St. Augustine’s Seminary paid tribute to some of its esteemed Jubilarians during a small ceremony on March 24, 2022. It was good to have some of our alumni back after having to cancel Alumni Day events last year due to the pandemic.

Please save-the-date: Saturday June 18, 2022 for Permanent Deacon Ordination within the Archdiocese of Toronto.

Ordination to the diaconate is the last major step in a seminarian’s journey to the priesthood. All are welcome to attend. Join us in praying for our seminarians’ continued path to priesthood.

Please take a moment to listen to this reflection from our seminarian, Ryan Nigli. Together let’s continue to pray for seminarians around the world and also for an increase in vocations to the Holy Priesthood.

As a newly-ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth, NS, Fr. Patrick Salah says if there is one aspect that really stands out from his formation at St. Augustine’s Seminary it would be the importance of prayerfulness and the fostering of holiness in those studying for the priesthood.

The year-end dinner at St. Augustine’s Seminary took on an added level of excitement as it also doubled as an informal internal book launch of the Festschrift in honour of His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins. Thank you to all our benefactors and friends.

The renovations and expansion of Serra House, our Seminary’s residence located in the heart of downtown Toronto, are almost complete.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Mr. Lanny Munroe, long-time employee of St. Augustine’s Seminary who passed away on March 31st, 2022. Lanny worked in maintenance and was very committed to the Seminary.

Through the initiative of Fr. John Elmer Abad, the Academic Dean, and the coordination of Fr. Charles Anang, Director of Spiritual Formation, St. Augustine’s Seminary invited his Eminence Luis Cardinal Tagle, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of the Peoples, to give a Zoom conference on Eucharist and Priesthood.

Deacon Alex D’Silva has made an impression on those surrounding him since beginning his path to the priesthood at St. Augustine’s Seminary. He embraced the call in late 50s. Read his story.

Transitional Deacon Adam Pantaleo and seminarian Daniel Lee share their journey to the priesthood and discuss the challenges and triumphs of seminary life.

The unique stories all stressed one message: God has a plan for us, and we need to pay attention to it. However, the listening can be hard. Even if one does hear God’s call, it may be difficult to discern what God is calling one to do. Lukow suggests taking “time in prayer, even just five minutes every day. Sit in a quiet spot and talk to Jesus.”

Meet our Deacon Class of 2022 and hear about their own faith journey and their call to the priesthood.

One of the integral aspects of the formation program at St. Augustine’s Seminary is the parish internship. Seminarians are placed within a parish where they get hands-on experience in daily parish life.

As we, the Deacon Class of 2022, write the final petition of our seminary formation, the words of the petition remind us of profound aspects of our vocation: first, that the priesthood is God's gift to each of us, and second, that we for our part commit our whole lives to Him and to His Church.

Fr. Charles Kelechi Egbulefu is a professor at St. Augustine’s Seminary and a contributor to For Love of the Church, a festschrift in honour of Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto. In this article, Fr. Charles discusses the African Catholic community in the Archdiocese of Toronto and Cardinal Collins’ ministry.

Faculty at Toronto’s St. Augustine’s Seminary have produced a volume of essays on theological, historical, and scriptural subjects called For Love of the Church and it is now available for purchase on the Novalis website.

Faculty at Toronto’s St. Augustine’s Seminary have produced a volume of essays on theological, historical, and scriptural subjects called For Love of the Church: A Festschrift on the Interests and Accomplishments of His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins, available from Novalis later this year.

Bishop Boissonneau is Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto with the responsibility for the Northern Region. He also helped set up a tuition fund through the Board of Governors to help defray costs for seminarians’ studies.

When Dean Penafiel first walked through the doors at St. Augustine’s Seminary in February 2006 it was to attend his first of two “Come and See” weekends to explore whether he felt called to the priesthood. He attended a second one in 2007. Little did he know he would return 14 years later – as the new Bursar at St. Augustine’s.