SPUCC Spiritual Director Father Winston O. Carrera, OSJ

Spirit of Peace and Unity Catholic Community

Spiritual Director

Father Winston O. Carrera, OSJ

• 40 years of age, from Iloilo
• Joined the Congregation of the Oblates of St. Joseph in 1985
• Completed college studies in philosophy at the St. Francis de Sales College Seminary, Lipa City, - Batangas (1990)
• Completed theological studies at the Don Bosco Center of Studies, Parañaque City (1995)
• Completed a specialization in Spiritual Theology at the Pontifical Institute "Teresianum", Rome (1999)
• Has been a perpetually professed member of the OSJ since 1995.
• Received the Holy Orders of the Priesthood on February 10, 1996 through the hands of the then Archbishop of Lipa, Most. Rev. Gaudencio Rosales, DD
• Practically, his entire priestly ministry has been dedicated to the formation of OSJ seminarians
• For three years (2001-2004) he was a parish priest (but still assisting in the work of formation). It was during that period that he was more than ever brought to the different realities of family life
• At the moment, he is serving the Oblates of St. Joseph, Philippine Province, as the director of the novices (Filipinos and Nigerians)