Our Lady of Providence College Seminary, Rhode Island

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The College and Pre-Theology Formation Program of the Seminary of Our Lady of Providence is a spiritual, academic and pastoral formation process designed to prepare college students and college graduates for admission to a major seminary in preparation for priestly ministry. The program fosters the candidate’s Christian development and seeks to enhance his Catholic identity as he journeys to the priesthood. Its focus is primarily propaedeutic, i.e., preparatory and introductory. As such, it aims to help candidates to reach the stage of readiness – personally, spiritually, academically and pastorally – to enter into priestly formation at the theologate level (cf PPF #216).

Today the Seminary of Our Lady of Providence is a house of formation staffed by three priests and has 15 seminarians. The seminary serves candidates from the Diocese of Providence and other qualified candidates who are sponsored by other dioceses. The academic formation is fulfilled at Providence College; a Dominican college staffed by the Province of St. Joseph. The college seminarian ordinarily is a student at Providence College majoring in Philosophy. With permission from the Rector, a seminarian may begin his studies at Rhode Island College, a secular college nearby, but he is expected to eventually transfer to Providence College in an appropriate time.