U.S. Province News Archive
Assumption Celebrates Year of St. Joseph
Fr. Rene Lopez, PSS, STLVice Rector, Assumption SeminaryTo celebrate the 150th year of the declaration of St. Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church, Pope Francis issued the Apostolic Letter With a Father’s Heart and proclaimed a Year of St. Joseph. Both acts of the...
Phase 2 Renovations at St. Mary’s
In mid-March, St. Mary’s Seminary & University celebrated the completion of Phase 2 of its extensive 21st century renovation project with a prayer service and blessing of the new residences by its rector, Fr. Phillip J. Brown, PSS. Completion of Phase 2 included...
Fr. Dominic Ciriaco Installed as Rector at Theological College
Martin J. Burnham, PSSDirector of Discernment & AdmissionThe installation of Fr. Dominic Ciriaco, PSS, as the seventeenth rector of Theological College occurred on October 29, 2020, at Mass in The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception with...
Years of Excellence in Pastoral Formation: 1971-2021
Fr. Mark Knestout (center), the 2019-2020 Recipient of the Rev. Gerald L. Brown, P.S.S., Award for Excellence in Pastoral Ministry Supervision. Left: Fr. Chris Arockiaraj, PSS, Vice-Rector. Right: Fr. Dominic Ciriaco, PSS, Rector.Chris Arockiaraj, PSS, PhDVice-Rector...
A Guide to Seminary Formation
A Guide to Seminary FormationUpdate recently spoke with Permanent Deacon Ed McCormack (Archdiocese of Washington), formation faculty member and Coordinator of Intellectual Formation at Theological College, The National Seminary of The Catholic University of America,...
Fr. Donald Senior, CP, Interviewed about Fr. Raymond E. Brown, PSS
Sulpician scripture scholar Fr. Raymond E. Brown (1928-1998) was a central figure in the development of Catholic Biblical Scholarship in the twentieth century. Fr. Brown possessed the ability to take complex biblical scholarship and exegesis and make it accessible to...
Emmaus Receives Donations from the Catholic Women’s League
On Monday, October 19, 2020, the Catholic Women's League of St. Maria Goretti deanery - Lusaka Archdiocese, visited Emmaus Spirituality Centre. Clad in their colourful uniforms of white shirts and blue skirts, they elegantly drove into the Seminary grounds with song...
St. Mary’s Alumni Day
Fr. Ed Griswold Most Rev. W. Francis Malooly of the Diocese of Wilmington. On the far left is Rev. Mr. José Carvajal (Diocese of Worcester MA); on the far right is Rev. Mr. Michael Preston (Diocese of Wilmington). Left to right: Fr. Tom Hurst, PSS (Former President...
Meet Acting Provincial Very Rev. Daniel F. Moore
Sulpician Father Daniel F. Moore is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. He is an alumnus of St. Mary’s Seminary & University, Baltimore (1984), and a priest of the Diocese of Memphis. Fr. Moore entered the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice on July 1, 2000, after...
Heritage Grant for Paca Street Wall
Director Vito inspecting masonry with workers in May 2020. Coastal Exteriors beginning work in interior courtyard in May 2020. St. Mary’s Spiritual Center & Historic Site received confirmation of a Baltimore National Heritage Area Small Cap Grant on December 9,...