“If you are who you are meant to be, you will set the world on fire.” –St. Catherine of Sienna 2022 Year-End:A Time of Gratitude and Fond Farewells On Friday, April 29th, TC marked the end of the formation year with Mass and a blessing for those going on Pastoral...
This semester has been an interesting and fruitful one, especially as the faculty and seminarians prepare their minds and hearts for the Paschal Triduum. Following on the heals of the Corita Kent Exhibit (see earlier story), the seminary hosted its annual art show at...
The annual second-semester Iron Seminarian competitions, which extend over the course of an entire month, offer much needed fraternity and levity in the middle of a challenging term. Under the mentorship of then-faculty member Father Mel Blanchette, PSS, the first...
“Visual Art shows forth the transcendent Beauty of Christ. Every beautiful form possesses an openness to the infinite, but some beautiful forms possess this more than others.” (Hans Urs Von Balthasar) Beginning with communal Evening Prayer, Theological...
On Monday, January 10, the Theological College community opened the second semester with liturgy and a banquet, as is tradition. During the liturgy, our Rector, Fr. Dominic Ciriaco, P.S.S., blessed two new icons that were commissioned to grace the gathering space of...
Click here for the rector's Christmas message! At the end of the last day of classes for the Fall semester, the entire TC community convened for an evening to pray, feast, and enjoy the New Men Show before the final week of exams. The Mass celebrated the Feast of...
Sulpician Meditations for Advent 2021 Podcasts are available for the readings of each day during Advent, beginningNovember 29, here. Podcasts by Fr. David Thayer Senior Researcher on the French School and the Sulpician Tradition Fr. David D. Thayer, P.S.S., a...
Seminarians at TC minister at 5 hospitals, 22 parishes, and 2 colleges, and have the opportunity to work at 13 service-to-the-poor placements. The guidance of pastoral supervisors is the key to making the most out of these fruitful educational experiences. As...
To celebrate the October 19 feast day of an important figure in Sulpician history, Blessed Agnes of Jesus, O.P., also known as Blessed Agnes of Langeac (1602 -1634), Theological College hosted a Mass and reception to which Dominican religious in the area were invited....
Hosting 38 guests from 20 dioceses across the country, the atmosphere at this year’s Alumni Day on October 6 was filled with a palpable exuberance, after a year and a half of quarantining and isolation. For many seminarians, this was their first Alumni Day reunion...
Twelve new seminarians were welcomed to Theological College on August 24 by an enthusiastic orientation team that hosted the week’s introduction to seminary life and academics at Catholic University. After the first day’s move-in, room blessings, and meetings with the...
In the past two months, the TC community has had much to pray and rejoice about! Five graduating deacons were ordained to the priesthood: Jason Allan (Fort Worth), Michael Kieler (St. Augustine), Thomas Lawrence (Richmond), Brett Metzler (Fort Worth), and Wesbee...
The end of TC’s Spring semester was recognized, as usual, with a beautiful Mass that concluded with the rector’s blessing of the ten seminarians going forth to serve in pastoral ministry assignments during the upcoming year away. Blessings and congratulations...
A happy and blessed Easter Season to all! Last year found the seminary community scattered in different parts of the country with very diverse scenarios. This year, all were here at TC, united in prayer and in celebration of the Sacred Triduum. This was an historic...
“Bayou Sunset” by Luke Kirk (3-B, Lafayette) In this Year of St. Joseph, Theological College’s annual Art Exhibit, titled, “The Dreams of St. Joseph,” opened on March 19, solemnity of the blessed spouse of the Virgin Mary and foster...
Theological College participates in the mission and responsibility of the nation’s bishops to provide for the People of God wise and holy priests close to the heart of Christ and consumed in his work of salvation. In affiliation with The Catholic University of...
Click here for the video recording of this event. On February 22, 2021, 14 Lectors and 11 Acolytes were recognized in the Institution of Ministries ceremony at Theological College, presided by Bishop Mario Dorsonville, auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of...
Theological College faculty and seminarians began the formation semester in observance of a Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, joined by Christians throughout the world under the theme “Abide in my Love and You Shall Bear Much Fruit” (cf. John 15:5-9)....
Christmas Greetings from Theological College Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle (1575-1629), founder of the French School of Spirituality, in a Christmas homily once proclaimed, “Let us live in Jesus, let us love in Jesus, let us triumph in Jesus, and may Jesus...
Sulpician Meditations for Advent 2020 Podcasts are available for the readings of each day during Advent, beginning November 29, here. Podcasts by Fr. David Thayer Senior Researcher on the French School and the Sulpician Tradition Fr. David D. Thayer, P.S.S., a...
