FOUNDED ON August 6, 1988, by His Grace Pedro R. Dean, DD (Archbishop Emeritus of Palo 1983-2006), SJEST is an institute of priestly formation of the Archdiocese of Palo forming future priests for the dioceses of Leyte and Samar, namely Palo, Calbayog, Catarman, Borongan, Naval; and some from the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines. The institution desires to be of service to these dioceses by providing suitable environment formation to the priesthood in accordance to the mind of the Church spelled out in the 4 areas of the human, intellectual, spiritual and pastoral formation. It offers Institutional Theological Course (ITC), Masters of Arts in Theology (MAT) and Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry (MAPM). SJEST also accepts lay students for their doctrinal formation in Theology. More...
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AUGUST 14, 2009/Friday
SJEST SEMINARIANS AT THE
PNP TRANSFORMATION FORUM
The Regional Office 8 conducted a Regional Transformation Caravan Forum on August 14, 2009 at 8 o'clock in the morning at the Leyte National High School Gymnasium, Tacloban City. The said forum was attended by... more
AUGUST 9, 2009/Sunday
"PATMOS" WAS FORMALLY
INAUGURATED AND BLESSED
August 9 was the Blessing and Inauguration of the Priest's Retirement and Clergy House (PATMOS) of the Archdiocese of Palo. It was named after the place where St. John spent the later years of his life and the place of his... more
AUGUST 6, 2009/Thursday
176th FIESTA CELEBRATION
OF PALO
The town of Palo, known as the seat of the Archdiocese celebrated its 176th Fiesta Celebration on August 6 solemnizing the Transfiguration of Our Lord. The Celebration was highlighted by... more
JULY 23, 2009/Thursday
TOLOSA GRAND CHOIR TRAINS
SJEST SEMINARIANS
The trainors of the multi-awarded Chorale of Tolosa in Leyte spent hours with SJEST seminarians for a music orientation. It was lately that the seminary had a new set of formators. Fr. Raymond Mazo, who happened to be the music instructor of SJEST was assigned... more
JULY 22, 2009/Wednesday
OUR RECTOR TURNS 52
SJEST opened wide its doors for a day to the world. Locally and internationally recognized personalities flocked the seminary for an awe-inspiring purpose. In collaboration with the seminary Fathers, the community of theology seminarians, the personnel and staff together with the auxiliaries fused as one family in... more