MOUNT HOLLY — St. Joseph College Seminary opened its doors for a community open house March 20 in honor of its patronal feast day and fifth anniversary of the program’s founding.
More than 300 people toured the college seminary’s new building, home to 27 young men discerning a vocation to the priesthood for the Diocese of Charlotte while attending classes at nearby Belmont Abbey College.
On the Solemnity of St. Joseph March 19, the college seminarians, their formators and supporters participated in Eucharistic Adoration in the college seminary chapel.
St. Joseph College Seminary was canonically erected by Bishop Peter Jugis on March 19, 2016, and moved into its permanent location in Mount Holly last summer.
Placed under the patronage of St. Joseph, foster father of Our Lord, the name also reflects the heritage of the diocese, which was first shepherded by Bishop Michael Joseph Begley when it was carved out of the Diocese of Raleigh in 1972.
— Photos provided by Fredrik Akerblom
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