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St. John's Seminary - Admissions
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As a Catholic seminary, St. John's is open to students without regard to race or national origin who are sponsored for the Roman Catholic priesthood by a diocese or a religious institute. Candidates for the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston should contact the Vocations Office of the Archdiocese [telephone (617) 746-5949]. Other candidates must provide a letter of sponsorship from their bishop or religious superior.
Prospective students may visit the Seminary by making arrangements in advance with the Rector. The visit could include meeting faculty members, attendance at classes, participation in the liturgy, and/or informal discussions with seminarians. Preliminary visits such as these are not considered part of the admissions procedure for the Seminary, but they may prove helpful to the applicant.
Application forms and a list of documentation required may be obtained through the vocations office of the applicant's sponsoring diocese or religious institute or from St. John's Office of Admissions and Records. An official transcript should be sent directly to the Seminary from any colleges or universities attended. The results of the Graduate Record Examination must also be submitted.
Candidates for the diocesan priesthood are required to be interviewed by the Admissions Board. This interview will be arranged after the application and the accompanying documentation have been forwarded to St. John's by the candidate's Vocation Director.
St. John's Seminary intends to comply fully with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Copies of this act will be found on file in the Office of Admissions and Records. The Office of Admissions and Records makes available mail-in affidavits of registration to Massachusetts students who desire to vote. Students from a state other than Massachusetts must contact the appropriate state election official to receive an absentee ballot.
Requirements
An applicant to the School of Theology must hold a bachelor's degree from a college of recognized standing. He must give evidence of preparation in both philosophy and undergraduate theology similar to that of candidates from seminary colleges, as well as of an appropriate level of human maturation and spiritual development. College graduates who require either specialized academic preparation or an introductory experience of formal preparation for the sacrament of Holy Orders may be accepted directly into the Pre-Theology Program.
Although it is not necessary that college students who are considering entry to the School of Theology take any specific major, it is strongly recommended that they take a broadly based liberal arts program, which would include philosophy, undergraduate theology and religious studies, Latin, modern languages and literature, and the social sciences. A college student who has majored in engineering, the natural sciences, or a similar subject may be required to supplement his college preparation with work in the humanities.
It is advisable that a college student seriously considering entrance to the School of Theology contact the seminary as early as possible in his college career so that he may make any adjustments necessary to fulfill the school's entrance requirements.
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Priestly Formation
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