Requirements and Procedures
Requirements
Qualifications
- High School Graduate (or in the 4th-year) or college student, not more than 22 years old.
- Possesses a stable personality and growing in emotional maturity
- Intellectually fit and physically stable
- Faithful to spiritual and moral life as Catholic
Requirements
- Letter of recommendation from the parish priest
- Letter of recommendation from the school head
- Letter of recommendation or endorsement from the bishop (if not from the Archdiocese of Manila)
- Evaluation or recommendation from the previous rector or superior (if from other seminaries)
- Copy of grades or Transcript of Records (TOR)
- Recent 2x2 pictures (2pcs.)
- Medical certificate
- Baptismal, confirmation and live-birth certificate (original or certified true copy)
- Canonical marriage certificate of his parents (original or certified true copy)
- 4th-year high school report card (Form 138)
- Original Transcript of Records (if a college student)
- Transfer credentials (if a college student)
Procedures
- Submit requirements
- Applicants who complete the preliminary requirements may be scheduled for an interview with the Admission Office Director.
- Upon the recommendation of the Admissions Office Director, the applicant may take the preliminary exam.
- The applicant who successfully passes the preliminary exam may be allowed to take the battery of psychological tests.
- The applicant then will be scheduled to undergo a series of intensive interviews with the department formators.
- The applicant will be informed of the results of the admission exam by letter.