- The present pendant, the group of
people in a circle with Christ in the center, was first used
in Circle 3.
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- Each Search-In community carries
the same basic design for the pendant - a group of people in
a circle with Christ in the center - but each community has a
distinct difference. Some are square shaped, some are circular,
and one is even triangular. Some are large and some are small.
Some have different symbols for Christ, some us Xt, some use
J for Jesus, some use a cross, and some use a P with an X across
it.
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- Joining Search-In cost only around
forty pesos during circles 1 & 2.
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- Search-In weekend retreats used
to end by noon time with the Closing Mass beginning at 11:00AM
on Sundays. This changed in the late 1980's to give more time
for sleep and also since it was easier to get a priest to Celebrate
Mass at 3PM on Sundays.
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- The original theme song of
the Search-In is 'Beautiful City'. The present recognized theme
song, 'Ikaw, Ako, Tayo (Magkakapatid), took over after it became
the theme song of Circle 7.
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- The smallest circle is Circle
13 with only 7 members. Originally 20 retreatants, 13 of them
backed out on the day itself.
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- The largest circle is Circle 17
with 25 members. We learned our lesson after that, too many people
- no sleep.
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- The most number of Search-In
retreats held in a school year was during the schoolyear 1983-84.
Eight (8) circles were held during that year - Circles 26-33.
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- The most number of Search-Inners
to visit the opening ceremonies was during Circle 50 wherein
more than 250 people attended the welcoming. The song Beautiful
City had to be repeated 3 and a half times.
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- The most number of Search-Inners
to attend the Closing Mass was either during Circle 75 or Circle
100. Estimates were over 200 although some believe Circle 75
reached over 300 people present.
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- Circle 44 was faced with a
water shortage. There was no water available from the beginning
of the retreat until about 3AM Sunday morning. The resourceful
Search-Inners at that time provided water by finding a fire truck
and had it parked next to the retreat house until regular water
was restored.
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- The Annual Search-In Sportsfest
began in 1983 after a group thought of the idea and organized
it within 6 days. Unfortunately, its last regular season was
in the Summer of 1995. A lack of organizers in the following
years caused its end. It was successfully revived one more time
during the summer after Circle 100 to Celebrate 100 Circles and
20 years of Search-In.
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- During its peak years, the
Annual Search-In Summer Sportsfest had an average of over 300
participants divided into 4 teams - Yellow, Blue, Red and Green.
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- The most number of people
to attend the Search-In's Summer Exodus to the Beach was 68.
(Some claim it was 78). This was during the summer of 1986 wherein
the beach trip lasted for 5 days and 4 nights at Marco Matute's
house at Tali Beach, Batangas.
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- The great Luzon earthquake
of 1990 saw nearly 200 search-inners working 24 hours round the
clock for one week running the Earthquake Relief Operations held
at the gate of La Salle Greenhills. Assisted by some of the La
Salle Brothers, and some other friends, we were able to raise
P 678,000 pesos in cash and over 6 large truckloads of donations
for the victims. This operation consisted in 3 actual trips to
some heavily affected areas in Region 1 to deliver donations.
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- The Search-In was asked to
man the telephones for the Operation Helping Hand Telethon by
GMA 7 for the benefit of the 1990 Earthquake victims. We were
honored by the offer because we were cited by GMA 7 as one of
the most organized relief operations during that crisis. The
event was televised over GMA 7.
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- Gary Valenciano is the singer
most frequently listened to during Search-In retreats. Several
of his songs are used during different activities. He is also
the singer of the most number of Circle theme songs. Gary also
happens to be the Godfather of Circle 10.
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