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I-CARD APPLICATION DEADLINE

The deadline for the application of the I-card will be on 31 December 2007. All foreign students are strongly advised to file their applications before the deadline. All ACR holders are also advised to secure their I-cards.

From the Office of the Registrar

Admission Examination AY 2008-2009

The admission examination for the incoming first year theology students at the Divine Word Seminary for the Academic Year 2008-2009 will be conducted on 26 January 2008 (Saturday) and 2 February 2008 (Saturday) from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Fr. Bernard Collera, SVD will give the examination.

Application forms are to be filled up by the candidates. On the day of the examination, an applicant must present his/her application form together with the following requirements:

1. Recommendation letter from the Rector of the seminary where he graduated/ ecclesiastical superior for lay students.
2. Photocopy of the transcipt of records (for evaluation purposes)
3. Examiner's fee (Php 400.00)

For more information please contact the following: (046) 4131-253, 4131-629; fax number: (046) 4131-251.

Revised DIVINE WORD SEMINARY Handbook

The 2007 revised edition of the Divine Word Seminary Handbook went through the following stages: (1) A survey was conducted by a group of students as regards the different articles found in the manual of 2000; (2) Another group made a study on the different manuals of selected schools; (3) The Committee on the Revision of the Handbook was formed and met several times to discuss and give some recommendations/suggestions regarding the manual; (4) The Dean of Studies was tasked to consolidate all the materials and came up with the revised and expanded edition.

The draft went through several readings and revisions. The readers included Fr. Guillermo Villegas, SVD; Fr. Antolin Uy, SVD; Fr. Ron Bagley, CJM, and Bp. Luis Antonio Tagle, DD.

Policies that were included in the Handbook came from various sources like the Manual of Regulations for Private Schools, the Registrar's Handbook: Tertiary Level of CEAP-NCR, the Handbook for School Registrar's of NACSRA, CHED Memoranda, and the Minutes of the Rectors and Faculty Meetings.

The Dental Clinic

The Divine Word Seminary has recently upgraded its dental clinic with the purchase of new dental equipment.

The Faculty Lounge

The Board Room

Reception Area

Office of the Records Custodian

THE ACADEMIC OFFICES

THE OFFICE OF THE DEAN

The Academic Offices include the Office of the Dean, the Registrar's Office, the Records Department and the Board Room.

DWS Government-recognized Programs

Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay City offers two government degree programs: Bachelor of Arts Major in Theology under government recognition no. 65 series of 1965 and Master of Arts in Theology under government recognition C-002 s. 1977.

In accordance with the Commission on Higher Education's standards and policies, DWS applied for an additional major in Theology for the Bachelor's Degree Program as a requirement for the Degree of Master of Arts in Theology, effective AY 2005-2006. It is a two-year program, which is taken during the first two years of the Four-Year Curriculum. The first batch of graduates for the Degree of AB Major in Theology graduated in 2007.

The Master of Arts in Theology is a two-year program, which starts in the third year of the Four-Year Curriculum.

On 16 April 2007, DWS submitted to the Commission on Higher Education the revised curricula of the different majors of the Degree of Master of Arts in Theology based on the policies and standards set forth by CHED Memorandum Order no. 12.

The revised curricula of the MAT program will apply to students who graduated the degree of AB Major in Theology in 2007 and are enrolled in the MAT program AY 2007-2008. The old curriculum will apply to students who were enrolled before the implementation of the AB Major in Theology Curriculum in 2005.

DWS also apllied for the offering of the additional majors of the thesis program in Church History and Spirituality, effective AY 2007-2008.

The Degree of Master of Arts in Theology has the following majors:

THESIS PROGRAM

MAT Major in Sacred Scriptures

MAT Major in Systematic Theology

MAT Major in Moral Theology

MAT Major in Missiology

MAT Major in Church History

MAT Major in Spirituality

NON-THESIS PROGRAM

MAT Major in Pastoral Ministry

MAT Major in Mission Studies

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DWST Order No. 32, s. 2007

The Christmas break starts on 15 December 2007. Classes will resume on 7 January 2008.

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DWST Blogspot

The Divine Word School of Theology Blogspot serves as a communication link between the Office of the Dean and Registrar and the students, members of the faculty, and the different rectors and superiors of the houses of formation. This Blogspot provides information and updates as regards the various academic activities during the academic year.

Mission Statement

MISSION STATEMENT

The Divine Word Seminary (DWS) aims to provide a program of theological education and pastoral training for all qualified students ecclesiastical, religious and lay, male and female. The program of DWS aims to provide the necessary intellectual, spiritual, pastoral, and intercultural training. Furthermore, it is designed to foster in the student, both individually and as a member of a community and of society in general the appropriate knowledge, commitments and attitudes, behavior and skills. DWS considers as its important task to help the student to be firmly rooted in the tradition of the church. The school, likewise, aims to facilitate the student’s understanding and interpretation of that tradition as well as its translation and communication in order that the formation of persons and societies be accomplished according to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

In the light of its special missionary orientation, DWS’s theological program is characterized by a particular sensitivity to and appreciation of religious and cultural pluralism, intercultural communication, contextualization of theology and preferential option for the poor.