Recoletos School of Theology
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RST Day 2020 Goes Virtual
QUEZON CITY –October 9, 2020 the students of the Recoletos School of Theology met online to celebrate the institution’s special day. This is in line with the celebration of the Solemnity of St. Thomas de Villanova, the patron of studies of the Recollects. Classes in the morning were cut short to give way to the…
THE CATHOLIC RESPONSE TO DIALOGUE WITH VIETNAMESE INDIGENOUS RELIGION, ĐẠO MẪ
THE CATHOLIC RESPONSE TO DIALOGUE WITH VIETNAMESE INDIGENOUS RELIGION, ĐẠO MẪU Date and Time of Defense: October 15, 2020 (10:00 AM ) Name: Nguyen, Nam Van Email add: [email protected] Thesis Adviser: Fr. Kenneth Joseph Onda, OAR Panelists: Fr. Leander Barrot, OAR Fr. James Castelo, OAR Fr. Edgardo Tubio, OAR
RFC and RST implement health protocols for SY 2020-2021
Recoletos Formation Center required nine (9) intern seminarians from different congregations and dioceses to yield negative for swab testing before joining the community for the new academic year 2020-2021. In compliance with the health protocols from government health organizations and Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), the incoming theologians: one from each of the Diocese of Tandag,…
RFC-RST COMMUNITY HOLDS REQUIEM MASS FOR FR. EMILIO LARLAR
Rev. Fr. Emilio Larlar, OAR, succumbed to cardiac arrest due to COVID-19 infection, in the early hours of September 13, 2020, at the St. Ezekiel Moreno Provincial Center, Bahay Toro, Quezon City. Pursuant to the strict quarantine protocols mandated by the government to avoid contamination and the spread of the virus, no wake was held…
HAPPY NATAL DAY FR. EMIL!
September 11, 2020, Fray Emilio Edgardo Quilatan, OAR celebrates 55th birthday with RFC community. The celebration started with the early morning Holy Mass presided by the birthday celebrant. The celebrant commenting on the gospel’s words, “Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice the great log in your own?” (Lk…
Grateful @ 400.
September 10, 2020, the Order of Augustinian Recollects was expressing gratitude toward God for the unfailing adoration, direction and the gifts got, as they open the year-long festival of the 400th long stretches of the birth of the Province of St. Nicholas of Tolentine. The Province was born in the Philippines, which later on turned…
RST invokes the Holy Spirit to open AY 2020-2021
QUEZON CITY – The Recoletos School of Theology officially opened the school year 2020-2021 amidst COVID-19 through a votive mass in honor of the Holy Spirit (Solemnity of Our Lady of Consolation, September 4, 2020). Rev. Fr. Dionisio Q. Selma, OAR, the Prior-Provincial of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno, presided…
RFC WELCOMES NEW BROTHERS
The community of Recoletos Formation Center welcomed five newly professed OAR Friars and three brothers coming from Pious Unions. These are additional members to the RFC community in the journey toward theological, human, spiritual and human maturity. The very said day started with the celebration of the Holy Mass in honor of the memorial of…
SOLEMNITY OF ST.EZEKIEL MORENO AMIDST OF PANDEMIC
QUEZON CITY. The RFC community was one with the whole province of St. Ezekiel in celebrating the Solemnity of the St. Ezekiel Moreno, the patron saint of the Province. The day started with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist at the RFC chapel presided by the Prior of the house Fray Lauro V, Larlar, OAR.…
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Recoletos Formation Center (RFC) held a five-day retreat
Recoletos Formation Center (RFC) held a five-day retreat for the theology students prior to the opening of the school year 2020-2021. The Retreat, marked by the intense social distancing due the COVID 19 pandemic focused on personal dialogue with the Lord. A talk was held in the morning observing the social distancing and other…
Final Thesis Defense of Sem. Cyril Jairus G. Altares (Laoag)
POPE FRANCIS’ CONCEPT OF INTEGRAL ECOLOGY: ITS IMPLICATIONS IN THE VISION-MISSION OF THE DIOCESE OF LAOAG Date and Time: May 9, 2025 @ 1:30 PM Name: Sem. Cyril Jairus G. Altares Thesis Adviser: Fr. Edgar Javier, SVD Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr. Renie Villalino, OAR Fr. Jose Fortunato Garces…
Final Thesis Defense of Fray Roldan T. Benemerito, OAR
BAYANIHAN AS A TOOL FOR A CULTURAL, PASTORAL, AND THEOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE FOR A SYNODAL CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES Date and Time: May 9, 2025 @ 9:00 AM Name: Fray Roldan T. Benemerito, OAR Thesis Adviser: Fr. Rainnielle Pineda Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr. Renie Villalino, OAR Fr. Robin Ross…
Final Thesis Defense of Sem. Jomarc Nicolai Y. Cala (Bayombong)
ENRICHING ACCOMPANIMENT IN THE RATIO FORMATIONIS SACERDOTALIS NATIONALIS FOR THE PHILIPPINES IN LIGHT OF AUGUSTINE’S PEREGRINATIO Date and Time: May 8, 2025 @ 3:00 PM Name: Sem. Jomarc Nicolai Y. Cala Thesis Adviser: Fr. Romeo Ben Potencio, Jr., OAR Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr. Radni Caparas, OAR Fr.…
Final Thesis Defense of Fray Chrislean Rey R. Pamilaga, OAR
UNDERSTANDING THE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR IN AUGUSTINE’S DIALECTIC OF UTI AND FRUI: ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF OBJECTIFICATION Date and Time: April 21, 2025 @ 1:30 PM Name: Fray Chrislean Rey R. Pamilaga, OAR Thesis Adviser: Fr. Dexter Austria, OP Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr. Kenneth Joseph…
Proposal Thesis Defense of Br. Arnel T. Evangelista, OP Miss.
