Complying with the Congress’s pledge to diversity, researchers from UST gave talks and took part in panels that broadened the discussion on Filipino philosophy and its role in international discourse. Professor Jove Jim S. Aguas of the Department of Philosophy, Graduate School, and Center for Theology, Religious Studies, and Ethics was a major contributor to the Congress. In addition to moderating and chairing the PAP Society Session titled “Filipino Philosophy in Dialogue: Expanding the Conversation,” Aguas contributed to the Center for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP) Round Table Discussion on National Values by presenting a paper titled “The Ambiguity of the Filipino Sense of Nationalism and Filipino Identity.”

In the Contributed Paper Sessions, Thomasian scholars presented their respective papers: 

鈼徛� 聽聽聽 Prof. Fleurdeliz R. Altez-Albela, PhD (Department of Philosophy, Graduate School, and Center for Theology, Religious Studies, and Ethics) – “What Is Levinasian in Sustainability?: Sustainability in the Economy of Being Through Levinas鈥� Third”

鈼�      Junior Teacher Blaise D. Ringor, PhD (Senior High School and Ecclesiastical Faculties) – “Education, Christian Values, and the Voiding of Reason: John Henry Newman鈥檚 Personalist Education”

鈼�      Mr. Christian U. Solis, MA (Senior High School and Graduate School) – “Towards Understanding Fidelity in Marriage and Family: Paul Ricoeur on Man鈥檚 Capacity to Promise”

鈼�      Mr. Charles Aldrin A. Delgado (Graduate School) – “Christianity as Discomfort: Kierkegaard鈥檚 Philosophy of Religion”

鈼�      Inst. Ivan Efreaim A. Gozum, MA (Institute of Religion and Graduate School) – “Understanding Filipino Close Family Ties Through Gabriel Marcel鈥檚 Mystery of the Family”

Aguas also presented the paper entitled “The Relevance of the Metaphysics and the Notions of Being and Analogy of St. Thomas.”

These talks demonstrated the breadth and depth of philosophical study at UST and the contributions made by Filipino academics to international philosophical debates. Additionally, through one-on-one interactions, the Congress gave Filipino scholars a rare chance to fortify relationships and build mutual trust.

The Congress emphasized Rome’s long-standing position as a crossroads of civilizations, and it began with a ceremony at the ancient Baths of Caracalla. Prof. Luca Maria Scarantino, President of FISP, and Prof. Antonella Polimeni, Rector of Sapienza University, both emphasized the merging of humanistic and scientific cultures in philosophical conversations, reinforcing this subject of interconnection in their introductory statements.

Scholars addressed pressing ethical, social, cultural, political, and spiritual concerns all week long. Topics covered included the ethics of artificial intelligence, with discussions on the implications of AI on human decision-making and the ethical responsibilities of AI developers, and the place of spirituality in secular cultures, with debates on the role of spirituality in a modern, secular society. The Congress featured round table discussions, invited sessions, symposia, contributed paper sessions, endowed lectures, plenary sessions, student sessions, and the FISP General Assembly. The goal of these talks was to question conventional wisdom in philosophy by tackling issues of sustainability, gender and cultural diversity, inequality, and other modern world concerns.

Every five years, the WCP is arranged by the Federation Internationale des Soci茅t茅s de Philosophie (FISP) or the International Federation of Philosophical Societies. The WCP is a major conference that brings together philosophers, educators, students, and philosophy aficionados worldwide for a week-long discussion of a certain issue.

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Professor Jove Jim S. Aguas, PhD of the Department of Philosophy discoursed on 鈥淐hristian Humanism and St. Thomas鈥檚 Notion of the Human Person,鈥� where he acknowledged that as science and technology advanced, spiritual dimensions of human life often became ignored. Using Aquinas鈥檚 philosophy, Aguas 鈥渟hows that a humanism centered on Christian belief is still a relevant and more acceptable proposition over modern and secular humanism.鈥� Furthermore, Aguas said that 鈥渇or St. Thomas, man has a spiritual component, and he is ordained towards God. He developed a Christian humanism anchored on theological personalism, a concept that emphasizes the unique relationship between each individual and God and how this relationship shapes our understanding of human dignity and purpose.鈥�

