Catholic boarding school for boys
Maria Assumpta Seminary [1] – high school (minor) and college seminary of the Diocese of Cabanatuan , Philippines . The students at Sacred Heart Apostolic School praying the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday , 2009 Telšiai Diocese Minor seminary in Lithuania Countries with Minor Seminaries (blue) and have existed in the past (red) A minor seminary or high school seminary is a secondary day or boarding school created for the specific purpose of enrolling teenage boys who have expressed interest in becoming Catholic priests . They are generally Catholic institutions, and designed to prepare boys both academically and spiritually for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. They emerged in cultures and societies where literacy was not universal, and the minor seminary was seen as a means to prepare younger boys in literacy for later entry into the major seminary .
The minor seminary is no longer very familiar in the developed world. The 1917 Code of Canon Law described the purpose of minor seminaries as: "to take care especially to protect from the contagion of the world, to train in piety, to imbue with the rudiments of literary studies, and to foster in them the seed of a divine vocation". Suitable boys were encouraged to graduate to a major seminary, where they would continue their tertiary studies for the priesthood.
The program of priestly formation of the USCCB refers to them as "high school seminaries" rather than minor seminaries.[1]
Today, college seminaries , where philosophy is studied, are often called minor seminaries even though they are for those who have completed high school .[2]
Currently Operating Minor Seminaries
Canada
East Timor
Ghana
St Teresa's Minor Seminary[3]
India
St.Joseph Minor Seminary, Kalamassery – Minor Seminary for the Archdiocese of Verapoly, Kerala.
St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum – minor seminary for the Syro-Malankara Archeparchy of Trivandrum
St. Agnes Minor Seminary, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
Sacred Heart Minor Seminary, Thrikkakara, Kochi, Kerala - Minor seminary for the Archeparchy of Ernakulam- Angamaly
Indonesia
Pakistan
Philippines
St. Augustine Minor Seminary – minor seminary of Iba, Zambales, Luzon covering Olongapo City and Zambales Province
San Jacinto Seminary (Penablanca , Cagayan ) – minor Seminary of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao
Diocesan Seminary of the Heart of Jesus (San Fernando La Union ) – minor seminary
Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary (Vigan, Ilocos Sur )
St. Mary's Seminary (Laoag, Ilocos Norte ) – minor seminary
Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary (Guiguinto, Bulacan ) – minor seminary of the Diocese of Malolos
John Paul II Minor Seminary (Antipolo , Rizal) – high school seminary of the Diocese of Antipolo
Oblates of St. Joseph Minor Seminary (San Jose, Batangas ) – high school seminary
Our Lady of Guadalupe Minor Seminary (Makati ) – high school seminary of the Archdiocese of Manila
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Seminary (Sariaya, Quezon ) – minor seminary, Diocese of Lucena
Pope John XXIII Seminary (Cebu City) – minor seminary of the Archdiocese of Cebu
Pope Paul VI Minor Seminary (Maasin City , Southern Leyte )
Saint Francis de Sales Minor Seminary (Lipa City , Batangas) – minor (high school) seminary of the Archdiocese of Lipa
Holy Rosary Minor Seminary (Naga City, Camarines Sur ) Archdiocese of Caceres
St. Gregory the Great Seminary (Panal, Tabaco City ) – minor Seminary for the Diocese of Legazpi
Our Lady of Peñafrancia Seminary Sorsogon City ), Diocese of Sorsogon
St. Anthony High School Seminary (Kinamaligan, Masbate City ) Under the supervision of the Diocese of Masbate
Sto. Nino Seminary (Numancia, Aklan ) – minor and college
St. Pius X Seminary (Lawaan, Roxas City , Capiz ) – minor seminary of the Archdiocese of Capiz
Saint Vincent Ferrer Seminary – (Jaro, Iloilo City ) – minor Seminary of the Archdiocese of Jaro
Seminario de San Jose (Puerto Princesa City , Palawan ) – minor and major seminary
Seminario de Jesús Nazareno (Borongan City, Eastern Samar ) – minor seminary of the Diocese of Borongan
Poland
United States
The following minor seminaries operate in the USA today.
Uganda
Bukalasa Minor Seminary
Christ the King Seminary, Kisubi,
St. Joseph's Seminary, Nyenga – minor seminary
Mubende Seminary – in Nandele and Nyenga; minor seminary
Nadiket seminary – for the dioceses of Kotido and Moroto
Saint Charles seminary – minor seminary
Saints Joseph's and Gabriel's Junior Seminary Nswanjere – located in Nswanjere, Mpigi District.
St. Pius X Seminary – Nagongera – Located in Tororo district; West Budama County; Junior and Minor Seminary
St. Paul's Seminary – Rushoroza – in Kabale for Kabale Diocese; minor seminary
Kitabi Seminary in Bushenyi for Mbarara Arch diocese; minor seminary
Sacred Heart Mission for the Brothers of Divine Mercy; Missionary preparation
Sacred Heart Seminary Lacor – Gulu archdiocese
St Peter's Seminary-Madera) – in Soroti for Soroti Diocese; minor seminary
Vietnam