Saint Paul Seminary

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Saint Paul Seminary professor receives prestigious Henri de Lubac Prize

Saint Paul Seminary formator and assistant professor of dogmatic theology Fr. Evan Koop has been awarded the 2024 Henri de Lubac Prize for his doctoral dissertation.

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Saint Paul Seminary alumnus Kenney ordained auxiliary bishop for Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Fr. Kevin Kenney becomes the 39th priest to attend The Saint Paul Seminary and go on to become a bishop. As part of his new assignment, the Twin Cities native will return to the seminary’s board of trustees (where he served from 2001-07), playing a strategic role in the formation of future priests, deacons and lay leaders for the Catholic Church in the Upper Midwest and beyond.

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19 Saint Paul Seminary seminarians take step toward priesthood as acolytes

On Monday, Oct. 28, The Saint Paul Seminary celebrated the institution of 15 seminarians as acolytes during a special Mass in St. Mary’s Chapel. Bishop Patrick Neary of St. Cloud presided over the installation, which marks an important step in the seminarians’ journey toward priesthood.

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

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

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

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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Watch: Seminarians share stories behind chalices they’ll use to consecrate Eucharist

Every Catholic priest has a chalice. And every chalice has a story. Seminarians becoming priests in 2024 share theirs.

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

The Saint Paul Seminary begins the 2024-25 academic year with an enrollment of 91 seminarians from 19 different dioceses and religious orders.

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Watch: Experience the breathtaking Eucharistic procession with 7,000 Catholics

More than 7,000 Catholic laymen and women, bishops, priests, seminarians and religious from the Upper Midwest and beyond joined The Saint Paul Seminary, the National Eucharistic Revival and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis for the “Source and Summit” Eucharistic procession down Summit Avenue.

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Saint Paul Seminary celebrates transitional diaconate ordination of 13 men this spring and summer

Five Catholic bishops will ordain 13 Saint Paul Seminary seminarians as transitional deacons this spring and summer.