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Beyond the four walls: A look at the hands-on parish experience a seminarian receives

In addition to chapel, classroom and residential hall experience, seminarians and transitional deacons at The Saint Paul Seminary have the opportunity to participate in the institution’s highly-acclaimed teaching parish program.

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Inside Spanish study at The Saint Paul Seminary

In order to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse Church, The Saint Paul Seminary offers a course in Mexico that allows seminarians to fully immerse themselves in the Spanish language.

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Listen: Saint Paul Seminary rector, University of St. Thomas president talk authentic Catholic leadership

Saint Paul Seminary Rector Fr. Joseph Taphorn and University of St. Thomas President Rob Vischer recently appeared together on the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis’ official podcast to discuss authentic, effective leadership at a Catholic Institution.

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Seminary supports local Synod implementation via formation, reflection, evangelization

The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is sending about 12 people from each of its parishes – and many of their spouses – through the School of Discipleship this winter. It’s one of several ways The Saint Paul Seminary is partnering with its archdiocese on implementing local Church priorities that came out of the three-year Synod process.

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Watch: How the history of Catholic education can help guide us toward the future

Dr. Michael Naughton, director of the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, joined The Saint Paul Seminary Institute for Catholic School Leadership for a discussion of how Catholic education’s past can help us shape its future.

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Road toward priesthood continues for 13 men at The Saint Paul Seminary

Thirteen seminarians from seven different dioceses will be installed as lectors this spring.

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Saint Paul Seminary welcomes Neary as Bishop-elect of St. Cloud

The Saint Paul Seminary is pleased to welcome Bishop-elect Patrick Neary, CSC as the next shepherd of the Diocese of St. Cloud.

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Watch: The unity of flesh and the unity of Christ

Recent Catholic theology has tended to prize theological anthropology (the study of human societies and cultures) and fundamental theology as the basis for renewal in the decades after Vatican II. The center of theology — and the basis for any authentic renewal — however, is always first and foremost the mystery of God and the […]

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Accomplished health guru joins Saint Paul Seminary as priest wellness coordinator

The Saint Paul Seminary is pleased to announce that Susan Torborg will be serving the Institute for Ongoing Clergy Formation in the new position of priest wellness coordinator.

Watch: The Saint Paul Seminary’s 2023 trip to the Holy Land

Each January, Saint Paul Seminary seminarians preparing for ordination to the transitional diaconate make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to be formed by the places so important to salvation history and divine revelation.