Category: 2004

LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA — Eleven seminarians from seven dioceses and one religious community were installed in the Ministry of Acolyte on October 25 at Saint Vincent Seminary. The Most Rev. Donald Trautman, Bishop of Erie, presided over the installation, held at Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica, Latrobe. The seminarians are Br. Shawn Anderson, O.S.B., Br. Stephen Patrizio, […]

LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA – Saint Vincent Seminary has announced the appointment of noted author, speaker and professor, Dr. Scott Hahn, as the inaugural Chair of Biblical Theology and Liturgical Proclamation at Saint Vincent Seminary. “One of the great needs in the Church today is effective preaching of the Word of God,” said Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, […]

Technology has changed how many people do their jobs. Priests are no exception. When the men studying for the priesthood arrived at Saint Vincent Seminary for the Fall 2004 semester, they found that the Seminary classroom building had undergone a dramatic transformation, including the addition of state of the art technology.During the summer, the John […]

Saint Vincent Seminary announced the establishment of a scholarship in honor of the late Bishop Nicholas C. Dattilo of the Diocese of Harrisburg on October 5, 2004. The Seminary initiated the funding with a commitment of $25,000. Most Reverend Nicholas C. Dattilo, Eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg, died March 5, 2004. Bishop Dattilo […]

Sister Cecilia Murphy, R.S.M., former Academic Dean of Saint Vincent Seminary, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the Seminary Tuesday, October 5, at the annual Alumni Day Mass and Banquet. William Cardinal Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore, will preside at the 3:30 p.m. liturgy in the Archabbey Basilica. Sister Cecilia is a […]

Saint Vincent Seminary welcomed 23 new students for the fall semester. They represent eight dioceses and archdioceses, two abbeys, one archabbey and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. There are also three new students in the master of arts program. The students are from many parts of the world, including the United States, Puerto Rico, Haiti, […]

Father Cyprian Constantine, O.S.B., formerly Chairman of the Fine Arts Department at Saint Vincent College, has been named Academic Dean of Saint Vincent Seminary. He previously served as acting Academic Dean in 2001, and continues as choir director for the Seminary, a position he has held since 2003. He is a native of Boulder, Colorado, […]

Having been released to serve at Saint Vincent Seminary by Bishop Peter Jugis, J.C.D., Bishop of Charlotte, NC, Father David Brzoska has been named Director of Pastoral Formation and Director of Hispanic Ministries at Saint Vincent Seminary. Father Brzoska had been the pastor of two western North Carolina parishes, Saint Andrew the Apostle Parish in […]