St. Joseph College Seminary’s 2020 Graduates
St. Thomas Aquinas, Charlotte
Continuing Priestly Formation at Mount Saint Mary in Cincinnati, Ohio
St. Mark - Huntersville
Continuing Priestly Formation at Pontifical
N.A. College, Rome
Sacred Heart, Salisbury
Continuing Priestly Formation at Pontifical
N.A. College, Rome
St. Joseph, Asheboro
Continuing Priestly Formation at Mount Saint Mary in Cincinnati Ohio
Answering the Call of Christ
Forming Priests For a Growing Diocese


































































































































Forming Priests For a Growing Diocese

Why Create A College SeminaryIn the Diocese of Charlotte?
The Catholic population has grown tremendously since our Diocese was formed 40 years ago. Providentially, the number of men being called to the priesthood has also increased. Until now, college-aged men discerning a vocation were sent to seminaries more than 400 miles away. On March 19, 2016, Bishop Peter J. Jugis founded St. Joseph College Seminary to help form priests here in the Diocese of Charlotte, where they will one day serve.

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Check Out Our Building Progress
A divine break in the weather during Tropical Storm Florence allowed us to break ground on our new college seminary on September 15, 2018, the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. We are now well down the path to building our new home!
We still need your support to raise the $20 million for this project. We hope you will help build our seminary and support the formation of good and holy priests here in our Diocese where they will serve.

What is a College Seminary?
Is it Different from College?

Collegiate Pursuits Begin at Belmont Abbey College

Are You Being Called To the Priesthood?
Bishop Jugis Declares 2020 the “Year of St. Joseph” for For the Diocese of Charlotte
"The Priest offers his humanity to Christ, so that Christ may use him as an instrument of salvation, making him as it were into another Christ."