Formation | Continuous Formation
Mira Nila Homes, Quezon City—Secretariat of Vocation and Initial Formation resumes the second day of the Annual Meeting of Formators at Recoletos Formation Center with the theme, “Redi ad Cor et inde ad Deum: Augustinian Recollect Formative Itinerary.” The second day of the meeting of formators started with the praying of the Office of the Reading and Eucharistic Celebration presided over by Fr. Arian Josef Ocheda, OAR, at St. John Paul II Chapel. The program resumed with the Video Recapitulation of what has transpired on the first day of the meeting. It was followed by a message of Fr. Fabian…
RST Examination Week
Mira-Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY —RST held the preliminary examinations last October 8-12, 2018. In line with intellectual training and academic assessment demanded for doctrinal, spiritual, scriptural, historical, liturgical and moral qualifications for priesthood, RST students in all levels took their preliminary examinations. Each year level was slated to take examinations either in oral or written…
Order receives 6 new postulants
Baguio City—Six formands of Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary were formally received into the postulancy stage of formation during the solemn Rites of Investiture held at the seminary chapel last Oct. 12, 2018. The traditional “Toma de Habito” (loosely translated as “taking of the habit”) of the six-member Batch Heralds was officiated by the Vicar of the…
Casiciaco seminarians visit diocesan seminary for friendly games
Baguio City—Seminarians of Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary escaped with wins in friendly matches with their diocesan counterparts during the opening of “Palarong Paulino” at San Pablo Seminary last Oct. 14, 2018. The Casiciaco Spikers dominate the host team in a hotly contested volleyball match in 5 sets, 19-25; 25-10; 25-16; 20-25; 15-7 which featured gorgeous sets,…
AR and OAR formands take Licensure Examination for Teachers
QUEZON CITY—Pursuant to the Republic Act # 7836, otherwise known as “Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994,” and to accomplish the requirement to acquire license for future teachers and school administrators in the Augustinian Recollect Educational Institutions, thirteen simply professed Augustinian Recollect friars and seven temporarily professed Augustinian Recollect sisters took the Licensure Examination for…
Fides et Ratio colloquium held
Baguio City—With either one of them missing, “both faith and reason would become impoverished.” This was how Prof. Mark Joseph Calano summed up the contents of the papal encyclical “Fides et Ratio” (Faith and Reason) during a lecture he delivered at Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary mini-theater last Sept. 14, 2018. “Faith and reason are needed together,”…
