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Saint Vincent College and Seminary will inaugurate its new Mental Health and Pastoral Counseling Program this summer with the introduction of a Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Care, offered through the Seminary’s Institute for Ministry Formation (IMF).

Saint Vincent Seminary is seeking comments from the public in preparation for its comprehensive evaluation visit by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools.

The 2025 Fall issue of Leaven, the Seminary's magazine, announces the receipt of a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. for a new mental health and pastoral counseling program that will be part of the Seminary's Institute for Ministry Formation and more!

The Institute of Ministry Formation at Saint Vincent Seminary is excited to welcome Father Dan Carr to the faculty!

The Institute of Ministry and Formation at the Saint Vincent Seminary is excited to welcome Father Matthew Lambert, O.S.B., to the faculty!

Katie Novosad graduated from the IMF in May 2024. She was in the Spiritual Direction program with the FOCUS alumni track and is from Houston, Texas.

The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) is a faith formation experience for children ages 18 months to twelve years old. It is based on the belief that young children can and do experience God.

What is the art of accompaniment? Pope Francis describes it as a reverence for the other that acknowledges each person’s heart as “sacred ground.” To accompany one must learn to listen in a deeper way, to listen to the heart.

Lilly Endowment Inc. Awards $1 Million To Saint Vincent College & Seminary for New Degree, Certificate Programs in Mental Health and Pastoral Counseling

Is the Church in the Twenty-First Century Entering a Golden Age or a New Dark Age? Dr. Jenkins, distinguished professor of history at Baylor University, addresses the topic at the Pope Benedict XVI Lecture of Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, Pennsylvania on Nov 8, 2019.

Bishops, priests and deacons are called to ongoing spiritual, human, pastoral and intellectual formation.

St. Francis de Sales Parish in Robesonia, Pennsylvania, recently engaged with the Institute for Ministry Formation (IMF) for a parish mission aimed at “missionizing” the parish. Rather than simply providing a speaker for inspiration, the IMF prepares a parish to go on mission. This process involves forming a mission team to support the parish mission and evangelization efforts, and it requires several months of preparation with the parish mission team.

This RCIA Sponsor Formation Space In this study group we go through the role of RCIA sponsors, cover aspects of discipleship for candidates and catechumens, learn skills for accompaniment and learn how to use the Spiritual Inventory for guiding accompaniment.

Mary Martin graduated from the IMF Spiritual Direction program in May 2023. She has been in parish leadership for over 20 years, working in parishes, the diocese, and local non-profits. She has been a spiritual director for 10 years but felt a call from God to raise up spiritual directors for the Archdiocese of Detroit. Mary and a small group researched the Spiritual Direction program at the IMF and decided it would give them the most complete formation.

From Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday, 2023 with a special preview session for the Chrism Mass, the Institute for Ministry Fo

In November 2020, the Institute for Ministry Formation established a study group for ongoing spiritual director formation. For decades the number of spiritual direction programs has grown and the number of trained spiritual directors has grown, thanks be to God! Unfortunately, there are few opportunities for spiritual directors to keep growing in their knowledge and few opportunities to talk with other spiritual directors about their experience. The IMF’s study group fills that gap.

Jocelyn Perez graduated from the IMF’s Spiritual Direction program in 2023. She heard about the program through FOCUS, She finished the FOCUS program in 2020 and started working with campus ministry in Texas. She has been on mission there for the past four years. On campus, she has the opportunity to walk with college women discerning their vocation and learning how to pray.

LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA—Saint Vincent College Corporation (Saint Vincent College and Seminary) has received a grant of $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to develop master’s degree and certificate programs in Mental Health and Pastoral Counseling. The new degree program will develop education and training to prepare licensed professionals schooled in pastoral counseling to support clergy in dealing with mental health issues such as addiction, depression, suicide and troubled relationships, problems which affect nearly one in four of all Americans.