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MMCS Rationale

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The idea of founding our own Diocesan Seminary for Surigao Diocese came about:

Through the realization that our seminarians, future priests of the Diocese, must be acquainted with the religious, social, moral situation of the Diocese. This is realized well by doing their studies (a big chunk of them) right here in the midst of our faithful in the Diocese. The long-range dream is to have the whole seminary formation right here in the Diocese up to ordaination. But for the moment the Diocese cannot yet afford to set up a complete Philosophico-Theological Faculty. But it has to start with a dream —King’s “I have a dream!”
By the desire that the seminarians during their training can help/serve the different apostolates of the Diocese, e.g. seminars, children’s and student’s Retreat and Recollection, singing at the Eucharist, etc, as integral part of their training.

The catword is “Seminarista nga Hinog sa puno-an”. To catch the Yin and Yang of what a minister of the Gospel is. What’s the use, I mused, of sending seminarians to study abroad, (to big sounding universities) or faraway seminaries within the country, and then returning home are completely alienated from the people and local situation. This is not right.

The fees in St. Peter’s Seminary in Butuan were unusually high.

One Response to “MMCS Rationale”

1. Noel Gipal Says:
   February 18th, 2009 at 4:41 am

   I think that the word magbalantay is a Cebuano term. Therefore, Maradjao Magbalantay is a combination of Cebuano and Surigaonon terms.Magbalantay in Surigaonon’s mind is bantay or magbantayay. To combine it with maradjao, in the mind of Surigaonon, I think it is Maradjao na Bantay or Maradjao na Magbantayay. Of course, there is no exact Surigaonon term for shepherd.

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