Kenrick-Glennon Seminary

The annual Alumni Day celebration took place on February 6^th at the Cardinal Rigali Center, the former home of Kenrick School of Theology. The day included a holy hour, Mass with Archbishop Robert J. Carlson and a banquet. The Classes of 1986 and 1961 were honored for their Silver and Golden Jubilees and Fr. Francis Agnew, CM, former Professor of Sacred Scripture, was presented with the inaugural Distinguished Professor Award. Toasts to the jubilarians, the Seminary and Pope Benedict XVI along with entertainment from the Kenrick Bluegrass Band made the evening quite memorable.

 Posted 2/8/12.  Photo by Lisa Johnston, St. Louis Review

The renovations of the Seminary's campus in Shrewsbury are under budget and ahead of schedule. Progress is evident as the shell of the eastern expansion has taken form and interior demolition has given way to new construction.  New metal stud partitions create the rooms and spaces which will serve the seminary community. 

The project has allowed the Seminary to fix previous problems such as leaky plumbing, outdated electrical systems, and insufficient heating and cooling systems. There have also been significant improvements to the exterior of the buildings and the campus grounds.  New underground utilities and site lighting have been installed, exterior masonry is being repaired, and the soccer field has been regraded and sodded after a new irrigation system was installed.

Click here to read the St. Louis Review's recent article about the renovations.

Click here to view more photos of the renovations.

Posted 1/31/12 

Many members of the Seminary community will be traveling to Washington D.C. this weekend to walk in the annual March for Life and to give witness to Jesus Christ's desires for healing and a new culture of life.  We invite you to join our community in reading and praying with these words from Blessed Mother Teresa:

And today, we look to the world to see that little one, that unborn child, has become the target of death, the target of destruction, of destroying of killing. And to think that God says, even if a mother could forget --- but it is impossible for the a mother to forget. But even if a mother could forget, I will not forget you. And yet today, the mother forgets her child. Not only forgets it, but destroys it. And for what? The mother is afraid of the child, of that little unborn child...the most beautiful creation of God's love...the gift of God. And so today, let us thank God that our parents loved us. Thank God. Let us pray today that every mother will want her child. That no mother will use means to destroy it. The no mother will have the feeling of not wanting the unborn child. That no mother will be afraid to feed one more child, to educate one more child, to take care of one more child. 

Posted 1/20/2012.  Photo added 1/25/2012 courtesy of Jonathan Dizon, Theology I.