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St. Joseph's Seminary celebrates the Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate
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L-R: Deacon William Mendoza (New York), Deacon Tobechukwu Offiah (Brooklyn), Deacon Joseph Lettieri (Rockville Centre), Bishop John Barres, Bishop JamesMassa, Deacon Jonathan Castro (New York), Deacon Dennis Gannon (Rockville Centre)
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On November 4, 2023, Bishop John Barres of Rockville Centre conferred the sacrament on five of our fourth-year seminarians: Deacon Jonathan Castro (New York), Deacon Dennis Gannon (Rockville Centre), Deacon Joseph Lettieri (Rockville Centre), Deacon William Mendoza (New York), and Deacon Tobechukwu Offiah (Brooklyn). Their classmates from religious communities and apostolic societies have been ordained, or will be ordained, at other times.
These ordinations took place on a day when the liturgy honors a great hero of the faith. St. Charles Borromeo, the indefatigable bishop of 16th century Milan, is the patron saint of seminaries. This great pastor and church reformer implemented the mandate of the Council of Trent (1545-1563) to create seminaries to provide the best possible spiritual and intellectual formation of priests.
Please keep our deacons in your prayers as they continue on their path to priesthood.
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News and Events at the Seminary
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October 12
Seminarians, Kevin Rueda, Jonathan Castro, and Paul Zwolak, led the Eucharistic procession through midtown Manhattan following Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday, October 10th.Read More -
September 30
Fayez, of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and second year seminarian at St. Joseph's attended the elevation of Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., to cardinal at the Vatican on September 30th.Read More -
September 26
Cardinal Blase Cupich gave a Fordham University lecture on September 26, 2023, to mark the 40th anniversary of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s “Consistent Ethic of Life” speech.Read More -
September 22
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States, visited New York City for the United Nations General Assembly (September 15 - 22).Read More
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Faculty News
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Catholic Faith Network Hosts Adjunct Professor David Bonagura
Catholic Faith Network's weekly show, "Converation with Cardinal Dolan" co-hosted by Fr. Dave Dwyer, CSP, talk with Adjunct Professor David Bonagura, Professor of Classical Languages, about his new book, Jerome's Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning.
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Fr. John Cush is Nominated and Elected to the Academy of Catholic Theology
Fr. Cush, Director of Seminarian Admissions and Recruitment and Professor of Dogmatic Theology, was elected to the Academy of Catholic Theology. Fr. Cush joined the seminary in the fall of 2022.
Fr. Cush serves as a full-time professor of Dogmatic Theology at Dunwoodie, teaching classes in Christology, Fundamental Theology, Christian Anthropology, Ecclesiology, Introduction to Theology, Sacramental Theology, Trinity, and Eucharist and is a faculty advisor in the external forum and Director of Seminarian Admissions. He is also blessed to assist as a weekend associate at the parish of St. John the Baptist-Most Holy Trinity-Saint Ann in Yonkers, New York.
Fr. Cush has written several books and contributed to Catholic news sources during his years as a priest. Visit his faculty profile to learn more about Fr. Cush.
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We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian Catholic Church offering prayers and remembrance.Messages shared between rectors, Very Reverend Bohdan Tymchyshyn of St. Basil Seminary and St. Joseph's Bishop Massa, for our seminarians, Roman Kuzmiak & Nazariy Dmyterko assure solidarity in prayer & our remembrance of all the suffering people of Ukraine. To read the letters in full, please click here.
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Vocations - Answering the Call
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