News from the U.S. Province

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 Hankomoone, PSS, as rector. Fr. Cornelius has initiated a special Sulpician ongoing formation project in a new parish, St. Cecilia, in the...

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 position of General Treasurer for the Society. During his time as Treasurer, significant work has been done regarding investments, to...

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 priestly ministry to the Church, Fr. Blanchette, a member of the Society of the Priests of St. Sulpice since 1972, is a well-known...

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 America in Washington, DC. Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, presided over a Mass, which was honored by 26...

Rev. Shawn D. Gould, PSS, Director Fr. Shawn Gould, PSS, is a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and a member of the Priests of the Society of St. Sulpice. Raised as a Presbyterian in Grand Haven, Michigan, Fr. Gould entered the Catholic Church while practicing law in Milwaukee. After moving to a large firm in Chicago, Fr. Gould discerned a call to the diocesan priesthood and entered Mundelein...

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, the new PPF 6th Edition calls for an initial year of seminary formation in which the seminarian is introduced to priestly...