This non-civil degree program offered by SVST is a four-year theological and pastoral training aimed at preparing seminarians for their future priestly ministry. This academic theological formation is intended to fulfill the canonical requirements for the formation of priests and is patterned after the Ratio Formationis for Theological Education in the Philippines. A candidate for the priesthood can also take up the Masters Program in Theology while pursuing the Curriculum for the Ordained Ministry.
Course Load
General
Students shall finish within a specified time the academic course load of a total of one hundred sixty-two (162) units of Theology as specified in the Curriculum for the Ordained Ministry program.
Mandatories
Synthesis Paper Defense
After fulfilling one’s academic course load, the student shall defend his Synthesis Paper in front of a panel constituted by the Dean/or Graduate Studies Director. Passing one’s Synthesis Paper makes the student eligible to take the comprehensive examination.
Comprehensive Examinations
After defending one’s thesis proposal, the student shall take oral comprehensives in front of a panel of five members representing five theological fields: History, Scriptures, Systematic Theology, Moral Theology, and Liturgical-Sacramental Theology.
After having fulfilled all the requirements, the student shall be proclaimed graduate of Curriculum for the Ordained Ministry of SVST.
Academic Pre-Requisites
a. An applicant must have graduated with any Bachelor’s Degree (four-year university course) as specified by the Commission on Higher Education in the Philippines or its equivalent in other countries.
b. The student must have taken up at least 15 units of Theology and at least 30 units of Philosophy in their undergraduate courses from a previous university or equivalent institutions of learning.
Curriculum
First Year
First Semester
MAT011 Introduction to Scriptures
MAT024 Fundamental Systematic Theology: Revelation and Faith
MAT041 Fundamental Moral Theology
MAT001 Church History 1: Ancient and Medieval
MAT061 History of Christian Spirituality
MAT021 Ecclesiastical Latin
MAT0101 Research Methods 1: Methods and Materials for Research Writing
Second Semester
MAT012 Pentateuch & Historical Books
MAT026 Christology and Soteriology
MAT042 Christian Sexual Ethics
MAT006 Patristics
MAT049 Introduction to Liturgy and Sacraments
MAT078 Pastoral Theology
MAT022 Biblical Hebrew and Greek
MAT0102 Research Methods 2: Practical & Empirical Methods
Second Year
First Semester
MAT014 Synoptics and Acts
MAT025 Triune God
MAT002 Church History 2: Modern and Contemporary
MAT031 Ecclesiology
MAT082 Pastoral Counselling and Psychology
MAT086 Poverty and Community Development Studies
MAT050 Sacraments of Christian Initiation 1: Baptism and Confirmation
Second Semester
MAT016 Johannine Writings
MAT080 Theology of Ministries
MAT032 Missiology
MAT044 Life and Biomedical Ethics
MAT003 Church History 3: Philippines and Asia
MAT051 Sacraments of Christian Initiation 2: Eucharist
MAT079 Pastoral Administration, Leadership, and Management
MAT0103 Institutional Paper 1
Third Year
First Semester
MAT013 Prophetic and Wisdom Literatures
MAT028 Creation and Eschatology
MAT047 Contemporary Issues in Moral Theology 1
MAT052 Sacraments of Healing: Reconciliation – Healing
MAT096 Canon Law 1: History, General Norms, and People of God
MAT053 Sacraments of Commitment 1: Holy Orders
MAT030 Marian Theology and Popular Religiosity
MAT077 Vincentian Popular Missions
Second Semester
MAT017 Contemporary Approaches to Biblical Studies and Exegesis
MAT015 Pauline and Catholic Epistles
MAT043 Catholic Social Teaching
MAT029 Theological Anthropology, Sin, and Grace
MAT055 Theology of Inculturation
MAT097 Canon Law 2: Canon Law and Marriage
MAT054 Sacraments of Commitment 2: Matrimony
MAT0104 Institutional Paper 2
Fourth Year
First Semester
MAT033 Liberation Theologies
MAT035 Ecumenism and Interfaith Dialogue
MAT045 Special Moral Questions
MAT093 Homiletics 1: Theology and Spirituality of Preaching
MAT098 Canon Law 3: Sanctions, Processes, and Administrative Laws
MAT056 Liturgical Presidency: Mass and Other Sacramental Celebrations
MAT0105 Thesis Proposal/Synthesis Paper Writing
Second Semester
MAT057 Ad Audiendas Confessiones
MAT094 Homiletics 2: Practice of Preaching and Public Speaking
MAT0106 Synthesis Course (Comprehensive Review)
MAT0107 Comprehensive Exams
De Paul House
Our school dormitory provides seminarians with a safe, comfortable, and convenient place to live while pursuing their studies. Located within the compound, the De Paul House offers a supportive environment that promotes academic focus, personal growth, holistic formation, and a strong sense of community. With well-maintained rooms, essential amenities, and guidance from the formators, this serves as a home away from home where seminarians can study, focus on their formation, rest, and build lasting friendships. Annual rates are exclusive from the tuition and miscellaneous fees.