On August 15, 2023, Feast of the Assumption, the St. Paul University Manila Community formally opened the academic year 2023-2024 with a Holy Spirit Mass, presided over by Rev. Fr. Jude Genovia, SSC. The administration, faculty, staff, and students were blessed through the invocation of the Holy Spirit. Members of the Paulinian community of St. Paul University Iloilo were also present.