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THESIS PROPOSAL DEFENSE ( FATHER MOOAH ANDREW BANG YOO RYONG AND CARDINAL FRANCIS XAVIER NGUYEN VAN THUAN: A FUSION OF THE THEORIES AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE OF MARTYDOM
Date and Time of Defense: December 9, 2020 (2:00 PM) Name: Brother: Pham, Khac Toan, BMC Email add: [email protected] Mobile no. 09563905270 Thesis Adviser: Fr. Radni Caparas, OAR Panelists Fr. Kenneth Onda, OAR Fr. Leander Barrot, OAR Fr. Allan Jacinto, OAR Nature of Defense: Google meet
THESIS PROPOSAL DEFENSE ( THE AUGUSTINIAN RECOLLECTS IN THE EVANGELIZATION OF BAYAWAN ( FORMERLY TOLONG NUEVO), NEGROS ORIENTAL: 1876-1898
Date and Time of Defense: December 7, 2020 (2:00 PM) Name: Fray Jhyryx Vincent Gamulo, OAR Email add: …
RST, RFC: OUTREACH PROGRAM
Recoletos School of Theology and Recoletos Formation Center in partnership with St. Ezekiel Moreno Novitiate-Recoletos, Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity de Antipolo and lay partners initiated outreach activities for victims of the typhoons Rolly and Ulysses. The relief operation were conducted in three different places. In Tiwi, Albay, the friars of OAR through ARCORES de Filipinas…
THESIS PROPOSAL DEFENSE ( THE SACRAMENTAL NATURE OF AESTHETICS IN SACRED ARCHITECTURE
Date and Time of Defense: November 5, 2020 ( 2:30 PM) Name: Fray Jose Enrico V. Gallego, OAR Mobile no. …
THESIS PROPOSAL DEFENSE ( SLAVERY IN AUGUSTINE’S TEACHING: ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE MORALITY OF LABOR CONTRACTUALIZATION IN THE PHILIPPINES)
SLAVERY IN AUGUSTINE’S TEACHING: ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE MORALITY OF LABOR CONTRACTUALIZATION IN THE PHILIPPINES Date and Time of Defense: October 30, 2020 (2:00 PM) Name: Fray Jules Van Villa Almerez,…
THESIS PROPOSAL DEFENSE (The Relevance of the Points of Convergence between Benedict XVI’s and St. Augustine’s Interpretation of Matthew 5:8 in the Quest for God Today)
Date and Time of Defense: October 28, 2020 (2:00 PM) Name: July P. Zambrano Email add: …
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,…
Final Thesis Defense of Bro. Arnel T. Evangelista, OP Miss.
INTEGRATING SYNODALITY IN THE EMPOWERMENT OF CATECHISTS Date and Time: December 16, 2025 @ 10:00 AM Name: Bro. Arnel T. Evangelista, OP Miss. Thesis Adviser: Fr. Rainnielle Pineda Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr. Renie Villalino, OAR Fr. Norman Melchor Peña, SSP Nature of Defense: On-site (face to face)
RST Day 2025: Dean Taton Challenges Church to Champion Justice in Digital Age
Fray Jesse Meer E. Alipes, OAR QUEZON CITY – The Recoletos School of Theology confronted the urgent intersection of truth, justice, and digital responsibility as Atty. Rodel A. Taton, DCL, challenged the students to exercise prophetic witness during RST Day 2025 last November 25. “The Church’s role in the discourse is prophetic. It must…
RST Marks Renewal of Affiliation with UST, Receives Vatican Recognition
Fray Jesse Meer E. Alipes, OAR QUEZON CITY — The Recoletos School of Theology (RST) held a Thanksgiving Mass on October 2 to mark the renewal of its five-year affiliation with the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas (UST) and its canonical recognition as an Ecclesiastical Institution of Higher Studies by the Dicastery for…
Thesis Proposal Defense of Fray Mhelcar C. Anierdes, OSA
THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF DAILY CONVERSION IN RELIGIOUS VOCATION IN THE LIGHT OF AUGUSTINE’S EXPERIENCE Date and Time: December 12, 2025 @ 10:00 AM Name: Fray Mhelcar C. Anierdes, OSA Thesis Adviser: Fr. Czar Emmanuel V. Alvarez, OSA Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr. Lounal E. Jarumay, OAR Fr. James C. Castelo, OAR Nature…
Thesis Proposal Defense of Sem. Mc Jansen T. Cadag (Urdaneta)
A THEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE RENEWED INTEGRAL EVANGELIZATION OF THE DIOCESE OF URDANETA IN THE DIGITAL AGE Date and Time: December 11, 2025 @ 3:00 PM Name: Sem. Mc Jansen T. Cadag (Urdaneta) Thesis Adviser: Fr. Norman Melchor R. Peña, SSP Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr. Dann Philip B. Soriano Mr. Leo Martin…
Thesis Proposal Defense of Sem. Peter Gold A. Dominguez (Parañaque)
THEOLOGICAL INQUIRY ON EVANGELIZATION IN THE AGE OF AI AMONG SELECTED METRO MANILA THEOLOGY STUDENTS USING SPADARO’S CYBERTHEOLOGY Date and Time: December 11, 2025 @ 1:00 PM Name: Sem. Peter Gold A. Dominguez (Parañaque) Thesis Adviser: Fr. Norman Melchor R. Peña, SSP Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr. Dann Philip B. Soriano Mr. Leo…
Final Thesis Defense of Fray James Francis M. Bago, OAR
EMPOWERING THE LAY FAITHFUL: THE FORMATION OF CATECHISTS IN OUR LADY OF CONSOLATION PARISH – MIRANILA BASED ON POPE FRANCIS’ ANTIQUUM MINISTERIUM Date and Time: November 27, 2025 @ 3:00 PM Name: Fray James Francis M. Bago, OAR Thesis Adviser: Fr. Dexter Austria, OP Thesis Panelist: Fr. Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR Fr.…
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.…
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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