cervini then called my folks who picked me up the following day (he advised them against picking me up that night so as to give me space). well, the problem worked out fine after that terrible misunderstanding and so i entered my freshman year in college with a huge smile on my face. in fact, i was bristling with laughter and energy during ORSEM that it helped break the ice with my new classmates and the upperclassmen.

i understand that Bro. Dunne might have not been the most caring person for everyone. but mind you, he did give a damn. in fact, a lot of people would go to his office, whether to cut class or to seriously need counseling, i'm not sure. but randy sevilla did say that he liked going there coz of the airconditioned coziness of the place.

maybe for others, bro. dunne might have been too witty (sarcastic to some but i don't think so) and at times perhaps, unable to understand us. after all, here's this Irish-American with a passion for football and beer.

maybe for some, he did remind us of our parents. at that age, it's like so uncool to be seen with your folks lest you be branded as a mama's boy or what.

but like Big Boy before him. Pagsy. Fr. Bert Ampil. and a whole bunch of them. they played a huge part of those laughing years. while we are poorer for losing such a person, we are richer as human beings for him and the others like him for having shaped our lives.

God bless, Bro. Jim. as much as i don't like guiness beer, i'm gonna have that drink for you sometime soon.

i was only able to go to the wake on the last night. right after the Mass pa. and i didin't recognize anyone except for that John Lennon look-alike, Jun Balmaceda. and i know almost everyone from the two batches ahead down to the two batches after me. just goes to show how many lives Bro. Jim touched.

utang na loob! we respect your opinion, but in that same respect, there is also a limit to that!

what do you mean that the student body was forced? no student was sanctioned if they did not attend the mass. actually, it is an obligation of the school to pay its last respects to bro since he was serving almost 60% of his life in ahs! ask anyone from high school who does not know bro very well if they were deliberately forced by their moderators or teachers to attend the mass.

second point: bro as a circus display?! he was not on display for entertainment for Christ's sake! he was there because simply he was there. being part of the ateneo for so long entitles him respect until the end. ngayon, kung ganun ang tingin mo sa katawan niya, i suggest clean your eyes or better yet, wear eyeglasses!

last point: we were not forced to go to the final mass, nor we regret doing so. actually, kami pa yung gumawa ng backdrop nya sa covered courts kahit alam ng buong sambayanan ng high school e graduates na kmi. we felt his presence in doing so and we felt like we were having our staffer's meeting with bro as the rector.

makikipag-away ako para sa kanya tulad ng ginawa niya para sa akin. if anyone hurts any of my friends, i'll never forgive you. kaya nga itikom mo na lang yang bibig mo kung wala kang masabing matino. Mr. Baseball, i concur.

fyi, he has a soul. baka yung sayo e primodorial ooze o soluble sa tubig.

give bro the proper respect he deserves pwede ba?!

Lets respect Bro Dunne by not getting into arguments specially on this thread, shall we?

I agree with the ehyzeg-whatever person.

Soul of the Abyss, we High School students were required to attend the Mass! Not attending it would have merited us a class cut! It's even in the Student's Handbook, 'no. So just acknowledge that MOST of us were dragged to the presentation of The Corpse whether we wanted to or not. Hello! Do you think THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY went to the Mass ON THEIR OWN ACCORD?!

Puh-lease. Don't delude yourselves. As the ehyzeg person pointed out, not everyone was insanely in love with the man.

On that point about Bro. not being treated like a circus display. I feel that he was. I've known Bro. Dunne too, and I did not appreciate the way the admin showcased his remains. Parang "OK everyone, look at this body here. Can everyone see? Good. Now, who can tell me how many layers of make-up is encrusted in his dead pores?.."

People should not have been forced to view his remains; it...cheapens and trivializes the whole thing. You know, somewhere along the lines of "one cannot love if one cannot hate". If we are not given the choice to NOT view his body, then VIEWING his body loses its meaning.

May his soul rest in peace. Assuming he's not just primordial ooze like the rest of us.

[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: Pheelyp ]

[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: Pheelyp ]

pheelyp, playing safe ka pa ha..

we know. it reeks of aytona.

we thought you already changed.

anyway, im sure bro can forgive you..

