BAHAY PARI

San Carlos Pastoral Formation Complex
EDSA, Guadalupe, 1200 Makati City
E-mail: bahaypari@mydestiny.net
Tel: 895-8855 loc. 600 Fax: 897-2968
Telefax: 895-9064
Director: Fr. Generoso M. Geronimo

Brief History

          The idea and the spirit behind Bahay-Pari came out of the fatherly love and concern of His Eminence Jaime Cardinal L. Sin, Archbishop of Manila, to the priests of the Archdiocese.

          Located within the San Carlos Pastoral Formation Complex in EDSA, Guadalupe, Makati City, Bahay-Pari’s construction was supervised by Fr. Cesar Buhat, Assistant Treasurer of the Archdiocese.  It was blessed and inaugurated on December 27, 1990 by the then Papal Nuncio to the Philippines, His Excellency, the late Gian Vincencio Moreni.  However, it was only in August 5, 1991 when His Eminence formally opened the house and with it was born the Ministry for the Renewal of Priests (MRP) with Msgr. Jose “Chito” Bernardo, Jr. as the Director.

          Although originally perceived mainly as a retirement home for old and retired priests of the Archdiocese, Bahay-Parihas become both a renewal center and a recreational house for priests.

          As a renewal center, it has become the seat for the renewal and on-going formation programs for priests.  It can also be a place for prayer and solitude with the fully air-conditioned Chapel and a meditation garden.

          As a recreational house, Bahay-Pari offers facilities for relaxation and recreation.  It has a big swimming pool, a jacuzzi, a steam and a sauna bath, air-conditioned TV and audio room, sports and gym equipment like billiards, thread mill and weights.  It has 60 single-occupancy rooms of which 32 are air-conditioned while the rest have electric fans. All these rooms have their own toilet and bath.

OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS

       As a renewal center, Bahay-Pari aims:

1. To pursue the over-all and total integration of the priest in his life and ministry;
2. To enhance his professional-pastoral competence and his zealous commitment in the service of the Church; and
3. To promote and foster presbyteral fraternity and unity.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

          The calendar of Bahay-Pariand the Ministry for the Renewal of Priests includes a year-round on-going formation program that has developed and evolved since 1992.  While before, the on-going formation programs were focussed at Bahay-Pari, during the past three years it has become concentrated to different ecclesiastical districts.

          Aside from the main on-going formation program,Bahay-Pari and the Ministry for the Renewal of priests take care of other major activities, like the regular clergy recollection, lent and advent clergy recollections, annual clergy retreat, young clergy renewal program, and the guest-priests’ renewal program.