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About St. Joseph College Seminary

The Catholic faith in North Carolina is growing, and the need for priests to serve our growing flock is great. On March 19, 2016, Bishop Peter J. Jugis founded St. Joseph College Seminary to form priests in the Diocese of Charlotte, among the people and parishes they will one day serve. St. Joseph College Seminary offers formation designed to improve vocational awareness and prepare seminarians for entrance into the Theologate. In accordance with the Program of Priestly Formation, SJCS seminarians work toward an undergraduate degree in Philosophy at Belmont Abbey College, with a curriculum designed specifically to meet the needs of St. Joseph College seminarians. As such, our seminarians are well-grounded in the humanities, learn to seek the truth, and possess the critical thinking skills needed to analyze problems in an everyday and academic context. In addition, seminarians minor in Latin. A rigorous philosophical, classical, and philological education gives our seminarians access to the treasures of the Church’s deposit of faith and the wisdom to be good custodians of her teachings. In Pastores Dabo Vobis, Blessed Pope John Paul II describes the principal foundations for priestly formation as human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral. The four dimensions provide a comprehensive structure of formation to guide the development of the seminarian toward the Priesthood. Formation takes place at the seminary and is taught by priests from the Diocese of Charlotte. Seminarians live together in the seminary and follow a “rule of life” that includes daily Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, Liturgy of the Hours, spiritual direction, and frequent reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The seeds of their vocations further mature through devotion to the Blessed Mother.

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