U.S. Province News Archive
New Rector at St. Kizito House
New Rector Named at St. Kizito House of Formation Fr. Eugene Hampande Mwanza, PSS, was named Rector of St. Kizito House of Formation, March 2023, and took up residence in May 2023 while still teaching at St. Dominic’s Major Seminary. He follows Fr. Cornelius...
Fr Ulshafer Retires as General Treasurer
Fr. Thomas R. Ulshafer, PSS, Retires as General Treasurer of the Society After many years of service (2016–2023), Fr. Thomas R. Ulshafer, PSS, informed Very Rev. Shayne Craig, PSS, Superior General of The Priests of St. Sulpice, his desire to step down from the...
Fr Blanchette Receives Papal Honor
Fr. Melvin C. Blanchette, PSS, Receives Papal Honor Fr. Melvin “Mel” C. Blanchette, PSS, PhD, was awarded the Pro Ecclesia Et Pontifice Cross on September 23, 2023, by Archbishop William E. Lori at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore. Throughout decades of...
Fr. Stevens Appointed Rector of TC
Fr. Gladstone H. “Bud” Stevens Appointed Rector of Theological College At the Theological College opening Mass on August 27, 2024, Fr. Gladstone “Bud” Stevens, PSS, PhD, was installed as the eighteenth rector of Theological College of The Catholic University of...
McGivney Propaedeutic House of Formation
Fr. Moore and the team of contractors reviewing the progress, and next steps in the construction of The Father McGivney House at Paca Street.We are in the midst of preparing for the inaugural year of the McGivney House propaedeutic program. As you are doubtless aware,...
Priestly Formation Returns to Paca Street
Site of the First Roman Catholic Seminary in the United States The US Sulpician Province announces the establishment of The Blessed Father Michael J. McGivney House, a regional house of propaedeutic formation at St. Mary’s Seminary on Paca Street. Open the PDF link to...
Sulpicians Elect Provincial
U.S. Province of Sulpicians Elects Provincial* Meeting at the Center for Continuing Formation of St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore, Maryland on May 19, 2022, the Provincial Assembly of the Sulpician Province of the USA has elected Daniel F. Moore,...
Priestly Wellness and Happiness
Priestly Wellness and Happiness in a Time of Crisis Msgr. Stephen Rossetti This past October 6, at the Alumni Day address at Theological College, The National Seminary of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., Msgr. Stephen Rossetti presented some of...
Indwelling: Creative Writing Serving Pastors
Being a minister of God’s Word requires more than an academic knowledge of theology. A minister of the Word must be able to recognize and communicate the many ways in which God reveals himself. This wider perspective on God’s revelation has led the seminarians at St....
Theological College Celebrates Sulpician Heritage
In the “new seminarian” introduction to the Sulpician tradition, we learned about the great figures of Jean-Jacques Olier, St. Vincent de Paul, Charles de Condren, and others. I had already heard of Blessed Agnes of Jesus, OP (also known as Blessed Agnes of Langeac),...