When Fr. Larry Marcille reflects on his time as vocations director at Serra House from 2000-2004, he can’t help but be moved by the number of men he journeyed with as they discerned their calling to the priesthood.

Please watch and share widely this important video featuring a talk with Dr. Lombardi and Fr. Belgrave produced by Catholic Conscience on the topic of identity in Catholic social teaching.

This fall, Msgr. Patrick O’Dea will be celebrating his 41st year as an ordained priest. Almost a full decade of that time was spent as Rector and Vocations Director at Serra House, the downtown satellite location of St. Augustine’s Seminary.

On Wednesday, July 13, we look forward to hosting the Serra International Foundation Board Meeting and Past Presidents Dinner after mass.

Ordination to the diaconate is the last major step in a seminarian’s journey to the priesthood.

Fr. Greg Carruthers celebrates 31 years on St. Augustine's Seminary academic and formation faculty. He also celebrated 50 years of service in the Society of Jesus. Congratulations and many blessings to Fr. Greg!

Since 1972, St. Augustine’s has provided the formation program for 315 diaconal candidates and their wives who are serving in the Archdiocese of Toronto. This​​ Saturday, June 18 at 10 a.m., 20 men​ will be ordained.

We are pleased to announce the following appointments at St. Augustine’s Seminary.

Theologians, priests, bishops, all of us, need time to ask questions and listen, resisting the “easy” path of being formed by what appears on our phones. We need especially to learn and understand at the peripheries — in the emergency room or elsewhere.

St. Augustine’s Seminary has been offering a series of annual conferences, seminars and workshops since 2014 all dedicated to answering a call from His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins.

A special thank you to Sr. Antoniana Maria, S.V. and Sr. Maria Kateri, S.V. for presenting at our Annual Day of Reflection for Women on Saturday, June 4th.

These icons are a gracious gift of the ordinandi class of 2022. The icons feature the four fathers and doctors of the church who support the chair of St. Peter (in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City), artistically rendered by Bernini.

Please assist us in spreading the word about the excellent things that are happening at the Seminary by sharing our InDeum magazine with your friends and family. Featured in this issue is the Ordinandi Class of 2022 with their own personal vocation stories.

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.