St. Joseph Seminary (Edmonton)

Not to be confused with Saint Joseph Seminary College.

Saint Joseph Seminary

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Motto	Exiit Qui Seminat
Motto in English	The Sower Went Out
Established	1927
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Rector	Rev. Stephen Hero
Location	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
Affiliations	Newman Theological College
Website	http://www.stjoseph-seminary.com/

St. Joseph Seminary is a Roman Catholic Seminary located in Edmonton, Alberta.

History

The Seminary opened 1927 under the episcopacy of Archbishop Henry Joseph O'Leary for the training and formation of diocesan priests in what had previously been a Seminary in Downtown Edmonton run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The Seminary moved from downtown Edmonton to St. Albert Trail near St. Albert in 1957. In light of the Second Vatican Council, Newman Theological College was set up in 1969 as a degree-granting institution within the same building and began accepting lay students and students from other denominations, while the seminary continued to be used for the formation of Catholic clergy. Since its inception, Newman Theological College has granted all degrees for St. Joseph Seminary students; the seminary itself does not grant any degrees. In 2007, the province bought the seminary's land in order to build Alberta Highway 216, requiring the seminary to vacate in June 2009. In the 2010, the seminary, along with Newman, moved to new and separate facilities at the intersection of 98 Avenue and 84 Street near the edge of the North Saskatchewan River valley.

In 1990, Archbishop Joseph McNeil invited the Society of Saint-Sulpice to take charge of the formation of seminarians.

Recent Rectors of St. Joseph Seminary

• Rev. Lionel Gendron (1990–94) (Currently Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec)
• Rev. Marc Ouellet (1994–97) (Currently Cardinal Prefect of Congregation for Bishops, Vatican City)
• Rev. Jean Papen (1997–2000) (Deceased)
• Rev. Luc Bouchard (2000–01) (Currently Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Quebec)
• Rev. Lionel Gendron (2002)
• Rev. Louis-Paul Gauvreau (2002–04) (Deceased)
• Rev. Kevin Beach (2004–05) (Currently Monsignor Beach is Vicar General of Ottawa)
• Rev. Shayne Craig (2005–12)
• Rev. Stephen Hero (2012–present)

Current Formation Team at the Seminary

• Rev. Stephen Hero (Rector)
• Rev. Shayne Craig, pss
• Rev. Augusto Garcia, pss
• Rev. Andrew Szablewski, pss
• Rev. Sylvain Casavant, pss
• Rev. Robert Gauthier, pss

External links

• St. Joseph Seminary