Excuse me? :confused:

Are you Ino Habana or some other Pugad person?


I need no forgiveness.


Besides, I don't think that Bro. Dunne can forgive me pa kasi if he can, then that's bonus points for him kay God, which is madaya since dapat counted lang yung what he did during his life. Daya naman if pwede pa s'yang mag-cram ng forgiveness after he's dead, 'di ba?

let us try to avoid the philosophical and theological questions, pheelyp.

let us be humble enough to accept that we cannot answer such questions.

anyway, your previous statement seems like you are admitting that you're eydzhey...

so are you, pheelyp?

Puh-lease (haha)...for sure eydzhey comes from b2004 bcoz of the reply he posted on a thread. He also knows raffy garcia (who coincidentally gave a reflection to 4b) and bonz. cmon pheelyp, we did our research.

if its not you, the next guy in our list would be the devil.

The devil sounding like moi?

Hah.

A compliment it does not deserve.


Think what you want. I am not that ehygez person.

C'mon... you have the audacity to write that comment on bro and you can't face the responsibility. Be a man pheelyp.

Oh, how can you be..you're the one who wrote "nice accent" describing raffy.

anyway, truth will out.

and people will get what they deserve

if not on earth

then maybe in hell.

[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: tap_root ]

Behold. This thread about Bro. Dunne has evolved into a thread about me.

this thread is about giving justice to bro.

This thread remains to defend bro.

this thread aims to prevent people from lambasting bro...

don't worry, we'll keep the sanctity of this thread by making a topic for you!

...your dreams coming true?

What's lambasting?

A dream come true? I think not. I prefer comfortable anonymity, thanks.

I would like to apologize for going down to the level of eydzhey / pheelyp.

Debating with him would only result to a paradoxical discussion with no resolution.

For the people who will be posting their messages, let us talk about Bro. Dunne and how he contributed to our lives.

"Paradoxical discussion with no resolution"?

Isn't that the most interesting type? It fleshes out one's most primal emotions.


Yes, go back to hero-worshipping the man. I kinda liked him, too.

Just remember that not everyone thinks as you do. (which was really all I wanted to say)

[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: Pheelyp ]

god, pheelyp, i can't believe you're stooping this low just to get attention.

you desperately need friends - real ones, not cyber-thoughts.

Okay, let's all take a chill pill.

I concur with Tap-Root. This is about Bro. Dunne. Some respect him, love him, venerate him, etc, etc, etc. Granted, others don't feel the same way, it's their right to an opinion, fine.

If anyone feels badly how the HS Admi dealt with everything (the Mass, etc), then that should be in a thread talking about HS Admi, not in a thread remembering Bro. Dunne.

And Pheelyp: I'm surprised you don't know what lambast(e) means. More surprising since that's what people did to your points among the Ateneo Debaters. (Look at my nick, and you will know who I am. )

grabe.

obviously, yung mga posts ni eydzhey are just for the sake of debate.

eydzhey and pheelyp (kung iisa man kayong tao o hindi), please, ilugar niyo naman ang mga sarili ninyo.

hanggang dito pa ba naman, sa gitna ng walang hanggang katahimikan ni Bro, nagpipilit pa rin kayong lumikha ng ingay?

I just read this topic and I really wonder what other people are thinking about this topic diversion. Just for the sake of a pheelyp aytona? Geez. Pabayaan n'yo na, parang awa. Baka hindi pa tantanan ang kaluluwa ng ibang patay.

Bro, nakaukit magpakailanman ang iyong pangalan. Sabi pa nga ng friend ko, bibisitahin mo raw ako rito over the summer pero I knew that your condition was not geting better. Salamat sa lahat, sa kwentuhan at pagtawag sa aming "Fantastic Four," sa iyong pambabaston sa pagtulog sa maling kwarto nung Days, sa iyong pagbusina sa araw-araw na daraan ka sa hallways at pati na sa EDSA. Salamat at minsan eh naihatid na kita sa JR, first year pa ako nu'n. Salamat sa mga alaala.

Paalam, kaibigan.