Miguel Bernad
Miguel Anselmo Azcona Bernad, S.J. was a Filipino Jesuit priest, educator, linguist, critic, academic, historian, author, journalist and editor. Son of Misamis Mayor and Misamis Occidental Governor Don Anselmo Bernad, he entered the Society of Jesus on June 7, 1932 and was ordained March 24, 1946 in the Fordham University Church. He was editor-in-chief of from 1956 to 1959 and founder of in 1979.
His doctoral dissertation at Yale University was entitled, "The Faculty of Arts in the Jesuit Colleges in the Eastern Part of the United States: Theory and Practice, 1782−1923." A few of his early publications treat Jesuit education, notably "The Class of Humanities in the Ratio Studiorum" and "The Ignatian Way in Education". credits Bernad with 72 works in 216 publications.
His is housed at Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan. He was buried at the Manresa Jesuit Cemetery at SEARSOLIN.Partial bibliography
- "The class of Humanities in the Ratio studiorum," Jesuit Educational Quarterly 15 : 197–205. Available through the .
- "The Ignatian Way in Education," Philippine Studies 4:2 : 195−214. Available through .
- Religious revolution in the Philippines. With Pedro S. de Achútegui
- Bamboo and the greenwood tree; essays on Filipino literature in English.
- Written on bamboo and silk : the beginnings of Chinese books and inscriptions.
- "Philippine literature : a twofold renaissance" Thought, Fordham University quarterly, vol. xxxvii, no. 146, autumn 1962
- History against the landscape; personal and historical essays about the Philippines
- The Christianization of the Philippines : problems and perspectives.
- Aguinaldo and the revolution of 1896 : a documentary history. With by Pedro S. de Achútegui.
- Tradition & discontinuity : essays on Philippine history & culture
- The golden world and the darkness : Shakespearean plays and their performance
- The great island : studies in the exploration and evangelization of Mindanao
- The waiter and the fisherman : and other essays in literature and culture
