Fourteen graduates of Theological College’s Class of 2014 were ordained between May 17 and September 6, 2014. Two graduates of the Class of 2013, Rev. Gary Picou of the Diocese of Fort Worth and Rev. Anthony Rosado of the Diocese of Brooklyn, were also ordained. The...
Spring-Summer 2014 Theological College joyfully announces the recent diaconate ordinations of 15 of its seminarians: Rev. Mr. Michael Greco (Diocese of Fort Worth), Rev. Mr. Andrew Haissig (Diocese of Arlington), Rev. Mr. Craig Hanley (Diocese of Helena), Rev. Mr....
Bishop of Fort Worth Bishop Michael Fors Olson (Theological College Basselin Class of 1989) was born in Park Ridge, Illinois, on June 29, 1966. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Fort Worth on June 3, 1994. Pope Francis named Olson the Bishop of Fort Worth on...
By Nick Redmond, 2nd Theology, Diocese of Richmond On Saturday, May 17, Theological College celebrated the undergraduate graduation of three second-year Basselin scholars: Joseph Boustany (Diocese of Lafayette), Edouard Guilloux (Diocese of Arlington), and Scott...
Friday, May 2nd, was the final day of classes at The Catholic University of America for the seminarians at Theological College. The much-anticipated communal Mass and dinner celebration, replete with awards and gifts, gave the seminarians and staff the opportunity to...
By Fr. Steven Olds, S.S. Portraits of John XXIII and John Paul II were created by Fr. Peter Wm. Gray, S.S., during the autumn of 2013 in response to the news of the canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. As part of his creative work, Fr. Gray spent...
The Theological College bus departed early on April 26th with two dozen seminarians eager to learn about the genesis of the Church’s history in Southern Maryland. The morning began with Mass celebrated by newly ordained Fr. Scott Holmer (Archdiocese of Washington) at...
By Anthony Sciarappa, 2nd Theology, Diocese of Pittsburgh Vieban Hall was a flurry of activity and food on Friday, April 25th. Beanbags where being tossed, tamales and tacos were served, and The Mask of Zorro was playing on a TV in the background. Over all it made for...
By: Rev. Mr. Mathew Kiehl, 4T One of the hallmarks of Sulpician formation is the communauté éducatrice, a community in which formation and discernment permeates every aspect of life. At Theological College, the Student Government Association (SGA) serves as one of...
On Tuesday, April 22nd, at Mass for the Tuesday of the Octave of Easter, the Theological College community remembered in a special way Theodore Basselin, the American industrialist whose generosity established the Basselin scholarship. This event marked the 100th...
By Fr. Phillip Brown, S.S. It’s always a wonderful opportunity to be able to travel to Rome and get back in touch with my own days studying there (I did my license and doctorate at the Pontifical Gregorian University between 1995 and 1999) and to breath in the...
By Benjamin Garcia (1T) At Tenebrae, we gather as at the foot of the cross and experience haunting beauty, moving contemplation, solemn polyphony, dignified reflections, extinguishing of candles and the jarring reality of the death of God’s only Son. During Holy...
Theological College continued its annual Iron Seminarian Tournament tradition this year on February 21st with over 30 seminarian entries. The single-elimination competitions, featuring a multi-tiered bracket scoring system in pool, ping-pong, and darts, began at 7 pm...
One of the four pillars of priestly formation is Pastoral Formation. In keeping with Sulpician ideals, especially “a commitment to ministerial priesthood and the cultivation of an apostolic spirit,” seminarians at every level of formation are assigned to pastoral...
On the morning of February 15, 2014, family, friends, and the seminary community met at the Holy Mass of Ordination to the Diaconate in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to accompany candidates David Michael Kruse,...
On January 22, 2014, Theological College was represented among the tens of thousands of supporters in DC on the 41st anniversary of the country’s largest annual pro-life demonstration. In the spirit of hospitality for the incoming seminarian guests (numbering more...
By Miguel Melendez, 3T, Diocese of Richmond Several Theological College seminarians took advantage of the cold winter weather during the community’s first ski trip on February 8th. Ten seminarians traded their books and papers for poles and boards and made the short...
The work of Christian artists, writers, and poets should help people see that authentic truth, beauty, and goodness are always intertwined. (Pope Benedict XVI) On Sunday, November 3, 2013, from 1 to 3 pm, the paintings of Fr. Peter Wm. Gray of the Sulpician Society...
On October 23, 2013, the Theological College community gathered for Evening Prayer with Admission to Candidacy with The Most Reverend Paul A. Zipfel, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Bismark, as presider and homilist. We recall the words from the Instruction which...
With the help of our seminarian community who worked to make it a successful reunion, Theological College welcomed back over 40 alumni for the 2013 Alumni Days Reunion, October 8-9, 2013. It was a joyful two-day celebration of reconnecting and sharing life stories,...
