San Agustin Center of Studies is a seminary located in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
Upon the completion of the plans, Eduardo Perez wrote to Cardinal Jaime Sin, Archbishop of Manila, seeking approval to erect the seminary, which was granted.
Rising on slightly elevated two hectare area, it is bounded on the northwest by Culiat River opposite Sanville Subdivision and the University of the Philippines Arboretum.
Following the ground-breaking rites in December 1983, the plan was to complete construction in June 1984, but this was not achieved due to rising prices and conflicts with squatters on the proposed site.
On May 21, 1984, Martin Nolan, Father General, officially approved the erection of the institution and canonically declared it as a religious residence.
Additional features were added later including a basketball and tennis court completed in 1985 along with the first layer of the concrete fencing.
Two years later, the river crossing bridge connecting Fisheries Street and the Seminary compound was completed.
A week after the blessing in November of the same year, the rest of the community including priests and seminarians transferred from San Agustin in Intramuros to the new home led by the Prior Provincial.
Before the opening of the school year in 1985, Rodolfo Manaloto and Efren Obja-an, who were on study leave, arrived as working guests.
On July 26, 1988, Paderog was appointed member of the ad hoc committee overseeing the construction of the novitiate house in Cebu; he eventually decided to be freed of his responsibilities as prior as he had too much to do.
The community has been involved in: outreach programs in depressed areas of Quezon City and at the home for the aged; participation in social movements meant to help alleviate the plight of the less fortunate, specially the victims of recent calamities such as fire, Mt.
Pinatubo eruption, and similar among others; holding of retreat and recollections for the different lay groups; assisting the neighboring parishes of Project 6, San Francisco del Monte and San Lorenzo Ruiz; organizing the youth of the area and holding of daily masses where neighboring residents can attend.
This probationary is designed to reach a tentative judgment concerning the talents and vocation of the candidate, and also to ascertain his knowledge of religious subjects and, where necessary, deepen them to the degree judged necessary; and lastly, to permit a gradual transition from lay life to a life proper to the novitiate.[1](Cf.
RC 11) St. Thomas of Villanova Institute is a philosophy school affiliated to the University of San Agustin - Iloilo that is run by the Filipino Augustinian Friars in the Philippines.