About us
The Holy Spirit Seminary is a community and an educational institution that was founded by the Roman Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea in Kap on 1 March 1963. In January 1968 the seminary was transferred to Bomana, 12 kilometres from the capital of the country, Port Moresby.
The purpose of the Holy Spirit Seminary is the education, formation, and preparation of young men from all dioceses of Papua New Guinea for the Roman Catholic Priesthood. According to the teachings of the Catholic Church, there are four aspects of the formation: human, spiritual, pastoral and intellectual. The intellectual education is divided into two aspects: philosophy and religious study, and theological study.
The seminarians are under the authority of the rector (nominated by the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples) and formators, his collaborators. The seminary is supervised by a Governing Council: the chairperson – Abp. Sir John Card. Ribat MSC, Bp. Don Lippert OFM Cap., Bp. Rolando Santos CM, Fr. Peter Chanel Silong, Fr. Joseph Vnuk OP, Fr. Jacek Tendej CM.
Formation
Fr. Jacek Tendej CM
Rector
Fr. Solomon Akaya
Vice-rector
Fr. Marcin Wrobel CM
Spiritual and Pastoral Director
The seminary is an institution and a community whose purpose is to help in the formation and self-formation of the young men who experience and discover the call of God to follow Jesus as his apostles in today’s world. This practice is occurring in four dimensions – human, spiritual, pastoral and intellectual – during the different events of the daily, weekly,
and monthly schedule as:
Holy Eucharist with homily ★ Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours morning, evening, and night prayer ★ Sunday Benediction with reflection by seminarians of the last year ★ Meditation ★ Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament ★ Other forms of devotion: Rosary, Station of Cross, Eucharistic procession in the Solemnity of Corpus Christi etc. ★ Private prayer ★ Annual retreat and monthly recollection days ★ Weekly formation conferences lead by the rector, vice-rector, spiritual director, or pastoral director ★ Religious, philosophical and theological study at the Catholic Theological Institute ★ Monthly meetings with the specialists of different disciplines ★ Monthly seminary community meetings ★ Spiritual direction ★ Individual talks ★ Pastoral activity ★ Bible group sharing ★ Preparation of the liturgy ★ Private study ★ Sports and physical work ★ Recreation, visiting of interesting places and institutions, watching TV.
All these activities have one goal – to prepare good, responsible, committed priests, followers of Jesus Christ (alter Christus) for the Church, especially for the Church in Papua New Guinea.
Fr. Jacek Tendej CM
Rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary
DOCUMENTS
RATIO NATIONALIS FORMATIONIS
THE GIFT OF THE PRIESTLY VOCATION
SPIRITUALITY OF THE DIOCESAN PRESBYTER
VALUE-BASED FORMATION PROGRAM
CALENDAR
BIRTHDAYS
DAILY SCHEDULE
OFFICE BEARERS AND DUTIES
THE MOST IMPORTANT RULES
Seminarians
Isaac UNAKAU – TH4
(diocese Aitape)
My Vocation Story
Dominic DOTTIE – TH2
(diocese Alotau)
My Vocation Story
Michael NAMA – PH2
(diocese Bougainville)
Danny TOKAPIP – TH1
(diocese Bougainville)
My Vocation Story
Lawrence TUMAE – TH1
(diocese Bougainville)
My Vocation Story
Tyson HAROMAN – TH3
(diocese Bougainville)
My Vocation Story
Mason POECHE – PH1 (CSMA)
Tony KOL – PH2 (CSMA)
Victor KALI – TH1 (CSMA)
My Vocation Story
