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Saturday, December 29, 2012
Fr. Raul Caga sings for Wordnet Productions
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Sunday, September 02, 2012
DWS Alumni Shirt on Sale for a Cause (SVD-ALS)
Proceeds go to: SVD-ALS (Alternative Learning System for Out-of-School Youth).
Price: Php 300
good quality
Sizes: Inches
Small : Width - 19 ; Length - 27
Medium : Width - 20 ; Length - 28
Large : Width - 21 1/2 ; Length - 29
XL : Width - 22 1/2 ; Length - 30
2Xl : Width - 24 ; Length - 32
Shipment to your place is very much possible.
Please contact: Hay CP no. 09228734333 (Philippines)
email: ehaylene@yahoo.com
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
SVDs elect Heinz Kulüke as new superior general
Fr. Kulüke was born on September 29, 1956, in Spelle, Germany. He was the 2nd child of August and Paula (born Westers). After his schooling in Spelle and Hopsten, he took up studies in electrotechnic in Spelle and Rheine. After a year of Military service in the Air Force, he did some further studies in Electrical Engineering at Bielefeld.
In 1979, he joined the SVD and did his novitiate in St. Augustin, Germany and made his first vows on May 1, 1981. At the completion of his studies in Philosophy and Theology, he was ordained priest on March 9, 1986 at St. Augustin. He was appointed to the SVD mission in the Southern Province of the Philippines. His first mission was in Agusan del Sur, Mindanao. After three years in Agusan, he did his Masters in Philosophy at Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. From 1990-1992 he taught Philosophy at the University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines. In 1992, he went to Rome for his doctoral studies in Philosophy, which he completed in 1994. Since 1994, he is a professor of Philosophy at the University of San Carlos.
Fr. Kulüke was the Superior of the Southern Province of the SVD in the Philippines with its headquarters in Cebu City. He was elected to the office of the Provincial Superior in 2005 and re-elected in 2008 and again in 2011 for an exceptional third term. Earlier, he was the Vice-Provincial of the province from 1998-2005. Along with his teaching assignment at the University, Fr. Kulüke has held the office of the Vice-President for
Academic Affairs (1997-1999) and was the Rector of the SVD Community at the University of San Carlos (1996-2005) [SVD Generalate news].
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Catholic Biblical Association of The Philippines 13th Annual Convention
As JBL editor, Reinhartz will be an ex officio member of the Research and Publications Committee. She will work with the 39-member JBL editorial board, as well as the SBL publications staff, to produce four annual issues. Reinhartz is Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa, where she was also appointed associate vice-president, research, in 2005. Her awards and achievements include the following: President of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (1997-1998); Prize for Mentorship, SBL Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession (2003 and 2010); Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Residency (2004); Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (inducted in 2005); and Fellow at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (2011-2012). Reinhartz’s research includes early Christianity and Judaism, Johannine studies, Bible and film, and feminist biblical criticism.
In addition to her awards and her distinguished publishing record, including Caiaphas the High Priest (University of South Carolina Press, 2011), Reinhartz has served the members of the Society of Biblical Literature in many capacities. She has been an Annual Meeting Program Unit Chair, a member of the Research and Publications Committee, and an editorial board member of JBL.
Reinhartz also represents membership on Council, SBL’s governing board. Please express your appreciation and welcome to Adele Reinhartz as she takes on the leadership of a journal, first published in 1881, that has become the premier serial in biblical studies, representing the wide range of research methodologies SBL members practice. Please also express your thanks to Jim VanderKam for his exceptional commitment, service, and standards of excellence. Jim will be honored in the 2011 Society Report and during the JBL Editorial Board Luncheon at the Annual Meeting in San Francisco [from SBL write-up].
Randolf Flores is a priest of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD). He teaches Old Testament and Biblical Hebrew at the Divine Word Seminary–Tagaytay and is a visiting lecturer of the School of Christian Studies of the University of St. Joseph in Macau, China. He holds a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (SSL) from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome (1999); he is the past President of the Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines (2008-2011) and Editor of the Diwa: Studies in Philosophy and Theology.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Talk on Jesus and Judaism by Prof. Adele Reinhartz
More information on A, Reinhartz here.
