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Sala de Estudio inaugurated on the Feast of St. Thomas of Villanova
By: Br. Jesse Meer E. Alipes Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary inaugurates and blesses Sala de Estudio last November 25, 2020 on the feast of St. Thomas of Villanova. Rev. Fr. Bernard C. Amparado, OAR, Seminary Rector, administered the blessing of the newly-renovated Sala de Estudio or study room and learning resource center. Fr. Amparado together with…
Read MoreProvince receives Twenty One New Postulants
BAGUIO CITY – The Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno of the Order of the Augustinian Recollects received twenty one postulants last October 12, 2020, at Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary. On the same day, the seminary celebrated the feast of Nuestra Señora del Pilar, its Patroness. “Man is Homo Simbolorum (Man of Signs) and the habit is…
Read MoreFormators’ Day a Tribute to Teachers
BAGUIO CITY – Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary holds 2nd Formators’ Appreciation Day last October 5, 2020. The celebration, which is in harmony with the World Teachers’ Day, was a tribute for the lay formators for their service to the seminary throughout the years. “Giving the opening remarks for such an occasion is not difficult,” said Rev.…
Read MoreCaReS Opens Intramurals 2020
By: Bro. Jesse Meer E. Alipes Baguio City – Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary opens Intramurals 2020 last Thursday, September 24, 2020. “A Display of God Centeredness and Self-Discipline towards a Holistic Community,” is this year’s Intramurals’ Theme. The seminarians are divided into five teams with two religious formators accompanying each team. This year’s teams are as…
Read MoreOpening Recollection emphasized on Vocation
Baguio City – Do not be afraid. Rev. Fr. Alan Jacinto, OAR, told the seminarians to embrace the problems and not run from it during the annual opening recollection he gave to the Seminarians of Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary last September 6, 2020. Fr. Jacinto, who is the National Vocation Director of the Province of St.…
Read MoreFr. Rector: God may be silent, but never absent
Baguio City – The Rector of Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary is the main celebrant of the Mass of the Holy Spirit last September 5, 2020 at the Capilla de Nuestra Señora del Pilar. In his sermon, Rev. Fr. Bernard C. Amparado, OAR encouraged everyone to have faith in God’s mysterious ways of revealing the truth amidst…
Read MoreOnline Orientation Marks the Opening of the New Academic Year
By: Jesse Meer E. Alipes BAGUIO CITY – Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary opens Academic Year 2020-2021 with an orientation on the use of the Learning Management System (LMS) of CaReS and on Distance Learning and Learning Packets last August 24, at the seminary Social Hall. On the first hour of the schedule, Mr. Michael V. Jarata,…
Read MoreFourteen New Aspirants Join CaReS Community
By: Br. Jesse Meer E. Alipes BAGUIO CITY – Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary welcomes fourteen (14) new aspirants for the formation year 2020-2021, last August 21. The 14 neophytes arrived at the seminary grounds at around 2:00 p.m. aboard the bus chartered by the seminary. Upon arriving, the newcomers were welcomed by the seminarians as they…
Read MoreReturning Seminarians Undergo 14-day Quarantine
by: Bro. Jesse Meer E. Alipes BAGUIO CITY– During this pandemic, we can never be so sure. This is the caution of Dorothy Joy Panelo, RN, Seminary Nurse, during the arrival of the returning seminarians last August 3, 2020. “We can never know who is the carrier of the virus,” she said. “Therefore, it is…
Read MoreCaReS Holds In-Service Training for Religious and Lay Formators
By: Bro. Jesse Meer E. Alipes BAGUIO CITY–Learning will still go on despite the odds. This was the message of the Rector of Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary during his opening remarks for the 2020 In-Service Training (INSET) for religious and lay formators with the theme “Enhancing the Pedagogical Competencies of CaReS Formators in the Context of…
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