The head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission for Seminaries (CBCP-ECS) cited the need to revisit the program of seminary formation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This unexpected tempest called COVID-19 also makes it necessary for us to revisit our program of seminary formation, prayerfully attentive to the signs of the times yet relentlessly faithful to the mind and heart of the Church,” Lingayen Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said in his proposed guidelines for seminary formation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The revised seminary discipline during the pandemic, he said, must include the scrupulous observance of public and personal hygiene through frequent hand-washing, wearing of face masks, and social distancing in all seminary activities. For those allowed to leave the premises for marketing and errands, the prelate said they shall exercise extreme caution and strictly follow the protocols.
Villegas added that major subjects are best taught with physical presence of the teacher and with interaction among the seminarians. The current condition of the world, he said, also necessitates a formation in deeper simplicity and poverty of lifestyle among seminarians.
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