St Marys Seminary Baltimore, MD SOT catalog 2019
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Sulpician Tradition at <strong>St</strong>. Mary’s<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Mary's <strong>Seminary</strong> & University follows<br />
the norms for the formation of<br />
Catholic priests contained in the Code<br />
of Canon Law, Pope John Paul II's<br />
1992 Apostolic Exhortation Pastores<br />
Dabo Vobis, the current edition of the<br />
Program of Priestly Formation (PPF)<br />
of the United <strong>St</strong>ates Conference of<br />
Catholic Bishops, and all other applicable<br />
norms of ecclesiastical authority.<br />
The Ecclesiastical Theological Faculty<br />
is bound by and follows the norms of<br />
the Apostolic Constitution Sapientia<br />
Christiana (1979).<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Mary’s is a Sulpician seminary<br />
under the ownship and governance of<br />
the American Province of the Society<br />
of <strong>St</strong>. Sulpice. The Society was founded<br />
by Fr. Jean-Jacques Olier at the<br />
Church of <strong>St</strong>. Sulpice in Paris in 1641.<br />
Today the Sulpicians direct major seminaries<br />
in the United <strong>St</strong>ates, France,<br />
Canada, Colombia, Vietnam, Japan,<br />
and Zambia. <strong>St</strong>. Mary’s <strong>Seminary</strong> is<br />
governed by and forms seminarians<br />
according to the values and principles<br />
of priestly formation contained in the<br />
Constitutions of the Society of <strong>St</strong>.<br />
Sulpice.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Mary’s is committed to and carries<br />
out its program in accordance with the almost<br />
400 year-old Sulpician tradition of priestly formation,<br />
which includes:<br />
Commitment to Ministerial<br />
Priesthood:<br />
Sulpicians are known for their recognition of<br />
the indispensable importance of the ministerial<br />
priesthood and their clear focus on priestly<br />
formation. <strong>St</strong>. Mary’s recognizes this traditional<br />
emphasis as critical both for the future<br />
of the Church and for the future of society.<br />
Rev. Phillip J. Brown, P.S.S., J.C.L., J.C.D., President-Rector<br />
Emphasis upon Spiritual Formation:<br />
The first generation of Sulpicians stressed the<br />
progressive initiation of each seminarian into<br />
the spiritual life through personal prayer and<br />
spiritual direction. <strong>St</strong>. Mary’s recognizes that<br />
mere professionalism does not substitute for<br />
personal commitment to Christ and a strong<br />
prayer life.<br />
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