The current COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the physical and mental health of many people in the world. Those incapacitated to cope with life stressors due to their traumatic past are the ones most likely affected. In this academic forum, I discuss (1) the link of childhood trauma to adult wellbeing whereby more exposures to trauma in younger years means more physical and mental health problems later in life and (2) several preventive and curative interventions to improve adult wellbeing.

Ravaged by the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Filipinos turn to the Sacred for help. But what constitutes “banal” for them? This lecture examines the local religious inflections and articulations as these constantly spell a difference in the lives of millions. It will be shown how the discourse of “loob” remains an essential compass in navigating the intricacies of Filipino consciousness vis-à-vis the push and pull of and on the sacred. Fr. Kenneth Centeno, CM delivered this talk in an online symposium on February 2021. Fr. Centeno, a new member of the SVST Faculty, just graduated with the Doctor in Philosophy Summa cum Laude from RWTH –University of Aachen, Germany in 2020. Fr. Rolando Tuazon, CM moderated the conference; it was attended by around 80 persons in Zoom, and was broadcasted on FB Live Streaming. It can be accessed on this link:

St. Vincent School of Theology is proud to announce the new graduates during the Adamson University midyear commencement exercises. We congratulate the following: Sr. Lalyn C. Macahilo, OND, PhD (Doctor of Philosophy in Theology). Her dissertation is entitled: "The Existence of Structures of Sin in Ordinary Human Interactions Particularly in Domestic Setting". The following four students are graduates of the Bachelor of Arts, Major in Philosophy: Gabriel Jone C. Bayan, Exequiel Gatchalian, Gabriel Oliver Papa, Franklin Neil Presto, Jr. The graduation was held online on February 19, 2021.

It can be accessed on this link: 83rd Commencement Exercises 34th Mid Year and Baccalaureate Mass

Vincent helps started last January 2020 as the response of the Vincentian Family to the needs of the victims of with the eruption of Taal Volcano. Right after, it continued its services of food packs distribution during the Community Quarantine at the time of the pandemic. When typhoons Rolly and Ulysses came, Vincent Helps also responded to help those who are affected by them in Catanduanes and Cagayan. During the first months of the community quarantine, SVST became the repacking station of Vincent Helps. Seminarians, formators, professors, lay students and youth volunteers spent hours repacking and distributing goods and in cooking hot meals for street dwellers and stranded people. Vincent Helps launched programs such as Soup Kitchen, distribution of Hot Pandesal, Entengdahan, and relief operations for those who are hit by typhoons in the Philippines. For anyone who wanted to donate you may contact Fr. Geowen Porcincula, CM. 

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We congratulate Mr. Joenel B. Buencibello for successfully defending your thesis entitled "Spaces for Ecumenism in the Catholic Schools" in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Theology last December 10, 2020. The panel is composed of Fr. Manuel Ginete, CM, PhD; Fr. Rolando Tuazon, CM, PhD; and Fr. Jimmy Belita, CM, PhD (chair). His adviser is Dr. Emiliano Ibera III, PhD.

Dr. Emiliano Ibera III delivered this online conference on November 25, 2020 to SVST students via Zoom and FB Live Streaming. This lecture is part of the results of his research with the Ayta communities in Floridablanca, Pampanga. He asks this main question: "What does it mean for a theology of mission to be grounded on indigenous knowledge?" After more than five decades, one can argue that there is a great advancement in terms of the promotion and protection of the rights of cultural minorities, also known as indigenous peoples (IPs). The United Nations, for instance, makes its firm commitment to promote, respect, and protect indigenous people’s rights through the United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Other good initiatives came out, including local ones. What is not so much explored and emphasized, however, is the value that the indigenous peoples could contribute to many problems that humans confront today (e.g. climate change, food sufficiency, ecological balance, etc.). To learn from the indigenous peoples may be the least (or not at all) of concerns among lowlanders who can be educated in the universities. Is there anything good that comes from them? This paper argues that there is significant value from the indigenous peoples, from the Mag-indi Ayta in particular. Their indigenous knowledge is a treasure they contribute to our global and ecclesial concerns. This paper then endeavors to address the following basic questions: First, what is indigenous knowledge? Second, what does it mean for a theology of mission to be grounded on indigenous knowledge?

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St. Vincent School of Theology is proud to announce the new graduates during the Adamson University 82nd Commencement Exercises last October 22, 2020. We congratulate the following: Ma. Karen Papellero, MA (Meritissimus), AB Philosophy Graduates: Aries Robinson Casa, Juan Miguel Dela Merced, John Robie Delos Reyes, Jason Lagrio, Aldrich Elvy Logatoc, John Rustin Martin, Gabriel Zachary Reyes, Ken Arvin Valerio. MA in Theology major in Sytematic Studies: Rene Angeles, Jonathan Aparicio, Adah Emmanuel Audu, Joey Balunsat, Nelia Barja, Bernardus Beda, Reynan Zarraga Bongolto, Maricar Carillo, Glenn Del Rosario, Ismael Del Rosario, Valentin Diola III, Avy Ecaranum, Rowena Encinas, Rhomel Yale Frontuna, Benito Hate, Vicenta Hombrebueno, Dear Jara, Rex Morales, Nerlmalyn Palomo, Teofilo Quilas Jr., Michelle Quintos, Toshihiko Tanabe.

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

School Year 2020-2021

First Semester

Sept 25 F SVST Day – General Student Assembly*
Sept 27 S Feast of St. Vincent de Paul+
Sept 28-Oct 3 M-Sat Prelim Examinations
Oct 31 - Nov 1- 2 Sat-M All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day+
Nov 9 - 14 M-Sat Mid-Term Examination
Nov 25 W Academic-Social Forum (Online)*
Nov 30 M Bonifacio Day+
Dec 8 T Feast of the Immaculate Conception+
Dec 19 Sat Final Examinations (Saturday- M.A. Students)
Dec 16-19 Thu-Sat Final Examinations
Dec 21-22 M-F Final Examination (Continuation)
Dec 23 W Christmas at the Margins Celebration*
Jan 4-8 M-F Encoding of Final Grades (Adamson U)
Jan 6 W Deadline of Submission of Final Grades (SVST)
February 5 F Mid-Year Commencement Exercises (tentative)

Second Semester

Jan 12 -23 T-Sat Second Semester Enrollment
Jan 25 M Start of Classes
Jan 25-Feb 2 M-T Dropping of Subjects
               without record of enrolment
Feb 3 W SVST Student Assembly *
Feb 12 Th Chinese New Year+
Feb 15- April 8 M-Th Application for May Graduation
Feb 19 F Last day of Submission of Synthesis Papers
Feb 24 W Academic-Social Forum*
Feb 25 Th People Power Revolution+
Feb 26 F Faculty Semestral Meeting
March 1-16 M-T Prelim Examination
March 24 W Academic-Social Forum*
March 31-April 4 W-S Holy Week+
April 9 F Araw ng Kagitingan +
April 12-17 M-Sat Midterm Examination
April 15-17 Th-Sat Comprehensive Examinations
April 28 W Academic-Social Forum*
May 1 Sat Labor Day+
May 13 Th Eidul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) +
May 22 Sat Final Examinations (Saturday- MA Students)
May 24-28 M-F Final Examination
May 28 F SVST Thanksgiving Day*
May 28-30 F-S Faculty Teambuilding
May 31- June 4 M-F Encoding of Final Grades (Adamson U.)
June 2 W Deadline of Submission of Final Grades (SVST)
June 30 W Year End Commencement Exercises (tentative)

LEGEND:

* Required Attendance
+Holiday (No classes)