Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary
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Roman Catholic all-male seminary; coed lay programs |
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| Established | 1999 |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver) |
| Rector | Very Rev. Scott Traynor |
| Students | 120 |
| Location | 1300 South Steele Street, Denver, CO 80210 |
| Website | http://www.sjvdenver.edu |
Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary in Denver, Colorado. The seminary is located at 1300 South Steele Street in the Cory-Merrill neighborhood of Denver, on the campus of the St. John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization.
St. John Vianney Theological Seminary was constituted on March 17, 1999 to replace the former Saint Thomas Seminary that had been operating at the same site since 1907. Since its founding, the seminary has been dedicated to forming priests for the new millennium and offering programs for the formation of permanent deacons and lay faithful. The groundwork for St. John Vianney Seminary was laid by Cardinal James Stafford, then the Archbishop of Denver, who purchased the site of the former St. Thomas Seminary from the Congregation of the Mission in 1995. The facility was remodeled and the grounds were renamed the St. John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization in order to also serve as a campus for the Archdiocesan Chancery.
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., the successor to J. Francis Cardinal Stafford, completed a study in order to determine the feasibility of establishing an educational institution on the site. After consulting with priests and the people of the Archdiocese, he formulated a plan to open a theological institute to serve the formation needs of clergy and laity. These plans resulted in St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, a free-standing diocesan seminary with a spirituality year, pre-theologate and theologate for priestly formation. The plans also called for the establishment of the St. Francis School of Theology for Deacons, the Catechetical School, and Denver Catholic Biblical School for lay formation.
St. John Vianney offers programs in the formation of candidates to the Roman Catholic priesthood, formation for Roman Catholic permanent deacon candidates, and lay formation programs.
From its founding, St. John Vianney has been committed to the four pillars of formation which are found in St. Pope John Paul II's Pastores Dabo Vobis: Human Formation, Spiritual Formation, Pastoral Formation and Intellectual Formation. The programs for study in seminary formation at St. John Vianney include a Spirituality Year, which is a non-academic year for discernment; a Pre-Theology Cycle which includes a study of philosophy as well as language study and introductory courses in theology; and a Theology Cycle which is a four-year program of study theological and pastoral disciplines required for ordination.
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