Redemptoris Mater Seminary

The Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary is an international house forming priests for the New Evangelization of the Church and for the missio ad gentes. It is the place that formed Fr. Israel and Fr. Leonardo, who serve us here in our parish, Fr. Maciej (who has served us for some years) and several other priests serving in the different parishes of the Archdiocese and other missionary outposts.

It was opened in September 2005 and officially erected by Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, OFM Cap, on March 25, 2006.

Encouraged by the example of St. John Paul II, who had opened the first Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Rome in 1987, Cardinal Seán opened the seminary to form priests for the New Evangelization of the Church and for the Missio ad Gentes.

The seminary prepares priests to serve the Church locally and in missionary outposts. It also answers the Second Vatican Council’s concern for the growth of atheism in the world and the need for a better distribution of the clergy. Therefore, priests formed at Redemptoris Mater Seminary receive a special grace from God to go and look for the lost sheep and to re propose the faith to those who have fallen away from the Church.