It is an international training center dedicated to the formation of socially committed and competent leaders in the struggle for poverty alleviation and holistic human development within the context of diverse cultural and religious traditions in the Asia-Pacific and Africa.

It is part of the 50-hectare campus of the university located in the Upper Carmen area, known affectionately by students, staff, and alumni alike as the "Manresa Farm" (named after the town in Spain where St. Ignatius of Loyola, one of the three co-founders of the Society of Jesus, prayed in solitude in a nearby cave from 1522–23).

The Social Leadership Course is offered annually from June to December and is packaged in a monthly modular form in a series of ten modules that allows the participants more flexibility to select and stay for a shorter or longer period.

The modules are: The SEARSOLIN program has always been deliberately integrated and generalist, believing in training the whole person to enable her/him to be at the service of all, through the blending of value courses and social sciences as well as management and practical skills.

The community live-in training of several months provides a unique experience and rich socio-cultural dynamics during which the international participants develop fellowship, camaraderie and leadership values and skills.