Theological College (Catholic University of America)

Theological College is the national Catholic diocesan seminary for the Latin Church in the United States.

It is located near the campus of CUA, across from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and close to other Brookland-area Catholic institutions such as Capuchin College, the house of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and the Dominican House of Studies.

'” Founded to reform the clergy in 1630s France, the Society retains its commitment of “developing men of character, educating effective priests, forming pastoral leaders and nurturing an apostolic spirit.” The Society's five hallmarks are a commitment to ministerial priesthood, the cultivation of an apostolic spirit, an emphasis on spiritual formation, the creation of a formational community, and the exercise of collegiality.

The seminary houses and forms seminarians from the following dioceses: Charleston, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Los Angeles, Fort Worth, Little Rock, Lafayette, Louisville, Memphis, New York, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, Richmond, Rockville Centre, Salt Lake City, Santa Fe, St. Augustine, Syracuse, Washington, and Worcester.

[3] The eighteenth and current rector of Theological College is the Reverend Gladstone Stevens, PSS, Ph.D., who assumed this position in August 2023.

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