Seminarians reflect on sixteen days serving the poorest of the poor in Kolkata, India with St. Teresa of Calcutta’s Missionaries of Charity.
Continue ReadingCongratulations to the newly-ordained priestly Class of 2023! “For it is declared, ‘You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.’” (Hebrews 7:17)
Continue ReadingThe life of a seminarian at SJV is markedly different from most of his 18-22-year-old contemporaries. How does the seminary help him acclimate to the nuances of university and seminary life while laying the groundwork to support his vocational discernment?
Continue ReadingSaint John Vianney College Seminary is pleased to announce that our generous benefactors have raised more than $1.5 million to furnish our new chapel and facilities. Thanks be to God!
Continue ReadingThe heart of Saint John Vianney College Seminary, our new chapel is where seminarians for generations to come will learn to recognize the voice of the Father and receive the courage they need to follow His will for their lives.
Continue ReadingWe recently caught up with Weir to discuss family life and his military career – and how his time at SJV helped shape it all.
Continue Reading“I’m terrified to hold a baby.” A gentleman told Saint John Vianney College Seminary alumnus, Luke Spehar, this as they sat down at Pregnancy Choices pregnancy resource center in Apple Valley, Minnesota. The man’s wife was pregnant, and he was preparing to become a father.
Continue ReadingEntering a countercultural existence can come with some culture shock. But the seminary is structured in such a way that help with the transition comes from fellow seminarians who went through the same process not so long ago.
Continue ReadingFather Jeffrey Norfolk, a priest of the Diocese of Sioux Falls, joined Saint John Vianney College Seminary as a formation adviser at the start of the 2022-23 academic year.
Continue Reading18 transitional deacons who graduated from St. John Vianney College Seminary are being ordained to the priesthood this summer.
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