Mary Help of Christians College Seminary: August 2012

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Rector's Circular 4-2012

Memorial of St. Pius X

21 August 2012

Circular Letter 04-2012

Dear Fathers, Parents, Guardians, Seminarians and Friends,

Greetings of joy and peace in the Lord Jesus Christ! I write this Circular Letter today, the memorial of St. Pius X who is known for his inauguration of the liturgical renewal and the restoration of frequent communion from childhood in the early 20^th century. Through his intercession, may our seminary which is in the direction of the same liturgical growth especially in the area of Eucharistic spirituality be led by the Holy Spirit.

Your seminarian-sons are going home today, August 24, and they are expected to be back to the seminary on Sunday, August 26. It is assumed that quality time is spent at home with their family, while not neglecting their prayer life and participation in the Eucharist in the Parish. Please continue to monitor their health and inquire about their studies. A word of encouragement for them will be very meaningful especially when it comes from their family. Our graduating seminarians are going on research after the break and will be back on August 30.

Last month’s celebration of the Araw ng Wika is worth noting in this letter. Congratulations to Dra. Ely Disimulacion for her great work in guiding the First Year Seminarians in putting up the program. The whole community cooperated and exerted a lot of effort to show love and devotion to our beautiful Filipino language. This annual event is a requirement in our institution by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd).

This coming September 23, we shall have the Investiture of our sophomore students. There are fifteen of them: ANCHETA, Jerfey B. (ALD), BALANAG, Romeo C. Jr. (SFLU), CABRERA, Michael Angelo C. (ANS), CARIASO, John Paul S. (SFLU), DAMISIL, Fedirick T. (SFLU), DE GRACIA, Rho Derique T. (ANS), DELA ROSA, Jonar G . (ALD), DELOS SANTOS, Yrolle B. (ANS), EPISCOPE, Mark Glenn Q. (ALD), GARCIA, Arnulfo E. III (SFLU), LAGIWID, Alexander Khan S. (ALD), MAYUGA, Crispin J. (SFLU), RESPONDO, Gioraleigh D. (ALD), SUPREMIDO, Joseph B. (ALD), and TAGUM, Eart Raymund R. (ALD).

The cassock is sacred sign that is connected to baptism and a symbol of the anticipation to the future priestly ministry of these young men. Let us pray that as they put on the cassock, they may also become new men with renewed ardor in following the Lord in their seminary formation. There will be a recollection on September 21-22 for these seminarians to be facilitated by Sr. Maria Cecilia Payawal, PDDM. Their parents/guardians are also invited to attend a recollection on September 22 (Saturday) from 1PM to 5PM which I will facilitate at the Lay Formation Center.

Finally, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (September 8) is coming close. The seminary will celebrate a Marian Music Fest to honor our patroness. It will be inspiring to understand that St. Pius X’s motto which was “Instaurare omnia in Christo” (To renew all things in Christ) can only be realized with the Blessed Mother’s guidance and protection.

May Mary, Help of Christians, always pray for us.

Very truly yours in Christ,

Fr. Mario Dominic C. Sanchez

Rector

THE MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS COLLEGE SEMINARY

The Mary Help of Christians College Seminary is the Collegiate Seminary of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. It hopes to bring to the Priesthood those who have been called, and to bring them an adequate training, namely, with a conscious and free response of adherence and involvement of their whole person with Jesus Christ who calls them to intimacy of life with him and to share in His mission of salvation. (Pastores Dabo Vobis, n. 42)

Its aim is the more explicit and fuller development of a vocation to the priesthood, as it prepares young men for higher theological studies and eventually, for priestly service in the Archdiocese.

It offers a program of studies leading to the degree of Bachelor in Arts with concentration in Philosophy.

Through its varied curricular and co-curricular activities it hopes to produce graduates who would be:

· Responsible and free, creatively effective and committed Catholic Filipinos.

· Educated to love the truth, to be loyal, to respect every person.

· Just and true to their word, genuinely compassionate, men of integrity and balanced in judgment and behavior.

· Men of communion: affable, hospitable, sincere, prudent and discreet, generous and ready to serve, capable of opening himself to clear and brotherly relationship and of encouraging the same in others, quick to understand, to forgive and to console.

· Professionally competent and able to contribute fruitfully to the building of a more human world and equipped with the following skills; the ability to observe, analyze, interpret communicate intelligently and clearly, organize and effectively lead.

· Men who have learned to live in intimate and unceasing union with God; who live His Paschal Mystery in such a way that they will know how to initiate into it the people committed to their charge; who seek Christian in His Word and the Sacred Mysteries of the Church.

The Mary Help of Christians College Seminary, though seen as a place and a period in life, is above all an educational ecclesial community in progress. It is a community established by the Bishop to offer to those called by the Lord to serve as Apostles the possibility of re-living the experience of formation, which our Lord provided for the Twelve Apostles.

Christian community life is an integral content of the Mary Help of Christians College Seminary program of formation and is to found and pervade all its aspects. The integration of human experiences with Christian Life in a climate of mutual trust, fraternal concern and communion lived in an atmosphere of prayer is the fundamental thrust of MHCCS’s Formation.

The specific goal determines its features; the vocational accompanying of future priests, and therefore discernment of a vocation, the help to respond to it, and the preparation to receive the Sacred Order as imparted in the Theologate. It is then committed to a holistic formation: the human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral formation of future priests.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Rector's Circular 4-2012