Tag: Seminary of the Good Shepherd

Sydney seminary is now home to 46 seminarians, from nine Latin Rite dioceses and three Eastern Rite eparchies.

Professors of theology, spiritual directors and bishops all played their part to form last century’s priests, but without decades of cooking, cleaning and sewing by the Sisters of Our Lady Help of Christians many young men may never have made it to ordination.

Christopher Pinto had his life all mapped out, a career in medicine, a wife, and lots of kids—or so he thought. The talented young doctor had a partner and was on his way to becoming a gastroenterologist, a decision inspired by the death of his dad from cancer. Then he felt the call to discernment...

Bumper numbers turned out at the Good Shepherd Seminary’s Open Day last weekend, confirming that despite the seeming challenges in Australia today, young men...

This year, the Seminary of the Good Shepherd in Homebush, which was established in 1996, has received its largest intake of new seminarians throughout...

Sydney’s Seminary of the Good Shepherd is becoming a powerhouse for the Church in Australia. Seventeen men entered this year, the largest number in the...

Reports that the seminary model may be scrapped are misleading, says Bishop Randazzo.

On a cold, bright late Winter morning today Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP filed into St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney accompanied by 138 priests; by...