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1. "THE SEMINARIANS, THE PRESENT OF THE CHURCH." FIRST ISSUE-SEPTEMBER
2. "REMEMBERING OUR LOVED ONES" SECOND ISSUE- NOVEMBER

Daily Seminary Life

Seminarians study, pray, serve, work, develop friendships, and relax. Every seminary differs with their daily schedule, but most schedules consist of communal prayer, daily Mass, classes, meals, ministry, seminars, meetings, house jobs, and free time. 

Four Pillars of Priestly Formation:

• Spiritual Formation: This pillar helps a seminarian improve on their prayer life, recieve guidance from a spiritual director, learn spiritual exercises, and increase in intimacy with Christ. Here, the seminarian grows with a spiritual director’s guidance and sacramental grace.
  
  Pope John Paul II writes: "And just as for all the faithful spiritual formation is central and unifies their being and living as Christians, that is, as new creatures in Christ who walk in the Spirit, so too for every priest his spiritual formation is the core which unifies and gives life to his being a priest and his acting as a priest. In this context, the synod fathers state that "without spiritual formation pastoral formation would be left without foundation" and that spiritual formation is "an extremely important element of a priest's education" (Pastores Dabo Vobis, Pope John Paul II).

• Human Formation: This pillar helps a seminarian develop his social interaction skills, self-discovery, forming healthy habits, and self-care.
  
  Pope John Paul II writes: "Future priests should therefore cultivate a series of human qualities, not only out of proper and due growth and realization of self, but also with a view to the ministry. These qualities are needed for them to be balanced people, strong and free, capable of bearing the weight of pastoral responsibilities. They need to be educated to love the truth, to be loyal, to respect every person, to have a sense of justice, to be true to their word, to be genuinely compassionate, to be men of integrity and, especially, to be balanced in judgment and behavior." (Pastores Dabo Vobis, Pope John Paul II).

• Intellectual Formation: This pillar helps a seminarian develop a thirst for truth and the ability to teach. Seminarians learn to articulate the faith. They learn to integrate their knowlege from the classrom and apply it to the other three pillars.
  
  Pope John Paul II writes: "Intellectual formation has its own characteristics, but it is also deeply connected with, and indeed can be seen as a necessary expression of, both human and spiritual formation: It is a fundamental demand of the human intelligence by which one "participates in the light of God's mind" and seeks to acquire a wisdom which in turn opens to and is directed toward knowing and adhering to God" (Pastores Dabo Vobis, Pope John Paul II).

• Pastoral Formation: This pillar teaches a seminarian how to lead groups, teach, prepare, time management, dealing with conflict in parishes, and serving in different ministries. This pillar helps a seminarian develop a servant’s heart.
  
  Pope John Paul II writes: "Like all other branches of formation, pastoral formation develops by means of mature reflection and practical application, and it is rooted in a spirit, which is the hinge of all and the force which stimulates it and makes it develop" (Pastores Dabo Vobis, Pope John Paul II).

• College Seminary: In a college seminary, the seminarian, without a degree, studies philosophy. The college seminarian starts his priestly formation at the college seminary.
• Pre-Theology Program: The pre-theologian either starts his formation at a college seminary or a major seminary. Pre-theologians enter seminary with a college degree, but the seminary asks them to study two years of philosophy, before studying theology.
• Major Seminary: In major seminary, the seminarian continues his formation and starts his theological studies, a four-year plan.

College/Pre-Theology 

St. Joseph Seminary College 
75376 River Rd.
Saint Benedict, LA 70457
(98) 892 - 1800
http://www.saintjosephabbey.com/

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Pre-Theology/Theology 

St. Mary's Seminary 
9845 Memorial Dr. 
Houston, TX  77024
(713) 686 - 4345
http://smseminary.org/

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THEOLOGY

Notre Dame Seminary
2901 S Carrollton Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 866 - 7426
Notre Dame Seminary – Graduate School of Theology, Catholic Seminary (nds.edu)