The Seminary
Priestly formation for diocesan seminarians from the Archdioceses of Melbourne and Hobart, as well as the Dioceses of Ballarat, Sale and Sandhurst.
Words of Welcome
The word ‘seminary’ comes from the Latin for ‘seedbed’, a dedicated place where something created by God is nurtured and encouraged to grow.
Seminarian for the Archdiocese of Melbourne, Luke Kennedy, looks back at the first years’ introduction to seminary life.
Josh McDermid provides a glimpse into the annual visit to the seminary of the Serrans, a group of people dedicated to promoting vocations to priesthood and consecrated life in the Catholic Church.
Dominic Lawes recounts and reflects on the recent Senior Celibacy Seminar held in Bendigo.
Fedoje Simon Zakari recounts the seminary community’s recent day trip to Ballarat.
Melbourne seminarian, Rhys Lowther, reports on the recent visit of the Proclaim team to Corpus Christi College.
Seminarian of the Archdiocese of Hobart, Ashan Peiris, provides an insight into the Barry Nunn Memorial Oration, given by the secretary of the Australian Lutheran Roman Catholic Dialogue, Pastor Thomas Pietsch.
During our Holy Hour on the 3rd Sunday of Easter, John Vespa provided the community with this reflection, presented as a dialogue between himself and Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.
Josh McDermid provided this reflection to the seminary community on Friday of the Second Week of Easter. The Gospel was John 6:1-15, the ‘Feeding of the Five Thousand’.
Melbourne seminarian, Ian Vergel, gave this reflection to the seminary community on the Gospel for Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent, John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30.
During our Holy Hour on Sunday evening, student for the Archdiocese of Hobart, Yohan Wickramasekera, provided this reflection to his brother seminarians.
Melbourne seminarian, Cameron Ryan, provided this reflection on the anniversary of the dedication of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne.
Melbourne seminarian, Ian Vergel, provided the seminary community with this reflection during Holy Hour for the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time.
Yesterday, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, second-year seminarian, Cameron Ryan, provided this reflection to our community during Evening Prayer.
This evening, Melbourne seminarian, Tuong Nguyen, provided the seminary community with this reflection on today’s Gospel.