Meanwhile, Junior Teacher Blaise D. Ringor, PhD of the Senior High School and concurrent Academic Collaborations Officer of the Ecclesiastical Faculties, presented his paper entitled 鈥淔rom Garden of Eden to Garden of Gethsemane: Dietrich von Hildrebrand鈥檚 Ethics of Incommensurability as a Justification of Loving as Critical Thinking,鈥� where he argued that the interiority of the person is neglected by traditionalist views of ethics. In doing so, he looks at Dietrich von Hildrebrand鈥檚 critique and discourses on the former鈥檚 ethics of incommensurability to address the flaw by integrating the reality of loving into critical thinking. Ringor argued that 鈥淗ildebrand鈥檚 approach provides a robust ethical framework that acknowledges the full complexity of the human person, thereby enriching critical thinking with a deeper understanding of love’s ethical significance.鈥�

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Independent rankings website EduRank, which uses research publications and citations as data, named the 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 as the top Philippine university for the field of Theology and Religious Studies in terms of research outputs and citations. The rankings were released on February 29, 2024.

UST, a Pontifical University and the Catholic University of the Philippines, operates three ecclesiastical faculties: Sacred Theology, Philosophy, and Canon Law. It also offers civil degrees on theology (major in social-pastoral communication) at the Graduate School, while theology/Christian living courses are institutionally mandated in the tertiary and basic education levels, respectively.

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The articles published in the September – December 2023 issue are the following:

1. by Jeffrey Segovia tackles the understanding linked to the Valley of Hinnom as an allusion to the concept and image of eternal damnation, as well as uncovering the mystery of the silver scrolls of Ketef Hinnom, which is claimed to be one of the most important Biblical discoveries of antiquity.
2. by Leo-Martin Angelo Ruiz Ocampo investigates the experience of the School of Salamanca, how its core dynamic termed as the 鈥淪alamanca Process鈥� embodies the charism of the Dominican Order, and the ongoing attempt to recover it as a model for the life and mission of Dominicans today as expressed in official documents of the Order.
3. by Jos茅 Eugenio Borao Mateo is grounded on Spanish and Dutch documentary sources to provide a better understanding of the archaeological findings in the church, thus offering new perspectives on the archaeological conclusions by highlighting the distinction between two crucial elements: the convent and the church. In other words, the paper proposes the possibility that the final church, constructed with stone, may have remained unfinished, adding complication to the interpretation of the discovered cemetery in the same site.
4. by Allan A. Basas interrogates the presence of the notion of social responsibility in human being’s experiences, in recognition of the inviolability of the Other. Basas likewise urges the readers in a thematic discussion in the cusp of Levinas鈥� notion of social responsibility and Filipino sociality to show that responsibility is a universal value with many faces.
5. by Alexandre Coello de la Rosa tackles the figure of Don Diego V谩zquez de Mercado, the first secular archbishop of Manila, and brings the other aspects of his tenure, such as his relations with the cathedral chapter and his tense relations with the governor of the Philippines, Don Juan de Silva y Enr铆quez (1609-1616).
6. by Jorge Mojarro
7. by Joselito B. Zulueta revisits the launch of the two volumes of 鈥淒oing Philosophy in the Philippines: The Thomasian Collection鈥�, culled from the pages of UNITAS journal. It has embodied the most representative and the most extensive compendium of classic philosophical thinking in the 20th century in the Philippines. The two-volume book was edited by UST Professor Emeritus Alfredo P. Co and published by the UST Publishing House.
8. by Jose Adriand Emmanuel L. Layug talks about George Weigle’s service to the church and to all men of goodwill in search for the true meaning of Vatican II in his work “To Sanctify the World The Vital Legacy of Vatican II”.
9. by Melanie D. Turingan talks about the virtues exhibited by St. Joseph the Worker as God’s dutiful stalwart that provided Jesus a home together with the Virgin Mary, as well as how reader would take inspiration from his virtues.
10. by Blaise D. Ringor explored how Seifert synthesized the philosophies of thinkers like Dietrich von Hildebrand and Josef Pieper with the thoughts of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II, concurrently offering a critical response to the work of scholars such as Josef Fuchs, Jonathan Harrison, and Franz B枚ckle. This allows the reader to engage and delve on the primary texts written by Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II.
11. by Marian Joanne Co-Pua, DCL celebrates how fr. Manlangit masterfully delivered his advocacy and its odyssey in tackling the core and essential concepts, principles, and issues in Bioethics.

