Formation

April and May are the months of the Philippine summer; this is the time when schools go for the long summer break. In Silsilah the months of April and May are the months when the Silsilah Summer Course is normally run. This has been so since 1987 and up to the present. Holding the course

The Intensive Summer Course is a week-long course design which covers essentially the same topics as the month-long course but requiring lectures in the evening as well ; the exposure experience is not included in this week-long course. To distinguish between the two, the month-long course is referred to as the Basic Course while the

The Special Summer Course which lasts for a week, focuses on a selected topic which varies from one year to another so long as the topic is of importance and relevance to dialogue and peace. Usually a survey is carried out to check respondents’ ideas and opinions on the topic which is the focus of the