Simon YOUNGOPAE – TH3 (CSMA)
My Vocation Story
Simeon WARTOVO – PH1
(diocese Kavieng)
My Vocation Story
Jeddy SUIMIANGAN – PH2
(diocese Kavieng)
Simon JONATHAN – TH1
(diocese Kavieng)
My Vocation Story
Valeriano KIVA – PH1
(diocese Kerema)
Brian KALOM – PH1
(diocese Kimbe)
My Vocation Story
Damien ROVA – PH1
(diocese Kimbe)
My Vocation Story
Ambrose TUTUONG – PH1
(diocese Kimbe)
Alphonse AILAS– PH2
(diocese Kimbe)
Dickson KEWES – TH3
(diocese Kimbe)
Benedict POLEI – TH3
(diocese Kimbe)
My Vocation Story
William BAI – TH4
(diocese Kimbe)
My Vocation Story
Isaac GRAI – TH3
(diocese Kundiawa)
Philip YAL – TH3
(diocese Kundiawa)
Samuel KUA – TH3
(diocese Kundiawa)
Joseph PALME – TH4
(diocese Kundiawa)
My Vocation Story
Jeffrey OSSOM – TH2
(diocese Madang)
My Vocation Story
Eugene SAKAT – TH3
(diocese Madang)
My Vocation Story
Constantine RUARRI – TH4
(diocese Madang)
My Vocation Story
David ANDREW – TH2
(diocese Mendi)
My Vocation Story
John PARALE – TH2
(diocese Mendi)
Joseph MICHAEL – TH2
(diocese Mendi)
Robert TUGUBE – TH3
(diocese Mendi)
Martin PETER – TH4
(diocese Mendi)
My Vocation Story
Michael BONNY – TH2
(diocese Mt. Hagen)
My Vocation Story
Philip ARON – TH2
(diocese Mt. Hagen)
My Vocation Story
Joseph J. JACOB – TH2
(diocese Mt. Hagen)
Max DOMINIC – TH3
(diocese Mt. Hagen)
Joachim MEK – TH3
(diocese Mt. Hagen)
My Vocation Story
Isaac JOSEPH – TH4
(diocese Mt. Hagen)
My Vocation Story
Sylvester KUK – TH4
(diocese Mt. Hagen)
My Vocation Story
Jacob TUMUN – TH4
(diocese Mt. Hagen)
My Vocation Story
Japeth HASAMANA –PH2
(diocese Port Moresby)
Frank LOUIS – PH2
(diocese Port Moresby)
Jude KOIT – TH1
(diocese Port Moresby)
Jessy MANDU – TH1
(diocese Port Moresby)
Raphael GOBI – TH2
(diocese Port Moresby)
My Vocation Story
Kemby KIRYAR – TH2
(diocese Port Moresby)
Dennis Elliot KAU – TH3
(diocese Port Moresby)
Matthew TIMBALU – TH4
(diocese Port Moresby)
My Vocation Story
Moses Kalai PELURE – PH1
(diocese Rabaul)
My Vocation Story
Jude ISIDORE – PH1
(diocese Rabaul)
My Vocation Story
Ryan KEDEK – PH1
(diocese Rabaul)
My Vocation Story
Louis LOKEALE – PH1
(diocese Rabaul)
My Vocation Story
Jude VUNGVUNG – PH1
(diocese Rabaul)
My Vocation Story
Christopher TALIUR – PH2
(diocese Rabaul)
Elizah WANA – PH2
(diocese Rabaul)
Adolf TONGALA – PH2
(diocese Rabaul)
Eugene ULUNA – TH1
(diocese Rabaul)
My Vocation Story
Amos TIRORO – TH1
(diocese Rabaul)
My Vocation Story
Ephraim KEH – TH2
(diocese Rabaul)
My Vocation Story
Stanton LATOMENE – PH2
(diocese Rabaul)
My Vocation Story
Gregory LAVUT – TH1
(diocese Rabaul)
My Vocation Story
Mathew GONA – TH2
(diocese Rabaul)
My Vocation Story
Abel YIMNAU – TH3
(diocese Vanimo)
My Vocation Story
Roland SOKAP – TH3
(diocese Vanimo)
My Vocation Story
Joachim SUWONG-EL – TH3
(diocese Vanimo)
My Vocation Story
Berry TABOKOM – TH3
(diocese Vanimo)
My Vocation Story
Jonathan TOMMY – TH3
(diocese Vanimo)
My Vocation Story
Gilbert YAWI – TH3
(diocese Vanimo)
My Vocation Story
Enoch MARUS – TH2
(diocese Wabag)
Francis JACOB – TH2
(diocese Wabag)
Newman KUNDAL – TH4
(diocese Wabag)
My Vocation Story
James MAL – TH4
(diocese Wabag)
My Vocation Story
Douglas TAMI – TH2
(diocese Wewak)
Francis SHARUKUI – TH2
(diocese Wewak)
Noel SAU – TH3
(diocese Wewak)
Austin LUS – TH4
(diocese Wewak)
My Vocation Story
CSMA – Latin: Congregatio Sancti Michaelis Archangeli
Contact
Holy Spirit Seminary
P.O. Box 1717
Boroko NCD
Port Moresby
phone: +675/328 1025
e-mail: hssbomana@gmail.com
rector’s mobile: +675/708 79 939
rector’s email: tendej@gmail.com
