With the bountiful blessings of God came the generosity of a man. The fourteen-hectare land was donated by a friend of Fr. Charles Braga,SDB, the honorable Jose Yulo Sr. It was Fr. Jose Luis Carreño,SDB who steered the seminary in its incipient existence. This made him the very first rector of the community. Pioneering this with him were Fr. John Benna, SDB and, then, Bro. Valeriano Barbero,SDB. They occupied a two-storey building which was lost in the vast green sugarland. The passersby hardly saw anything significant about the budding Salesians in their midst. In all externalities, another college, another seminary was born. Providence, however, fell in love with it at first sight. Slowly, the seminary underwent the business of growing. The following years saw the construction of the other buildings. This was made possible through the generous offerings of benefactors, notably the Misereor Fund Organization.
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