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Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

Abstract

Excerpt: Roque Jamias Ferriols, SJ, was born in the Philippine General Hospital on August 16, 1924, and grew up in North Sampaloc. After his education at San Beda Grade School and Ateneo High School at Padre Faura, he entered the Society of Jesus on May 30, 1941, his Jesuit formation proceeding against the backdrop of the Second World War. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Sacred Heart College in Novaliches in 1947, and his Master of Arts the year after. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 19, 1954, and he completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology at Woodstock College, Maryland, in 1955. He then pursued studies in philosophy at Fordham University, New York, graduating in 1959 having written a dissertation under the mentorship of the metaphysician W. Norris Clarke, SJ.

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