Pious Disciples of the Divine Master (PDDM)

Date of Foundation: February 10, 1924

Place of Foundation: Alba, Italy

Founder: Venerable Fr. James Alberione, SSP

Date of Arrival in Cebu: June 29, 1971

Congregational Vision

Jesus, Master Way, Truth and Life present in the Eucharist, Priesthood and Liturgy, preached, received and lived by the people of the Visayas and Mindanao.

Mission

Open and sensitive to the action of the Holy Spirit and the signs of the times, and responding to the PCP II Thrust of building a Philippine Church of the poor, we, the PDDM community in Cebu, called to be a formative community radiating light and grace, commit to ourselves to:

• Intensely live a Eucahristic-Liturgical-Sacerdotal life in order to nourish the piety of the faithful live a fraternal communion in an atmosphere of prayer and active silence.
• Participate in the pastoral care for vocations and the formation of young candidates.
• Responsibility implement personally or as community the program for on-going formation.
• Participates in the initiatives of the Diocese of Cebu in line with our charism.
• Actively collaborate with the priestly zeal.
• Promote lay collaboration in the Eucharistic Priestly.