Michael George M. Villasis

Michael George M. Villasis is a priest of the Diocese of Novaliches. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Management from Ateneo de Manila University in 2014 and entered San Jose Seminary in 2016. He obtained his Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology from Loyola School of Theology in 2023 and completed his Master of Arts in Theological Studies thesis, which received the Dr. Manuel B. Dy Best Thesis Prize for School Year 2023–2024. His thesis, “Joy Has Come to the Whole World”: A Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Study of the Adoratio Crucis on Good Friday, examines the history and theological significance of the veneration of the cross in the Roman Rite. Martin Wang is a member of the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus. After his two-year novitiate formation at the Sacred Heart Novitiate, Novaliches, Metro Manila, from 2018 to 2020, he completed his Jesuit Junior Studies and the Pre-Theology Studies at Loyola School of Theology in 2023.