Saint Paul Seminary Foundation (SPSF) began in the 1950s as a formation house for aspirants to the Society of St. Paul (SSP), a religious congregation dedicated to evangelization through media, in Pasay City, affiliated with Rizal City College. Relocating to Makati in 1960, SPSF gained government recognition in 1965, offering secondary education. The High School Department was phased out in 1989.
In 1968, Saint Paul Seminary was given Government Recognition to offer a four-year Liberal Arts course, major in Philosophy and minor either in History, English, or Graphic Arts. Year 1988 saw the revision of the four-year Liberal Arts course of the Seminary, which then offered Bachelor of Arts, major in Philosophy and minor in Mass Communication.
Taking cue from the “signs of the times”, the 1990’s saw Saint Paul Seminary switching to “high tech” formation of future Paulines that was continuously rooted in scholastic philosophy. Development of personnel and updating of equipment and facilities of the Seminary became the order of the decade. This culminated in the transfer of Saint Paul Seminary to Silang, Cavite in June 1993. Its site having an idyllic ambiance and an ample space of 1.6 hectares, the three-story main Seminary building has an area of 4,000 square meters which houses facilities for the formation of the Pauline aspirants and students from other Institutions who are welcome also at the Seminary.
The Seminary facilities were again enhanced by a revised curriculum which offered a four-year Liberal Arts course, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with majors in Philosophy and in Mass Communication. It received Government recognition on July 7, 1993, exactly 58 years after the first Paulines came to the Philippines.
To date and with the advent of the K-12 program in the Philippines, the Seminary has revised its curriculum and with the approval of CHED and alignment to CMO’s 26, 27 and 35 series of 2017 offers the following programs:
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (4-year liberal arts program)
Bachelor of Arts in Communication (4-year liberal arts program)
Certificate in Philosophical Studies (2-year program for college graduates and adult vocations)