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QUEZON CITY—Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education granted Recoletos School of Theology (RST) canonical recognition as an Ecclesiastical Institution of Higher Studies and confirmed the renewal of its affiliation with the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila for another five years. Dated August 25, 2025, and signed by Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, the two documents were presented to the RST community during a thanksgiving Mass last October 2, 2025, presided by Rev. Fr. Ian Anthony Espartero, OAR, School Director, with Rev. Fr. Lounal Jarumay, OAR, Executive Secretary,…
Journey to St. Augustine: A CSFIP Encounter
What a privilege it is to be in a community where spirituality is being nourished and nurtured! But, learning about one’s spirituality requires willingness to ask, listen and most importantly, surrender. I was in a reflective mood when I accepted the challenge to be one of the delegates of the Comprehensive Formation and Immersion Program…
Thomasian passes Eagle Scout Rank Exam
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–Louie Ivan Y. Tolcidas, of Section Nuestra Señora de La Salud (STEM Strand), 18 years old, passed the evaluation and examination held last April 11-13, 2019 at the Boy Scouts of the Philippines Negros Occidental Council. Tolcidas, who is among the four Eagle Scout passers in San Carlos City, now has…
USJ-R makes grand slam history in GMA Network Excellence Awards
CEBU CITY–Journalism graduate Wenilyn Sabalo bagged the 2019 GMA Network Excellence Award (GNEA) for Communication. The awarding ceremony was held earlier today at the GMA Network Center in Quezon City. As a prize, she received a trophy and P50,000. This is the third consecutive time that a Josenian bagged the said national award. The first awardee was Lorraine Mitzi…
University utilizes website for online event booking
CEBU CITY–For the first time, an online booking system for institutional events was integrated into the official website of the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R). It was first utilized by the Campus Ministry Office (CMO) for the Augustinian Recollect Spiritual Exercises (ARSE) for the academic year 2019-2020. ARSE is a recollection activity and is a prerequisite for graduation in…
DILG, UNO-R MOA signing for 2019 CSIS
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Local Government –Region VI and the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos inked a partnership for the 2019 Citizen Satisfaction Index System (CSIS). In a short program held at the University President’s Hall on July 12, 2019, the Memorandum of Agreement was signed by Fray Don H. Besana, OAR and Atty.…
Recoletos takes over family-owned school in Alfonso
Provincial Curia, QUEZON CITY – “OK lang po, for so long as it is Recoletos.” Those were the words of Mrs. Adelaida R. Leyran, matriarch of the family that owned the 73-year old Sacred Heart School of Cavite (SHSC) in Alfonso, Cavite, during the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement at the Provincialate Office on…
Revisit, Renewal, Refocus
Balamban, CEBU – “The Talavera House of Prayer – Recoletos became our haven for three days,” Fray Sixto Bitangjol, School Director of USJ-R Balamban Campus reported. “These days tested our patience and dedication in going deeper on what we had wanted for the University of San Jose – Recoletos, Balamban.” Last June 24 -27, 2019,…
Thomasian scouts to join 24th World Scout Jamboree in USA
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–Thomasian scouts represent San Carlos City to the 24th World Scout Jamboree in Bechtel Park, West Virgina, USA on July 22 to August 2, 2019. Senior Scout Roger Jaisen A. Belga, a Grade 12, STEM student of Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos, San Carlos City and Scout Hayden Lloyd Villaluz, a Grade…
USJ-R eco-bus joins DENR’s Northern Cebu environmental caravan
CEBU CITY–To strengthen the environmental awareness of the youth in Northern Cebu, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) conducted an educational caravan on June 28. The University of San Jose – Recoletos (USJ-R) was the only university invited to take part in the said endeavor. The school was given the privilege to share…
