Mass of the Holy Spirit (HE Memo)
05 Aug 2025 | Office of the Vice President for Higher Education
5 August 2025
TO:
The Higher Education Community
FROM:
[Sgd.] Maria Luz C Vilches, PhD
Vice President for Higher Education
SUBJECT:
Mass of the Holy Spirit
I would like to invite the Ateneo Community to join the Mass of the Holy Spirit on
Thursday, 28 August 2025
(9:30 am Confession)
9:45 – 11:00 am Mass
Church of the Gesu
Rev Fr Xavier L Olin SJ, Provincial Superior of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus, will be the presider and homilist. At this mass, he will bless and commission the Higher Education community for the mission of service in our education ministry. He will also lead the community in invoking God’s loving care for the new school year under the shepherding of the undergrad student leaders.
All Jesuits and other priests are invited to concelebrate.
To allow everyone to participate in the Holy Mass, undergraduate and graduate classes and work in Higher Education (Loyola Heights campus) are suspended from 9:30 to 11:00 am Similar arrangements, where appropriate, are at the discretion of the deans in ALS, ASMPH, AGSB, and ASOG.