It is our life of intimacy with Jesus who
calls us, as we constantly experience Him in silence, solitude
and communal celebrations or activities such as: daily celebration
of the Holy Eucharist, praying the Liturgy of the Hours, Holy
Rosary and Special Devotions. This relationship serves as
the basis of our vocation to the priesthood; spiritual life
takes priority and gives meaning to authentic formation.
Jesus inspires us to faithfulness and love, imitation and
witnessing, availability and self-abandonment to God. Our
active and creative participation in the Eucharist, liturgical
celebrations and spiritual exercises fosters and deepens our
communion with God and one another, in response to the call
of Jesus.
b. Community Life
The ICMAS experiences discipleship in community
as it shares the Lord and the Gospel, in activities that are
specifically designed in response to its vision-mission. Some
of these activities are: monthly family nights, annual intramurals,
and community integrations. It also includes some of our daily
schedules such as: doing our household chores, ground works
and recreation time.
These activities and schedules promote a familial atmosphere
within the community, that is rooted in its relationship with
Jesus manifested in friendship, respect, trust and openness.
Sensitivity to the needs of each member, nurtures, enriches,
and develops each one’s capabilities to heighten the
sense of mission and to become a man with a heart for others.
c. Intellectual Formation with Curricula
Formation of the future diocesan priests is
one of the most demanding and important tasks for the future
of the evangelization of humanity. The more explicit and fuller
development of priestly vocation necessitates a sound intellectual
formation. Hence, seminarians need an extensive and correct
learning in the sacred sciences both as a firm foundation
to faith and as tool for effective proclamation of the Gospel.
And since the purpose of the seminary is to form true pastors
for the ministry of teaching, sanctifying and guiding the
people of God, the ICMAS Philosophical and Theological Schools
of formation proposes clearly to its students the responsibility
to apply themselves conscientiously and diligently to Philosophical
and Theological Study.
Classes are held daily from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Since not everything can be discussed in lectures each one
avails of the given free time for study period, reading of
relevant matters and pursuance of intellectual development.
A monthly fora, lectures, talks or symposia is scheduled to
broaden seminarians’ knowledge on current issues related
to their academic studied.
Seminarians preparing for a greater ministry of educating,
teaching and deepening the spiritual life of the people of
God in the future, are called to develop and update their
knowledge through the help of the books, different reading
and internet downloaded materials which are made available
for seminarians through the ICMAS Library.
Cognizant to the significance and value of computers in the
intellectual formation of seminarians, the computer room was
put up under the maintenance of the Educational Affairs Committee
for seminarians’ word processing, PowerPoint presentations
and other computer related needs.
d. Pastoral Formation
