What is a seminary?

What is a seminary?

A seminary is like a seed bed where seed is grown in an environment that will help it to grow. When you think of inseminate and seminary, the word comes from that kind of understanding. So a seminary is a place where men come, and are given the ambience to deepen their spiritual life and also to grow in the knowledge of scriptures and church and faith, and to have that philosophical and theological background that will help them to proclaim the faith. Today, seminaries aren't as closed as in the old days. It's much more open. You`re not just looking at academic qualification, but you're looking at the emotional, the human development of the person, the pastoral side of it - it's a much more holistic place. It's a place of learning to be a priest.