OUR FORMATION PROGRAMME
Preparing the Seminarian for Priestly Life
Preparing the Seminarian for Priestly Life
OUR FORMATION PROGRAMME
"During the process of formation for the ministerial priesthood, the seminarian is a 'mystery to himself'. On the one hand he is characterised by talents and gifts that have been moulded by grace; on the other he is marked by his limits and frailty. The task of formation is to help the person to integrate these aspects, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, in a journey of faith and of gradual and harmonious maturity, avoiding fragmentation, polarisation, excesses, superficiality or partiality. The time of formation for priestly ministry is a period of testing, maturing and discernment by both the seminarian and the house of formation." (The Gift of the Priestly Vocation, 28)
The Seminary Formation
FOUR PILLARS
The formation program at St Charles’ Seminary which is overseen by the Archbishop, conforms with the requests by the Australian Catholic Bishop’s Conference in their Ratio Nationalis, and closely follows the requirements identified in Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis. There are four pillars of seminary formation:
Spiritual Formation
Human Formation
Intellectual Formation
Pastoral Formation
ADMINISTRATION & SUPPORT
Introducing the Seminary's Admin Team and Support Staff
Secretary
Housekeeping
Landscape Curator
Catering