According to its editor, Rev. fr. Jesus M. Miranda, Jr., O.P., PhD, 聽the digital interface “aims to facilitate the fluid curation and circulation of knowledge on ecclesiastical disciplines”. The journal publishes the most relevant research articles in the areas of Ecclesiastical Sciences and Church history.

Read the Philippiniana Sacra here:

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“While the journal continues to publish the most relevant research articles in the areas of Ecclesiastical Sciences and Church history, research articles on Thomistic studies are most welcome for submission within these three years to highlight the festivities of the Angelic Doctor,” fr. Miranda said in the Editor’s Note of the September-December 2023 volume of the journal.

The Angelic Doctor’s 700^th year of his canonization was celebrated this year on July 18, 2023; 750^th anniversary of his Dies Natalis (death) will be celebrated in 2024; and, lastly, the 8^th centenary of his birth in 2025.

“May we be reminded of the words of St. Thomas Aquinas, ‘The study of truth requires a considerable effort – which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge – despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men (Summa Contra Gentiles).'”

The official journal of the UST Ecclesiastical Faculties, an open access website, facilitates the fluid curation and circulation of knowledge on ecclesiastical disciplines.

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Day 1

Kicking off the plenary sessions, Prof. Fr. Mark Daniel Holtz, O.P., Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of Pontificia Universit脿 San Tommaso d鈥� Aquino, will lecture on 鈥�Plurium verorum plures veritates: Alethic Pluralism and the Plurality of Truth in Thomas Aquinas鈥�.聽 Meanwhile, Prof. Jovito Cari帽o, PhD of the UST Department of Philosophy will share his insights in his lecture entitled, 鈥�Tagpuan, Tapatan, Talaban: Si Santo Tomas de Aquino, Dayalogo at ang Kontemporanyong Paghahanap sa Katotohanan鈥� (Encounter, Exchange, Engagement: St. Thomas Aquinas, Dialogue and the Contemporary Search for Truth).

Inst. Sir-Lien Hugh Tadeo, MA will serve as the moderator.

Day 2

Sr. Prof. Catherine Joseph Droste, O.P. of the Pontificia Universit脿 San Tommaso d鈥� Aquino will lecture on 鈥淔orming Conscience in a Contemporary World: Aquinas鈥檚 Teaching on the Gifts of Wisdom and Counsel鈥�. Lastly, fr. Rodel E. Aligan, O.P., SThD, UST Graduate School Regent, will cap the plenary sessions with his lecture on 鈥淩elevance of St. Thomas Aquinas on Truth, Communication and Authenticity of Christian Life in the Digital Age鈥�

Asst. Prof. Maila M. Blanza will be the day’s moderator.

The two-day conference is organized by the Ecclesiastical Faculties, Faculty of Arts and Letters, Institute of Religion, Graduate School, and the Center for Theology, Religious Studies and Ethics to celebrate the Triennium of St. Thomas Aquinas: the 700th聽anniversary of his canonization (2023), the 750th anniversary of his death (2024), and the 800th anniversary of his birth (2025).

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The COMIUCAP World Congress MANILA 2022 will be hosted by the 老澳门六合彩开奖记录, Manila, Philippines on 16-18 November 2022. Because of the uncertainties brought by the pandemic, the Congress will adopt a hybrid/hyflex mode of meeting, where the speakers and attendees may participate according to their preferences either online or at the venue.

The theme of the Congress remains as originally conceived and so we wish to refresh the original rationale for the Call for Papers to new applicants:

It is evident in the history of the Catholic Church how both faith and reason have been instrumental in the conversion of Rome and its eventual triumph in Europe, from which it has spread across the world through both cross and sword. Yet the dawn of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) provided the opportunity for ecumenism with Orthodox Churches and Protestantism, but more so it laid down guidelines for possible interfaith and intercultural dialogue with the immense cultural and intellectual heritages of the East particularly the great traditions of Asia. This marked a movement in evangelization from cross and sword to the opportunity of listening to the other culture.

