RECENT NEWS

Theological College’s annual USCCB Bishop’s Breakfast during the bishops’ week-long Fall General Assembly provided the opportunity for bishops and TC seminarians and faculty to mingle in an informal and welcome setting at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore.

The first week of October, Theological College celebrated Alumni Days with graduates from classes spanning over 60 years of TC history. Seminarians, faculty and alumni alike enjoyed the special gift of fraternity as they relaxed and reminisced. Congratulations to all those celebrating anniversaries as TC approaches its centennial celebration in 2017!

Theological College’s 4th Annual Sedes Cup Golf Tournament to benefit the seminary’s formation program and facilities was a resounding success! September 27, 2016, was a beautiful day at Turf Valley in Baltimore, and the over 50 golfers were joined by almost a dozen enthusiastic seminarians on the green for an enjoyable fraternal outing.

On August 23rd, Theological College opened its doors to 23 new seminarians who were enthusiastically greeted by two dozen orientation facilitators and, a few days later, by the returning theologians, bringing TC to a house complement of 75 seminarians and 5 student priests in house, with 9 seminarians on pastoral year. It was an exciting week in which “God’s providential plan” was more clearly revealed to all present.

On July 27, 2016,Theological College hosted its McCormick Pavilion tenants for a generous outdoor picnic with chef Sunder Michael manning the grill loaded with chicken, burgers, veggie burgers, hotdogs, and corn on the cob — served with all the sides and fixings. This summer gathering gives TC an opportunity to thank the tenants and to allow them to get to know each other and the TC staff during the quieter summer months.

On May 14, 2016, ten Theological College theologians graduated and all will be ordained by the end of June. In addition, four students received their master’s (or Ph.L) degrees in Philosophy and two Basselin fellows received their Ph.B. degrees in Philosophy.

On April 16, 2016, three Theological College seminarians were ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacon, in the company of other TC seminarians who attended to support and celebrate this milestone in the lives of the ordinands. Please join us in prayerful congratulations for Deacons Michael Baynham, Mark Kowalski, and Miguel Melendez!

The Provincial Council of the U.S. Province of the Society of St. Sulpice has appointed Sulpician Father Phillip J. Brown, P.S.S., J.D., J.C.D., as President-Rector of St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore, Maryland, effective July 1, 2016. This appointment has been made by the Sulpician Council with the approval of Most Reverend William Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore and Chancellor of St. Mary’s, and the Holy See. Father Brown has been rector of Theological College since 2011.

In solidarity with the homeless of Washington, D.C., 50 seminarians fasted for their evening meal on March 11, 2016, an offering which Sodexo kitchen staff converted to 120 bagged meals delivered by a dozen seminarians to the New York Avenue Emergency Shelter.

The Iron Seminarian annual tournament is comprised of brackets in darts, pool, and ping pong. This year, 41 seminarians competed in the event, with most participating in all three events. This heated competition, which ramps up over two weeks leading up to the final evening, warms hearts and keeps academic minds spry during these cold days of winter in D.C.