According to an ancient tradition dating back to the late second century, Mass is celebrated each day during the season of Lent at a different church. All are invited to join the Pontifical North American College as we journey through Lent in the city of Rome.
Since the noble apostolate of priestly formation is a ministry that requires the support and encouragement of many, the Rector’s Dinner gives us the opportunity to gather as one community to celebrate this mission and promote its cause. The Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 15, 2010. Information and participation forms are inside.
On October 7, 2010, the Pontifical North American College Class of 2011 will be ordained to the Order of Deacon in the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome. For information about the ordination, including details on traveling to the College and reflections about the diaconate, please follow the link below.
This past summer, Victor Ingalls ‘12 (Mobile), Colin Wen ‘13 (Sacramento), and I had the unique op- portunity to spend six weeks in China – working with Catholic missionaries and learning about the culture, the people, and the relationship between them and the Catholic Church. We were hosted by Maryknoll priest Father Brian Barrons. He had planned for us to help him teach English [...]
Early in 1855, His Holiness Pope Pius IX first expressed to members of the American hierarchy his interest in the establishment of a national seminary in Rome for the formation of candidates from the United States, stressing the unique lessons to be learned in Rome: the unity and universality of the Church, the traditions of [...]