On December 4, 2024, six seminarians attending Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary were instituted into the Ministry of Lector by the Most Reverend Douglas J. Lucia, Bishop of the Diocese of Syracuse.

The Seminarians who received the ministry are:

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On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary was blessed to have the Most Reverend David Leon Toups S.Th.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Beaumont, preside over the Admission to Candidacy for Holy Orders for nine of our seminarians.

The seminarians at Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary will be participating in a retreat the week of October 13th as part of their fall formation program.  

Congratulations to Fr. Michael Goodreau, Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary Class of 2020, on recently being named president of the Catholic Charities Agency of the Diocese of Springfield (CCA) by Bishop William Byrne, Diocese of Springfield.

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Fifteen new men from around the world have answered the call from God to step into formation studies for the Catholic priesthood at Pope St.

Rev. Mr. John Tanyi of the Archdiocese of Boston has authored a book entitled The Cross and the Flag: Papal Diplomacy and John Paul II’s Struggle Against the Tyranny of the Possible.  Slated for publication by St. Augustine Press on June 28, 2024, the book is currently available for pre-order on Amazon. The book includes a foreword by Mary Ann Glendon and an afterword by George Weigel.

On March 15, 2024 Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM Cap., Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, joined the Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary community to preside at the Ministry of Acolyte. 

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