EMPOWERED AND EMPOWERING: THE CATECHISTS’ SYNODAL JOURNEY Date and Time: February 25, 2024 @ 1:00 PM Name: Br. Arnel T. Evangelista, OP Miss. Thesis Adviser: Fr. Rainnielle Pineda Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr. Renie Villalino, OAR Fr. Norman Peña, SSP Nature of Defense: On-site (face to face)
Final Thesis Defense of Br. Harry R. Indonilla, SdC
THE ‘LEAST BROTHERS (AND SISTERS)’ OF JESUS IN MATTHEW 25:40: A PASTORAL ACTUALIZATION TO THE ‘GOOD CHILDREN’ IN THE SERVANTS OF CHARITY Date and Time: January 23, 2025 @ 2:00 PM Name: Br. Harry R. Indonilla, SdC Thesis Adviser: Fr. Rajesh Xavier, SdC Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia,…
Proposal Thesis Defense of Fray Roldan T. Benemerito, OAR
BAYANIHAN AS A HERMENEUTICAL TOOL FOR A CULTURAL, PASTORAL, AND THEOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE FOR A SYNODAL CHURCH Date and Time: April 25, 2024 (2:00 PM) Name: Fray Roldan T. Benemerito, OAR Thesis Adviser: Fr. Rainnielle Pineda Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr. Robin Ross Plata, OAR Fr. Renie Villalino, OAR Nature of Defense: On-site…
Final Thesis Defense of Fray Judd Galinato, OAR
THE PASTORAL MINISTRY OF BLESSED LEON INCHAUSTI AND BLESSED JOSE RADA IN SEVEN PARISHES IN BOHOL 1885-1898 Date and Time: January 6, 2024 (10:00 AM) Name: Fray Judd C. Galinato, OAR Thesis Adviser: Prof. Emmanuel Luis A. Romanillos, HEL Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr. Emilio Edgardo Quilatan, OAR Fr. Rene Paglinawan, OAR…
Final Thesis Defense of Fray Joseph Neil E. Baygan, OAR
THE ROLE OF THE AUGUSTINIAN RECOLLECTS IN BOHOL IN PACIFYING THE DAGOHOY REBELLION AND ITS AFTERMATH Date and Time: December 18, 2023 (10:00 AM) Name: Fray Joseph Neil E. Baygan, OAR Thesis Adviser: Prof. Emmanuel Luis A. Romanillos, HEL Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR, SThD Fr. Emilio Edgardo…
Proposal Thesis Defense of Br. Michael D. Adlaon, SdC
THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN LABOR AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (A.I.) Date and Time: December 5, 2023 (2:00 PM) Name: Br. Michael D. Adlaon, SdC Thesis Adviser: Prof. Mark Joseph Calano Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr. Ian Anthony Espartero, OAR Fr. Renie Villalino, OAR Nature of Defense: On-site (face to face)
SCHOOL CALENDAR
A.Y 2019-2020
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES 1st SEMESTER A.Y. 2019-2020
SEMINAR CLASSES AY 2019-2020
RECOLETOS FORMATION
The Recoletos Formation Center, located at 81 Alondras Street, Mira-Nila Homes, Congressional Avenue Extension, Quezon City, is the theological formation house of the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno of the Order of the Augustinina Recollects. Its history is interwover with Recoletos School of theology which is the theological arm of Recoletos Formation Center. As a theological center it offers a rigorous ecclesiastical curriculum in Bachelor of Arts in Sacred Theology affiliated with the University of Santo Tomas (UST) and a civil degree of Master of Arts in Theology (MAT) recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). It is owned and operated by the friars of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno.
RECTOR'S MESSAGE
What did we see? Why digitize the physical documents of the Recoletos Formation Center and the Recoletos School of Theology?
Yes, we saw the need to preserve and better organize the files of the seminary. We realize the value of making information about the formation house and center of theological studies more accessible to others. This is for the benefit of the whole, of the wider society. And something more! Digitizing our physical documents is expression of the essential element of our Augustinian monastic tradition, which “embraces the apostolate of the harmonious search for the truth and its fullest possible sharing in the service of the Church” (OAR Constitutions 27).
Self-effacing and generous were our millenial confreres and lay collaborators, headed by the Research Director of the Recoletos School of Theology, in completing this digitization. I thank God in these, our brothers and silent workers, as I pray with and for them and all the beneficiaries of the project.
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History, Culture and Heritage-Recoletos
Since the entrance of the first thirteen Augustinian Recollect Missionaries to the Philippine Islands to the present time, the Order has not only contributed to the development of culture, advancement of history, and reinforcement of her legacy to the Philippine society but also continues, in the present time, to transform nations through education, evangelization and other mission works particularly in the peripheries.
This section of the web is two-pronged: it is like a window through which present generations may peep through and discover the contributions of the Augustinian Recollects in the shaping and building of the history and culture of the Philippine nation; and it is like a gate through which modern-day Augustinian Recollects recount endeavors and struggles in the works of new evangelization through arts, media, cultural heritage and the like as acts of participation in nation-building and engagements in the shaping of a national conscience.
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