For many years, IPF has sponsored symposia at different seminaries to promote reflection upon priestly identity and seminary formation. Symposia proceedings have been published as booklets available through the Institute for Priestly Formation. To purchase copies of past symposia proceedings, please contact our office. The 2012 and 2013 symposia are available in book format, "The Priest as Beloved Son,” through IPF Publications.
“You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” (Mark 1:11)
Co-Sponsor: Kenrick Glennon Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri
Co-Sponsor: The Athenaeum of Ohio, Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.”(Matthew 9:15)
Co-Sponsor: Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Michigan
Co-Sponsor: Saint Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, Boynton Beach, Florida
“Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?” (John 14:9)
Co-Sponsor: Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Maryland
Co-Sponsor: Pontifical North American College, Rome
“When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons. The whole town was gathered at the door. He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, not permitting them to speak because they knew him.” (Mark 1:32-34)
Co-Sponsor: Norte Dame Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana
Co-Sponsor: Saint Mary’s Seminary, Houston, Texas
“I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (John 10:11)
Co-Sponsor: University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein, IL
Co-Sponsor: Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Co-Sponsor: Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary, Denver, Colorado
Co-Sponsor: Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, Saint Paul, Minnesota