www.newseminaryproject.org - We are St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, a Roman Catholic seminary located in Winona Minnesota since 1988. We are one of five international seminaries of the Society of St. Pius X. Our mission is to form priests and spread the Truth throughout the world to all the people that we are able to reach.
The formation is not merely academic, but a transformation of the young man into a living and breathing example of Faith, an unfaltering source of Hope, and radiating Love. He will stand in the midst of the world as a pillar of strength, a cooling fountain of peace and doctrine for nourishment, and a light shining in the darkness.
The priests who have come from our seminary reach out into the world to touch the peoples of every culture. We have reached out to South Africa, Poland, England, Australia, Mexico, South America, and the Dominican Republic, among others. The Society of St. Pius X in general is located in over 35 countries and is daily growing in number.
We pass on what has been given to us. We hold to the traditional philosophy and theology that have been handed down through the ages. We express the beauty of these beliefs in our worship that is equally beautiful. This centuries old liturgy we pass on to thousands of men, women and children. We see it as a sacred reality, an expression of the Truth, and freely give it to anyone we come into contact with.
Our impact penetrates into the social atmosphere by humanitarian aid and education. As our founder was a missionary in Africa for many years, we want to impact each person we contact with a missionary spirit. A spirit that gives itself whole heartedly for others.
For more information, visit www.newseminaryproject.org/progress/
"A Building that Speaks of God" - New Seminary Project.
www.newseminaryproject.org - The Society of St Pius X is building a new seminary in Virginia designed "to last 500 years". This ambitious undertaking aims to provide optimum conditions for the formation of holy priests.
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We are trying to restore the Mass; we are trying to restore the formation of the Catholic priesthood; we’re trying to restore the soul in the hands of God.
The importance of this project is basically the essence of the Society of St. Pius the X, according to the desire of Archbishop Lefebvre, the Society’s main goal is to form priests. They’re going to have to have a very strong and solid formation and a place where they can come back to when they’re being beaten by the world; they need a refuge and that refuge will be the seminary.
If you have a good, solid building, it can help inspire the seminarian, no doubt about it. We are human beings; we are dependent on our senses; we …More
II noticed that his video is two years old and got to thinking it's probably complete by now. So I decided to check it out.
This link (www.youtube.com/watch) takes you right to the latest information.
If you watch that video you'll get to see the building being built and the priests doing a lot of the finishing touches including making the furniture. You get to see them move from the old facility in the Wisconsin area to Virginia.
The church made a very wise move building this facility. There is no doubt in my mind that the economy is going to continue to decline as automation continues to reduce the need for worker. In time that'll create the poor conditions that'll encourage men to become priests. This facility will make that change easier.
The church needs to make a similar facility for nuns. Again as the country gets poorer there'll be a greater need for nuns just as there was 50 years ago. They'll be providing services like health care, food pantries, teaching in schools and …More
Sancte Pie V et Sancte Pie X orate pro nobis et propter Sanctam Romanam Ecclesiam !