The college now hosts a programme of art exhibitions, music and theatre events, alongside tearooms and a café.

There was a steady expansion during the nineteenth century with new buildings put up to cater for the expanding number of clerical and secular students.

The final development came in the early 1960s with the opening of a new East wing, providing additional classrooms and single bedrooms for 75 students.

[6] However, in October 2010 it was announced that the college would close in 2011 due to the shortage of vocations in the Roman Catholic Church, and that the site might be sold.

[13] The college is also used for numerous musical events and for the Ushaw Lecture Series, organised by the university's Centre for Catholic Studies.

[14] In 2018, Durham University's Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) moved into the east wing of the college, previously used by the Business School.

[3] The Junior Seminary Chapel of St Aloysius and adjacent common room buildings were badly damaged in a suspected arson attack in July 2023.