Since the closing of Vatican II in 1965, numerous publications have been focused especially on the theme of dialogue. These include Fides et Ratio, Ad Gentes: Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church, Nostra Aetate: Declaration on the Relation of the Church to non-Christian Religions, Evangelii Nuntiandi: Dialogue in Mission, and Redemptoris Missio: Dialogue and Proclamation, among others.

Coincidentally, the 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 convenes this Congress as part of the 500th year Jubilee of the Christianization of the Philippines. In view of all these, we invite scholars to reflect on the engagement of faith, reason, and dialogue in today鈥檚 world, particularly in the rich opportunity of listening to cultures from the East. The conference is open, but not limited, to the following themes:

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鈥� Success of evangelization of the West

鈥� Attempts at evangelizing Asia

鈥� Evangelizing after the Second Vatican Council

鈥� Christianity in Asia

鈥� 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines

鈥� Tracking the Future of Asian Evangelization

鈥� Rapprochement of the Vatican and China

鈥� Assessing the status of Christianity in Asia

鈥� Resolution of the Rites Controversy and the Future of Christianity in China

鈥� Theologizing in the Asian context

鈥� Prospects for Asian Christianity in the Digital Age

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鈥� Impact of Western Philosophy to the Fathers and the Doctors of the Church

鈥� Philosophy鈥檚 Ancillary Role to Theology in Asia

鈥� Impact of Religion to Doing Philosophy Today

鈥� Reason in Eastern Cultures and Philosophies

鈥� Philosophy and Culture in Asia

鈥� Indian Philosophy and Christian Philosophy

鈥� Chinese Philosophy and Christian Philosophy

鈥� Revisiting the East-West Philosophy Encounter

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鈥� Role of dialogue in spreading the faith

鈥� Ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue

鈥� Chinese culture in dialogue with Christian faith

鈥� Indian culture in dialogue with Christian faith

鈥� Dialogue between religion and politics

鈥� Christianity as cultural meeting point

鈥� East-West Dialogue of Faith and Reason

鈥� Challenges to Dialogue in Asia

鈥� The Problem of Dialogue of Faith and Reason

鈥� Filipino Culture in Dialogue with Christian Faith

Abstracts for contribution that meet the conference aims are welcomed for parallel presentations. We also accept proposals from philosophical and theological associations and other intellectual groups for roundtable discussions. Plenary speakers are solely by invitation.

The official languages of the conference will be French, English, and Spanish. It is however urged that papers not written in English be accompanied by an English abstract to be attached to the final paper.

We are open to non-traditional presentation formats, but we encourage the proponent to clearly specify the intended composition, content, and mode of participation stipulated in the proposal. The proposal is subject to evaluation before it will be allowed for presentation at the event.

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A webinar will follow the two events. To deliver a lecture on the topic 鈥淥wls under the Sun and a Broken Wheel: The Ecclesiastical Faculty of Philosophy through the Years鈥� is fr. Hilario V. Sicat, Jr., O.P., while fr. Jesus M. Miranda, Jr., O.P., PhD will share his insights on the topic 鈥淭he Impact of Philosophy to a Self-Integrated Education in the Virtual Community.鈥�

All these events will be streamed live on the Facebook Pages of the University and the UST Ecclesiastical Faculties. In the afternoon, a private viewing of the St. Catherine of Alexandria Documentary will be done via Zoom.

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The topic, which was inspired by the nationwide preparations for the new normal, focused on the potentials of online learning and how teachers can capitalize on it to ensure continued successful educational delivery. Emphasizing the constructivists鈥� call for learner-centeredness, fr. Miranda called on attendees to 鈥渇ind the uniqueness of each learner,鈥� looking into such factors as abilities, talents, learning pace, emotional state of mind, learning styles, and access to technology.

fr. Miranda reminded teachers that in a constructivist learning environment, the teachers becomes a 鈥済uide, resource person, and moderator鈥� rolled into one, and these roles are all possible even in an online learning environment. Given the shift to online learning, the classroom shifts, too, to being a 鈥渃lassnet,鈥� which is 鈥渢he online world created by the community of teachers who provide the wealth and varieties of experiences.鈥� In this classnet, one can find the interaction of prior knowledge and new events, which interact with the home and community contexts where students will be physically located. Despite the absence of physical interaction in a school-based classroom, the classnet, fr. Miranda stressed, provides opportunities for the learner to interact with his/her mentors and peers.

