The 2023-24 Prayer Calendar is now available through your parish.

Copies of the Prayer Calendar can be printed by clicking on:

• Calendar, one page (tabloid-sized 11x17")

When printing, remember to specify under Page Scaling: "Shrink to Printable Area" so it can also be printed on letter size paper.

Thank you!

We are pleased to announce that Emmanuel Umeohanna from the Diocese of St. Paul, AB will be ordained as Transitional Deacon on December 8, 2023.

The Transitional Diaconate is the last phase of formation for a Seminarian. As an ordained Deacon, he can baptize, witness marriages, preside at funeral services outside of Mass, and preach the homily at Mass.

Emmanuel Umeohanna originates from Nigeria and is a Seminarian studying for the Diocese of St. Paul, AB, since August 2018. Emmanuel will celebrate his Diaconal Ordination on Friday December 8, 2023 at 6:30 pm, in St. Paul, AB.

LIVESTREAM LINK: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRyBeUwyXMAgCAtDeCE-CUG

Website: https://dostp.ca

Public Masses take place at 11:30 a.m. on the First Wednesday of each Month:

• No Public Mass in January 2024
• February 7, 2024
• March 6, 2024
• April 3, 2024 (final Public Mass until October)

In this latest Exiit Qui Seminat St. Joseph Seminary newsletter, SJS rector Fr. Sylvain Casavant, PSS reflects on the blessings of the last year. Solomon Ip shares how his month-long pastoral placement to the Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith was a wonderful lesson in authenticity and connection in the Lord. And seminarian Noah Kungel discusses his experience volunteering to serve inmates imprisoned at the Edmonton Remand Centre.

Read the latest issue

On July 8, 2022 Rev. Shayne Craig, PSS was voted as the new Superior General of Saint Sulpice.

Rev. Shayne a past Seminarian, Director and Rector of St. Joseph Seminary will be leaving the Seminary after 28 years of Ministry at the Seminary.

Ordained a Priest for the Diocese of Victoria on June 28, 1992 the new Superior General will now be working in Montréal and Paris. 

He is the first Canadian Sulpician to be named to this position.

Superior General Rev. Shayne, PSS, St. Joseph Seminary would like to sincerely thank you for your many years of service.

May the Lord continue to guide you in your new position within the Church.