Archive for April 2019

Br. Audel Ken V. Santillan Jornadas de Filosofia may have been on its final day on April 5, 2019, but organizers literally saved the best for last as the set of activities suggested. In the morning, classes were suspended to give way to the exciting Philosophical Quiz Bee and Debate held at the seminary’s mini-theater,…

Br. Alvin Laserna Jr. It may have been the fourth day already of the weeklong Jornadas de Filosofia, but seminarians still dialed their A-game as they battled it out in the highly anticipated Amazing Race last April 4, 2019. The race, which had 5 stations spread across the spacious 8-hectare seminary grounds, tested the fraternities’…

Br. Jestoni M. Latagan Pen-pushers, word-smiths and scribes exhibited their finesse and mastery of language and organization of complex philosophical ideas into beautiful, fluid prose as they battled it out in the Philosophical Essay-Writing Contest on the third day of the weeklong Jornadas de Filosofia last April 3, 2019. Every Fraternidad was represented by two…

Br. James F. Opu-an On the second day of the weeklong Jornadas de Filosofia, seminarians splashed some colors on the festivities as they interpreted the celebration’s theme in the Poster-Making Contest at the seminary’s Tomasino Hall last April 2, 2019. Br. John Vincent Catargo, a Grade 11 seminarian who represented La Fraternidad de Sto. Niño,…

Br. Kline Kysser Asentista After a year of hiatus, Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary once again held Jornadas de Filosofia (Philosophy Days) beginning last Monday, April 1, 2019, with the theme: “The Relevance of Philosophy in Culture, Media and Language.” “Jornadas de Filosofia is a seminary academic tradition wherein seminarians are given the avenue to concretely apply…