Category: 2011

Very Rev. Timothy F. Whalen, a priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, and currently chancellor of the Orchard Lake Schools in Michigan, has been named the eleventh rector of Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. In his role at Orchard Lake, Father Whalen served as chancellor of both Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary and Saint […]

Given the long-standing relationship between the Diocese of Pittsburgh and Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, I am extremely pleased, that following the nomination of Father Whalen as Rector, the Bishop Members of the Board of Regents of the Seminary recommended the appointment of Father Timothy Whalen as Rector of Saint Vincent Seminary to the Chancellor, […]

More than one-third of all seminarians studying in the United States are now foreign-born. This shift in vocations is a positive attribute for the Catholic Church; however, it poses some difficulties in training men for the priesthood in a language that is not their native tongue. Saint Vincent Seminary and Saint Vincent College have developed […]

The Most Reverend Mark L. Bartchak, Bishop of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, has been elected to the Board of Regents. He was ordained and installed as the eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown on April 19, 2011. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Erie on May 15, 1981, by the late […]

Saint Vincent Seminary welcomed twenty new students for the 2011-2012 academic year. They are from the dioceses of Cheng Du, Covington, Greensburg, Harrisburg, and Wheeling-Charleston, and the religious communities of Saint Gregory Abbey, Saint Vincent Archabbey, São Bento Monastery and Subiaco Abbey. Diocese of Cheng Du Yi Liang Huang of Deyang, Sichuan, China graduated from […]

W. Thomas McGough, chief legal counsel for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, will give the keynote address at the forty-fourth annual Red Mass of the Diocese of Greensburg and Saint Vincent Archabbey, College, and Seminary. The Mass will be held at noon Friday, September 23, at the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica. Most Rev. Lawrence […]

Saint Vincent Seminary will honor two outstanding members of its Board of Regents at its forthcoming Alumni Day Mass and Banquet, scheduled for Monday, September 19, 2011. Tribute will be paid to His Eminence Donald Cardinal Wuerl, a member of the Board of Regents for 24 years, and Dr. John C. Marous, Jr., retired chairman […]

Commencement Address by the Most Rev. Donald W. Trautman, STD, SSL Bishop of Erie Saint Vincent Seminary Latrobe, Pennsylvania May 6, 2011 Archabbot Douglas, Dr. James Maher, Father Justin, Members of the Administration, Faculty and Staff, Brother Priests and Deacons, Consecrated Religious, Seminarians, Family and Friends of our Graduates—and especially our honored Graduates: Tonight each […]