Click here for more info on the Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines (CBAP)
Sunday, May 06, 2012
Certificate in Theological Studies 2012-2013 - enrollment going on!
Download the new brochure (2012-2013) here.
Download the updated Course Description here.
Download the new list of professors here.
Contact:
Write to:
ctstagaytay@yahoo.com
Mailing Address
Ms. Bing Kasilag
CTS Program Coordinator
Divine Word Seminary
SVD Road, Brgy San Jose
Tagaytay City, Philippines
Divine Word Seminary Information
Tel. 046-4131253; Fax: 046-4131251
Text (SMS)-- Bing Kasilag - 0915-7884117
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Oliver Ramos Jaramilla (1975-2012)
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Friday, February 03, 2012
Arnoldus Library announces call for entries for its Second ALAP Award
THE SECOND ALAP AWARD
The award will be presented at the Graduation Ceremonies on March 31, 2012 to the student who has written the best academic paper (term paper or synthesis paper) for the school year 2011-2012 as determined by an Award Committee chaired by Fr. Randolf Flores, SVD.
The aim of the award is both to reward excellence and to encourage students to write academic papers with high quality.
Who is eligible?
• A bona-fide student of Divine Word Seminary who has submitted his or her academic paper on time to the Dean’s Office and whose grade given by the moderator is not lower than 95%.
o The M.A. thesis is not covered by the ALAP Award.
o Academic paper means the annual term paper or the synthesis paper only.
Procedure:
• The chairperson of the Award Committee will check over the academic papers submitted at the Dean’s Office. He will then select three potential winners from which the Award Committee will choose the best. The criteria of the short list would be:
o (1) the paper’s final grade
o (2) the form and style
footnotes, bibliography, English, and the like
based on Turabian, 7th edition
o (3) content
the novelty of the study
the use of sources
the flow of the arguments
o (4) effective conclusion
not just a simple summary
but an articulation of what the readers can learn from the paper.
Due Date
• Deadline for the short list: March 9, 2012 before 5:00 p.m.
• Place of submission: Dean’s Office
For more information: See Fr. R. Flores or write to rrandy33@yahoo.com
For the winner of First ALAP AWARD, click here.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Megatrends and Mission: Symposium on the Theology of Mission
Speaker: Fr. Edgar Javier, SVD
Former missionary to Samoa and Fiji
SThD - Gregorian University
Faculty: DWST, UST, ICST-Vigan, and ICLA
Student Reactors : Mark Mojica, Luca Vinati, and Mark Ramos
Place: Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay City, Philippines
Date: February 23, 2012
Time: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Registration: Free
Contact: dwstagaytay@yahoo.com.ph
Former missionary to Samoa and Fiji
SThD - Gregorian University
Faculty: DWST, UST, ICST-Vigan, and ICLA
Student Reactors : Mark Mojica, Luca Vinati, and Mark Ramos
Place: Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay City, Philippines
Date: February 23, 2012
Time: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Registration: Free
Contact: dwstagaytay@yahoo.com.ph
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Simbang Gabi 2011: Homilies
This year's Simbang Gabi homilies (2011) are coming from SVD Philippine Northern Province. Thanks to the SVD-PHN missionaries who contributed and to Fr. Robert Ibay, SVD who collected them. Please click on the link Simbang Gabi 2011 Homilies.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Ukay-Ukay sa SVD Tagaytay part 2 (U2.2) - Garage Sale
"One person's junk is another's treasure." - Early Xmas Ukay-Ukay (garage sale) sa SVD-Tagaytay on Nov 5-6, 2011 (Sat & Sun) - for the benefit of SVD-ALS program. Come,buy and/or share. By (buy) sharing what you no longer need, you help save the environment; you help your neighbor; and you help our SVD-ALS (out-of-school) learners.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Mass with Archbishop-elect Chito Tagle, SVD-ASPAC formators, and SVD-ALS
Here's today's editorial of the Philippine Daily Inquirer that attempts to analyze the appointments of new archbishops and its implications on the Catholic Church and on the Philippines. Please click on this link.
