Holy Rosary Minor Seminary

· Apr 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Holy rosary minor seminary

Honestly, Naga City was originally not included in my itinerary. I just considered Naga just two days before I actually departed for Legazpi City.

holy rosary minor seminaryBecause it was a rush. I didn’t have much time to reasearch on the places I should go to, or the foods to eat, or where and how to get to the city. Luckily, some friends from the Naga were there to tour me around the city. Sigh.

So after picking me up from the terminal we all then went to the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary.

The very moment I set my eyes on this structure, I thought i was in a tme warp and was brought back to the 1800′s. The Seminary facade is just so beatiful. It has actually mesmerized me and made me speechless for a moment. I ran out of adjectives to describe this seminary.

But we are just in the facade yet.

holy rosary minor seminary

Right inside the seminary is a museum, that houses priceless collections like the vestments used by the bishops of the Diocese of Nueva Caceres. there are Ming Vases, burial jars, old books and stuffs used during masses. The items are all well-kept and preserved.

Because of its beauty and its significance in the local history of Naga, the National Historical Institute has inscribed the centuries-old Holy Rosary Minor Seminary as a National Historical Landmark

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  • ariel alonto

    dr fr,

    i am willing
    to become a seminarian
    in your seminary.

    in christ,
    ariel

  • ariel alonto

    dr fr,

    i am willing
    to enter in your
    seminary.

    in christ,
    ariel

  • ariel alonto

    dear fr rector,

    peace!!!

    personal

    name: ariel acompanado alonto
    birth:jan.27,1993
    place of birth:hindang,leyte

    baptizm:
    on feb.20,1993
    by fr.crutato arceno
    confirmation:
    on march 19,2008
    by fr boy luzon
    education

    elementary:hindang central school
    (1999-2004)
    secondary:st michael college(1st yr-2nd yr only)
    (2005-2006)
    (3rd yr,june-july 2008)
    (3rd yr,seminarian(june-august)
    ministry

    2005–altar server(st michael parish)
    2006-church bellringer(st michael parish)
    2007-sacristan mayor/convent helper,worker(st michael parish)
    2008-ex-seminarian,altar sever(maasin city cathedral)

  • http://www.minorsem.edu.ph/ JOSEPH

    BRIEF HISTORY

    The Holy Rosary Seminary was first established as a Casa de Clerigos for the episcopal see of Nueva Caceres sometime in the early part of the 18th century. Later, on March 7, 1793, then Caceres bishop Antonio Orbigo, OFM, transformed it into a Seminario Conciliar de Caceres. Four Years thereafter, it was canonically erected. The seminary was located by the bank of the Bikol River, now Calle Caceres, in downtown Naga. Under Bishop Bernardo de la Concepcion, OFM, (1816-1829).
    It was transferred close to its present site. The new building was badly damaged by a typhoon in 1855 and again by fire in 1860. Thus, Bishop Francisco Gainza, OP (1862-1879), caused the construction of another building, the present moorish-style structure; he also transferred its administration to the Vincentian fathers. Then in 1925, the seminary came to be known as Seminario del Santissimo Rosario.
    The seminary has produced 21 bishops, including the first Filipino bishop, Jorge Barlin, and the first Filipino Cardinal to work in the Roman Curia, Jose Cardinal Sanchez. It has richly contributed as well to the national heritage through Jose Ma. Panganiban and Tomas Arejola and 7 of the 15 Bikol Martyrs. On January 29, 1988, the National Historical Institute declared the Holy Rosary Seminary as a National Historical Landmark.