Jan 15, 2012

St Joseph's Seminary

Where: St Joseph's Seminary, 1200 Varnum St NE, Washington, DC 20017.

When: Saturday, January 14th, 2012.

Web: The seminary's webpage is here.

We attended the 4pm Mass at this seminary for the Josephite Order.  There were about twenty seminarians, laity, and religious at the Mass, held in a beautiful chapel within the main building.  The chief celebrant was assisted by several religious and seminarians; they recited various prayers (particular to the order, perhaps) before and during Mass itself.  The homily was directed at the seminarians; the priest reminded them that their seminary life, while sometimes lonely, gave them time to comtemplate and get to know God, and thus enable them to be better priests.