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Fr Bu, Seer of Minds and Hearts: The Legacy of Fr Jaime C Bulatao, SJ

27 Feb 2024

The Department of Psychology and the Ateneo Bulatao Center for Psychological Services
in cooperation with the De La Salle University Publishing House are happy to announce the launch of the commemorative book 
 
Fr. Bu, Seer of Minds and Hearts: The Legacy of Fr. Jaime C. Bulatao, SJ
 
edited by Dr Mira Alexis P. Ofreneo and Maria Lourdes Rosita A. Mesa
with Dr Gilda Dans Lopez and Susan L. Cellano
 
Fr Bu Book cover
Essays, poems, and photographs commemorate Fr Bu's immeasurable legacy as a founding father of Philippine Psychology, a scientist known for his explorations of consciousness, and as a Jesuit priest and beloved teacher, healer, friend. Contributors include Fr. Bienvenido Nebres, Dr. Patricia Licuanan, Dr. Cristina Montiel, Dr. Lota Teh, Dr. Ma Elizabeth Macapagal, Dr. Maria Ramos, Dr. Ma Emma Concepcion Liwag, and Dr. Honey Carandang. Excerpts from Fr. Bu's writings on consciousness are also included.
 
Copies of the book are available for purchase. Kindly contact the Department of Psychology for more information. 
 
If you can get into the understanding of the mind and work with it,
so that you can raise and improve it, and see this as part of the Kingdom of God, 
then this is the particular contribution that you as a psychologist can give to the Kingdom of God.
- Fr. Bu
Psychology Rosita G Leong School of Social Sciences

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