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The SVD formators (rectors, prefects and novice masters) of the Asia-Pacific Region (ASPAC) are also around for a one-week meeting (17-20 Oct). Fr. Antonio Pernia, SVD Superior General will give the keynote address. Of the four zones of the SVD (Africa, Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific), ASPAC has the biggest number of seminarians and brothers in the novitiate and in temporary vows (1,208 in the SVD Catalogus 2011).
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Some former CTS students of DWST are coming up again with another garage sale (Ukay-Ukay). The proceeds will go the SVD-ALS program. This program has benefited more than 200 out-of-school youth in and around Tagaytay. The learners attend daily modular sessions in the SVD-ALS center inside DWST's compound to prepare them for the accreditation and equivalency tests. For this year's tests, the date is set on October 23 (this Sunday) in Trece Martires City. If you are interested to help in the garage sale, please text this number: 09176284849.
Today's edition of the Philippine Daily Inquirer carries a news on the ALS programs being supervised by the Arnold Janssen Catholic Mission Foundation. Please click on this link.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Church groups set anti-RH bill rally on Sept.16 in Tagaytay
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| TRA members at the prayer rally for Cory Aquino before she passed away |
TRA, an association of more than 70 seminaries, religious houses, retreat centers, schools and monasteries located in Tagaytay and its environs, said the prayer rally will be held from 2:00 - 5:00 pm starting with rosary processions from various locations in the city. The processions will lead to the Lourdes Church where a talk on the RH bill will be delivered to be followed by a mass with Bishop Chito Tagle, the bishop of the Diocese of Imus.
"This event is a collaborative expression of our collective stand against the passage of the RH Bill now debated in the Senate," TRA chairperson Fr. Sam Agcaracar, SVD, main organizer, said in his letter to the members of the association. "Since Tagaytay City is often dubbed as the Vatican City of the Philippines because of its exceptionally big number of religious houses; and also, since it is used to be called a 'character city' by the local government, it is just right to express our sentiments against the bill that many Catholics now perceived as immoral," said former TRA chairperson, Fr. Randy Flores, SVD.
The event with the theme, Lakad-Dalangin para sa Pagpapahalaga ng Buhay, will proceed as follows: 2:00 PM - start of the rosary procession” to Lourdes parish (note: Clusters 1,2 and 3 will assemble near Ina ng Laging Saklolo Parish; Cluster 4 at the SVD Road corner; Clusters 5 and 6 at the Magallanes Drive; Half of the Lourdes parishioners will join clusters 5and 6 and others will wait at the Rotonda area. Please coordinate with your respective barangay captains and officials for the traffic).
3:00 PM - short talk on the RH Bill at Lourdes Parish.
4:00 PM - Holy Eucharistic Celebration
The organizers also announced that "every community and cluster is encouraged to provide a streamer to highlight the theme during the rosary procession," and that each house is asked to encourage also their lay workers and collaborators to participate.
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In relation to the opposition to the RH bill, here's a write-up from the CBCP Online on Wikileaks and US policy on Philippines' population control program:
Washington has been behind a population-control drive in the Philippines for the past 40 years, a leaked State Department cable from whistleblower website Wikileaks revealed.
The leaked cable, authored by former US ambassador Kristie Kenney, offers direct proof for the first time of Washington’s long-armed, behind-the-scenes intervention to force developing countries like the Philippines to limit their populations. Kenney’s July 31, 2008 cable welcomed draft legislation promoting artificial contraceptives, referring to the “reproductive health” (RH) bill, as well as Congress’ decision to allocate $3.38 million and $27 million in 2007 and 2008 for “contraceptive supplies” in the wake of the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) decision to “phase down support for condoms, pills, injectable contraceptives and intra-uterine devices.”