Given that the classnet is also more unstructured and can give rise to different situations not typically found in the classroom, teachers must shift their ways of thinking and doing things to assist learners and their families in delivering education services. If successful, a 鈥渓andscape of learning鈥� is the output of teachers building and designing the classnet together.

Concretizing everything in preparation for the new academic year, fr. Miranda pointed to educational models such as personalized learning, independent learning, the development of innovative and creative instructional materials, and community teaching. Given these new models, fr. Miranda enumerated the following action points for the education community: 1) train and orient teachers on constructivist online education; 2) reformulate assessment practices; and 3) reformulate curriculum development.

Gathering over 500 attendees, the webinar was conducted via the UST Cloud Campus, powered by BlackBoard Collaborate. It was also streamed live via the Facebook Page of the UST Institute of Religion. In her address at the start of the webinar, Institute of Religion Assistant Director Catalina M. Litua帽as, MA, said that the webinar was part of the Institute鈥檚 contributions to helping educators and stakeholders cope with the new normal and help them overcome resistance to what the situation now demands.

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A collection of hymns and life lessons

In his homily, Acting Rector fr. Richard G. Ang, O.P., PhD recalled the contest of hymns that Thomas won, which earned him the symbol of the sun on his chest. 鈥淲hile today, Thomas Aquinas is associated with the highest form of scholastic thinking than lyric poetry, let us not forget that鈥e was an equally consummate creative composer of Eucharistic hymns whose momentum inspired several artist to set his lyrics into beautiful music,鈥� said fr. Ang.

Thomas worked on five famous hymns, namely, Pange Lingua, Sacris Solemniis, Verbum Supernum, Lauda Sion, and Adoro Te Devote. According to fr. Ang, the ability of Thomas to compose such beautiful hymns because of his deep devotion to the Eucharist. Quoting a missionary, the hymns are considered 鈥渁n enriching food for the thought.鈥�

Gratitude

In the hymn Pange Lingua, the emphasis was on being thankful for the gift of presence. Emphasizing that thankfulness and gratitude go hand in hand, the Acting Rector called on the community to give heartfelt appreciation and affirmation when they are due. Gratitude, fr. Ang said, is an affirmation of blessings received, which when acknowledged more, will multiply even more.

Faith

The hymn Adoro Te Devote, meanwhile, talks about faith in the presence of Christ in the Eucharist. 鈥淲e can only be extravagant in our response to God if only we have enough faith.鈥�

Relating the call to be faithful to the present times, fr. Ang, concurrently the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, acknowledged that: 鈥淥ur time may be an age of disbelief. In the Western world, many people have lost their faith, in one way or another. In the country, some, including public figures and maybe some young people, have begun to question our beliefs, our values. Beliefs they find too good to be true, values they find too outdated to be relevant. This is nothing new, though.鈥�

Faced with these vicissitudes, however, the Acting Rector asked: 鈥淚f we stop standing for our beliefs, if we stop standing by our ideals, then we begin losing our Catholic identity. At kapag nawala na ang ating pagkakakilanlan, ano na tayo? Sino na tayo bilang isang komunidad?鈥�

Need for a sense of wonder

Reiterating Thomas鈥檚 amazement at how an all-powerful lends Himself to become food for His followers, the hymn Sacris Solemniis echoes the author鈥檚 sense of wonder, which is an attitude found in many young people:  鈥淭he Gospel tells us that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are childlike. Then, let us not forget how to be one. By doing so, we are enabling ourselves to be lifelong learners.鈥�

Spiritual food

The Acting Rector likewise mentioned that while food provides sustenance for the body, one鈥檚 faith sustains us spiritually. 鈥淭he Eucharist is spiritual food for pilgrims like. In this hymn entitled 鈥楲auda Sion,鈥� Thomas tells us that the Eucharist is the bread of life.鈥� Partakig of the Eucharist on a regular basis changes people: 鈥淲e become more like Christ in terms of feeling, thinking, and acting.鈥�

Closing his homily, the Acting Rector expressed his wish for the Thomasian community: 鈥淣away matuto tayong magpasalamat, kapasidad na mamangha, at magbago (May we learn how to express gratitude, have a sense of wonder, and transform).鈥�

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