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Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary hosts the 13th OAR Formands’ Encounter
Bro. Alvin C. Laserna Jr. Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary (CaReS) hosted the three-day long OAR Formands’ Encounter that was held last January 10-12, 2023. The host community welcomed the rest of the formands coming from Recoletos de Antipolo and Recoletos de Mira-Nila on the evening of January 9, 2023, by an opening salvo wherein they danced…
Read MoreCaReS All Soul’s Day Apostolate
By: Bro. Sean Cass L. Alvarez Baguio City – Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary held various activities in honor of the faithful departed last November 2, 2022. Three Requiem Masses Taking advantage of the privilege granted by Pope Benedict XV in 1915 which states that every priest can celebrate three requiem masses, the community of Casiciaco Recoletos…
Read MoreSino ka sa Langit 2022 with Formators
By: Bro. Alvin C. Laserna Jr. Baguio City—Last November 1, 2022, Casiciaco Recoletos seminarians creatively dressed themselves as they held the annual seminary event, Sino ka sa Langit. What made this year’s Sino ka sa Langit remarkable was the participation of some formators in the program. Imitating Models of Faith: A Counter-Cultural Endeavor In his…
Read MoreRosary Month Culminates amidst Bad Weather
By: Bro. Alvin C. Laserna Jr. Baguio City—While the country was lashed by Typhoon Paeng, which effects have also been felt in Baguio, Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary (CaReS) community pushed through with the rosary month culmination activity last October 30, 2022. The culmination was marked by a living rosary prayed inside the Capilla de Nuestra Señora…
Read MoreLiberators’ Investiture
By: Alvin C. Laserna Jr. The Batch Liberators had their Toma de Habito (Investiture) last October 12, 2022, the feast day of the seminary patroness, Our Lady of the Pillar. Unlike the past two investitures, the seminary accepted a number of visitors, most were relatives of the new postulants. Regardless, however, of the bulk of…
Read MoreA Procession in honor of Our Lady of the Pillar
By: Alvin Laserna Jr. Last October 11, 2022, the Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary held a procession in honor of Our Lady of the Pillar whose feast day would be held a day after. The procession started at 6:30 in the evening attended by the seminarians, priests, and the different lay organizations of the seminary especially the…
Read MoreCaReS Intramurals 2022 Commences
By: Alvin C. Laserna Jr. BAGUIO CITY—The annual Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary Intramurals has formally been opened last September 29, 2022 at the Recoletos Gym. This year’s theme is “Praying and Playing Together Towards Solidarity” inspired by the current focus of the Church in Synodality and the Order of Augustinian Recollect’s motto of the year, “Together”.…
Read MoreREAP resumes in CaReS
By: Christian Joseph T. Codilla Student seminarians of Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary undergone this year’s Recoletos Enhancement and Advancement Program (REAP) after it was suspended for two years due to the COVID 19 pandemic. The REAP is a program usually held every year in the seminary before the start of the academic year to develop and…
Read MoreCasiciaco Recoletos Seminary Community witnesses the Installation of its New Seminary Prior
By: Bro. Alvin C. Laserna Jr. BAGUIO CITY — Rev. Fr. Lauro V. Larlar, OAR, the new prior and rector of Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary was installed last August 2, 2022. The Toma de Posesión rites was led by the Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno, Rev. Fr. Bernard C. Amparado, OAR, who…
Read MoreCasiciaco Recoletos Seminary Community joins the Chrism Mass at the Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral
By: Bro. Alvin C. Laserna Jr. BAGUIO CITY— The Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary attended the Chrism Mass held at the Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral last April 4, 2022. The mass was presided by the bishop of the Diocese of Baguio, Most Rev. Victor B. Bendico, D.D. In his homily, Bishop Bendico connected the Chrism…
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