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Ideas will meet.
Arguments will clash.
Minds will be challenged.

Witness the 15th Grand Asian Parliamentary Debate as seminarians of the SVD and CSSR take the floor in a battle of reason and conviction.

Come and Join us!

📍 Janssen Hall
🗓 May 22, 2026
⏰ 2:30 PM

“He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.” - John Stuart Mill

“Leadership is communicating people’s worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.” — Stephen Covey

New faces.
New vision.
Same mission of service.

Meet the candidates for the new set of officers of the Student Council of Divine Word Mission Seminary. They are ready to lead not just with titles, but with purpose.

Casting of votes will be tomorrow, May 8, 2026 (Friday) until 1:00 PM.

Vote wisely because good leadership is not about power, but about service with spirit and substance.

"Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure."
— St. John Paul II

We began our April journey with our Flag Raising Ceremony last April 6. Gathering as one community, we offered the month ahead to the Lord, seeking His grace for our studies, our nation, and our shared mission.

As we move forward into these next few weeks, let us carry the spirit of this "wonderful adventure" in our hearts, finding Christ in the ordinary moments and the extraordinary challenges of seminary life.

| THESIS DEFENSE OF THE GRADUATING CLASS 2026 |

We cordially invite the entire community to witness the Thesis Oral Defenses of our Graduating Class for School Year 2025-2026. This academic event will take place from April 13 to April 17, 2026, at the Freinademetz Hall.

We encourage everyone, especially the lower years, to attend and support our graduating seminarian-students as they present their research and engage in scholarly dialogue with our esteemed panelist/s. Your presence provides a great source of encouragement for our candidates during this significant milestone in their academic formation.

Visual/Graphic Designer and Editor: Sem. Benjito Dominico

“May the darkness of sin and night of unbelief vanish before the light of the Word and the spirit of grace… and may the heart of Jesus live in the hearts of all.” –St. Arnold Janssen

As we enter the holiest days in the liturgical life of the Holy Mother Church, we are invited to sit at the table of the Lord and witness His ultimate act of humility.

Tonight, we begin the Paschal Triduum. It is a time to pause, pray, and immerse ourselves in the mystery of the Eucharist and the Mandatum: the commandment to love one another as He has loved us.

Let us reflect deeply with Fr. Ferdinand Bajao, SVD, as he guides us through the significance of tonight's liturgy. May our hearts be stirred to serve and our souls nourished by the Bread of Life.

Below is the link for the full reflection.

The WHO is the WHY Tonight, the Paschal Triduum opens with the Cena Domini, the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. I come with a crucial detail regarding Eucharistic Prayer I, the Roman Canon, which is highly recommended for…

God knows our strength and never makes the cross so heavy that we cannot carry it.
- Saint Arnold Janssen

As we begin the month of March, the community of Divine Word Mission Seminary gathered for our flag raising ceremony.

The ceremony was led by the Student Council Officers together with the first-year seminarians and was attended by the administrators, faculty, staff, and philosophy students of the seminary community.

“The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present in which to do good.”
— Saint Alphonsus Liguori

The community of Divine Word Mission Seminary was delighted to welcome the Very Rev. Fr. Rogério Gomes, CSsR, Superior General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists).

His visit forms part of his fraternal visitation to the Vice-Province of Manila.

We join our Redemptorist brothers in prayer during this ordinary fraternal visitation.

Copiosa apud Eum Redemptio (Psalm 130).

The 2nd Year Seminarians of Christ the King Mission Seminary received a firsthand experience of their Teaching Strategy Methods course at De La Salle Santiago Zobel.

Under the guidance of Rev. Fr. Louie Punzalan, SVD, the seminarians acquired their lessons on the different Pedagogical Strategies that fosters engagement by tailoring instructions to how learners process information, Classroom Management Techniques that animates any learning environment they step into, and Instructional Methods that facilitates learning through creative and adaptive styles that relate to learners.

"In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech". (Titus 2:7-8)

May Your kingdom come, that justice may reign.