The Thomasian community will join the Order of Preachers in marking the feast of St. Dominic de Guzman, founder of the order, with Holy Mass on the eve of the feast on Aug. 7.
The Mass, which coincides with the first day of classes of Academic Year 2017-2018, will be at 9 a.m. at Santisimo Rosario Chapel.
On Aug. 8, the feast day, Eucharistic celebrations will be held in UST and at Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City.
Masses will be celebrated at the Santisimo Rosario Chapel at 6:15 a.m., 7 a.m., 7:30 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 8.
There will be no classes and office work in UST on Aug. 8.
The faithful are invited to participate in the praying of the Rosary at 5:30 p.m. at Santo Domingo Church, mother church of the Dominican Province of the Philippines. It will be followed by a Eucharistic celebration at 6 p.m.
The feast marks the birth of St. Dominic de Guzman in 1170 in Caleruega, Spain.
St. Dominic founded the Order of Preachers, or the Dominican Order, in 1216 to combat heresy and address the spiritual and intellectual needs of the people of the time.
The order, which follows monastic rules of prayer and penance, is credited for its intellectual tradition, producing many theologians and philosophers including St. Thomas Aquinas, the patron saint of UST.
Last year, Dominican religious and lay people celebrated the 800th founding anniversary of the order.
