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What is the ‘royal priesthood’ and what does it mean for Catholics?

September 16, 2024
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The Saint Paul Seminary is scheduled to host the 2024 Fall Ireland Lecture on October 7, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in the O’Shaughnessy Education Center Auditorium on the University of St. Thomas campus.

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Saint Paul Seminary begins 2024-25 with over 1,000 future priests, deacons and lay leaders expected in formation

September 13, 2024
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For at least the past half-decade, The Saint Paul Seminary has had over 1,000 seminarians, priests, deacon candidates and laymen and women enrolled each year.

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How longtime Saint Paul Seminary supporter Larry McGough helped build the Twin Cities Catholic Church

September 12, 2024
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At the age of 95, Larry McGough — a retired owner of McGough Construction in St. Paul — is being honored with The Saint Paul Seminary’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

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Meet the Floeders: Fr. Frankie Floeder becomes third priest in a family full of religious vocations

September 11, 2024
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When Deacon Francis “Frankie” Floeder became Fr. Frankie in May, he followed in the footsteps of his uncle Fr. John, director of human formation and the propaedeutic stage program at The Saint Paul Seminary, and older brother Fr. Louie, a fellow seminary alumnus and pastor of the Church of St. Dominic in Northfield, Minnesota.

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At 91, long-retired Saint Paul Seminary alumnus Siebenaler still active in priestly ministry

September 10, 2024
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1959 Saint Paul Seminary alumnus Fr. Martin Siebenaler will receive the seminary’s Distinguished Alumni Award on Sept. 24 — his 92nd birthday.

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Watch: Saint Paul Seminary alum Fr. Mike Schmitz on the Eucharist, his seminary days and liturgy

August 1, 2024
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Fr. Mike Schmitz, host of the Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year podcasts and a contributor to Ascension, served as a keynote speaker at the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. Before that, he met with reporters to answer questions ranging from how to minister to youth online to how to celebrate the Catholic liturgy.

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‘My father’s son’: Some priest alumni now have a rare bond with their dads, who are also ordained

July 31, 2024
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Fr. Nick Vance is too young to remember. But like every parent, Deacon Chris Vance and his wife Leila dressed young Nick every day during his first few years of life. It was surreal, then, when Fr. Nick Vance — then Deacon Nick Vance — had the opportunity to vest his father at the Archdiocese […]

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A movement, not a moment: What comes next after National Eucharistic Congress?

July 31, 2024
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What does more than 60,000 Catholics getting together sound like? Nothing.

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A grief observed, a plan fulfilled: At 62, Fr. Luisito Cabrera enters priesthood after winding, sometimes rocky road

July 29, 2024
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There’s an enthusiastic peace about the newest priest for the Diocese of Des Moines. Cabrera says this was always the plan.

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From West Point to the priesthood: Fr. Josh Miller prepared to serve in a whole new way

July 28, 2024
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The son of a United States Army officer, Fr. Josh Miller always thought he might end up in the military himself someday. Maybe not quite like this, though.

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