“Landmark appropriations and draft legislation reflect increasing commitment within the Philippine Government to further expand and sustain programs started forty years ago with U.S. Government’s assistance through USAID,” Kenney said.
“The U.S. Government continues to be the largest donor in the Philippine population sector supporting efforts to improve local government service delivery and increase private sector contributions to family health outcomes,” she added.
Kenney noted that USAID’s funding for “population and family planning” in the Philippines had gone up to $15 million annually. “The U.S. Government continues to be a leader in population assistance to the Philippines,” she said.
USAID was also helping manufacturers lower the prices of contraceptives, she said. “In parallel, within the private sector, USAID technical assistance enables pharmaceutical companies to launch lower-priced contraceptive products, and to expand choices among consumers with more brands on the market,” Kenney said.
Echoing Henry Kissinger’s infamous National Security Study Memorandum (NSSM) 200, Kenney’s cable noted that the Philippines is already the twelfth most populous country in the world, and is “expected to double its population size by 2044.”
NSSM 200 or the so-called “Kissinger Report” – the declassified document that uncovered Washington’s coercive population control policies – identified the Philippines among several high-population-growth countries that should be subjected to depopulation to protect US commercial interests.
Kissinger, who served as Secretary of State, had warned that population growth in less-developed countries could hamper US access to natural resources.
NSSM 200 recommended a) the legalization of abortion; b) financial incentives for countries to increase their abortion, sterilization and contraception-use rates; c) indoctrination of children; and d) mandatory population control, and coercion of other forms, such as withholding disaster and food aid unless a less-developed country implements population control programs.
During Monday’s Senate debate on the RH bill pro-RH Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago admitted that the RH bill still needs to be cleaned up of all references to population control.
Acknowledging the existence of the “Kissinger Report,” Santiago said a United States-dictated policy on population control was “anathema” to herself and the other RH bill sponsor, Sen. Pia Cayetano.
Kenney has drawn the ire of the Aquino administration for another cable in which she described the late president Corazon Aquino as a “tarnished” and “weak” icon of democracy. In response, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said Kenney, who is now assigned to Bangkok, was a “dismal failure” in the Philippines. (Dominic Francisco).
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The so-called Kissinger Report or National Security Study Memorandum (NSSM) 200 Authored by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the secret US government document has been Washington’s blueprint for depopulation to ensure unhampered access to the natural resources of developing countries.
The declassified NSSM 200 states that poor countries should limit their populations to prevent anti-imperialist youth from harming US commercial interests.
The Kissinger report recommends:
1) the legalization of abortion;
2) financial incentives for countries to increase their abortion, sterilization and contraception-use rates;
3) indoctrination of children; and
4) mandatory population control, and coercion of other forms, such as withholding disaster and food aid unless a less-developed country implements population control programs.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Thesis on Prophetic Dialogue defended
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| Fr. Abs Borja reading his thesis abstract |
Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay City, Philippines, August 26, 2011---Fr. Abraham Borja, SVD (DWST alumnus 2011) successfully defended his M.A thesis entitled: "An Asian Perspective of the Prophetic Dialogue of the Society of the Divine Word." He earned the mark, Magna cum Laude. The thesis committee was headed by Dr. Crescencia Gabihan, PhD; Fr. Alexander Muana, SVD (STL Gregorian University and the Dean of Studies); and Fr. Samuel Agcaracar, SVD (STL Gregorian University) served as members of the examination panel; thesis moderator Fr. Edgar Javier, SVD (STD Gregorian University). Borja will leave the country at the end of this month for his work as SVD missionary inTaiwan.
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| Toast to a successful thesis defense! From right: Tess (CTS alumna), Fr. Alex (Dean), Fr. Abs Fr. Sam, Dr. Gabijan, Fr. Lex. Fr. Raul, Fr. Randy, and Bing (CTS coordinator) |
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