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Pray for your Seminarians

A seminary without a chapel is like to a man without a heart. The seminarians and priests spend several hours per day before our Blessed Lord in the chapel. This prayer time, over four years, gives them an intimate intuitive heart for Christ. This above all prepares them for the sacred priesthood of Jesus Christ. We also want every person in our diocese to feel welcome to pray with us, or alone, in the seminary chapel. For these reasons, to facilitate the liturgical life of prayer of the seminary, and to be able to welcome visitors to pray, we must build a larger chapel than the temporary space we use today.

St. Joseph’s Vanguard

When you register with your name, email address, and cell phone number, you will be added to our prayer intentions at the seminary, and also receive our email newsletters.

The Chapel Campaign

The chapel is the heart of the seminary. This is where our
men grow in love for our Blessed Lord, the saints, and discover more deeply their mission as priests of Jesus Christ. We want every member of our diocese to feel welcome to join us in prayer at the seminary, and to be nourished by the sacred liturgy and Catholic fellowship.

Your prayers, gifts, and
investments will allow
God’s graces to radiate
through our diocese for
decades to come.

Support Your Seminarians

Faithful Catholics from our diocese share the hope that our seminarians give them for the future.

formed
as men

— Bob Gallagher

We need men who are formed as men, who understand they are men, who will go and fight for Holy Mother Church. That’s what we need. And that’s what St. Joseph’s Seminary is doing, and I can’t wait to see you release these warriors out into the field.

— Jennifer Murrey

“Ultimately, our standard is Christ. And what joy for all of us to be able to follow that standard and see that here in our diocese. You want to follow Christ? You want to be a soldier and fight in this battle? This is what you do if you want to be a soldier. And there’s joy in that.”

— Warren Surface

We can’t discount the touch points. I know when my young children spend time with the seminarians, or with the sisters – whether it’s just a minute, or an hour – that’s going to have an influence on them; now, ten years from now, 20 years from now.

— Rolando Rivas

“We must encourage the planting of new seed, bringing about the right kind of holy men to lead the Church going forward, and I think the seminary is doing that. It’s beginning that hopefully broader conversion of the Church, so that we don’t see that kind of evil being successful.”

Thank you for
supporting the
faithful men who
are giving their lives
to serve.