The Seminarian's Journey

The seminary, more than a place, a material space, should be a spiritual place, a way of life, an atmosphere that fosters and ensures a process of formation, so that the person who is called to the priesthood by God may become, with the sacrament of orders, a living image of Jesus Christ, head and shepherd of the Church (cf. PDV, no. 42.) The seminary therefore, especially in our Archdiocese with three seminaries all under the patronage of Mary Help of Christians, is a system of accompaniment from the initial stages of discernment to the final stages of configuration in Christ. 

Taking a plant as an analogy, the Mary Help of Christians Minor Seminary in Binmaley is the seedbed where the seeds of vocation are first sown. The aim is to protect and develop the seeds of a priestly vocation so that the students may more easily recognize it and be in a better position to respond to it as they advance in their years information (cf. PDV, no. 63).

The Mary Help of Christians Major Seminary in Bonuan is the next step in the formation of future priests.

2417 Binmaley, Pangasinan Tel.: 636-9554
FR. JOSEPH FERNANDEZ
FR. ANTONIO GO
FR. DAVID ARIS PALAGANAS
FR. JOHN KENNEDY DIAZ
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The seeds first sown in the minor seminary have now sprouted and in the college seminary, they are transferred to the garden. St. John Paul II describes the major seminary as a community established to offer to those called by the Lord the possibility of re-living the experience of formation which our Lord provided for the Apostles (cf. PDV, no. 60). In other words, the major seminary is like a garden where plants join other plants for the very purpose of living in an ecosystem where life with God is the center.

2400 Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan City, Pangasinan Tel.: 529-9288
FR. RONALDO NAVATO
FR. MARK JAYSON PASCUA
FR. CHAD PECSON
FR. NICO ANGELO MENDOZA
FR. JOSE PALMA

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The Mary Help of Christians Theology Seminary found in San Fabian is the last stage in the initial formation of seminarians in the archdiocese. Here, the once small seeds that began their journey in the minor seminary, have now matured and have become trees that are rooted in the very life of God, ready to bear much fruit for others. The seminarians, after this stage, have already prayed about their vocation. They are now ready to commit their lives to a life of service after the example of Jesus, the Good Shepherd.

Brgy. Palapad, San Fabian, Pangasinan
FR. ARVIN SORIANO
FR. CHRISTOPHER QUIMO
FR. NICO ANGELO MENDOZA
FR. JASPER BAUTISTA

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