Tag: Good Shepherd Seminary

A rising proportion of men entering the Good Shepherd Seminary from regional parts of Australia has Fr Michael de Stoop wondering if the COVID pandemic had a temporary dampening effect of vocations from the cities and other urban centres.

When the powerhouse Chinese Catholic Community Inc answered Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP’s call to empower future clergy through sponsorship, little did they know they would be answering their own prayers.

The Seminary of the Good Shepherd is celebrating its largest annual intake of Catholic men answering the call to priesthood, with 2023 proving to be a year of great promise to the church.

In his homily for the ordinations last weekend Archbishop Anthony Fisher encouraged young men discerning their vocation to consider priesthood for the Archdiocese of...

The Seminary of the Good Shepherd at Homebush in western Sydney has celebrated its 25th anniversary with an Open Day in which current and past seminarians led a guided tour, lunch and personal testimonies as they welcomed around 40 young men discerning a vocation to the priesthood.

A priest well known for his success in nurturing vocations to the priesthood as a seminary rector has been named by Pope Francis as a new Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Sydney.

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has announced the appointment of Fairfield parish priest Fr Michael de Stoop as the next rector of the Seminary of...

Wilcannia Forbes Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green makes a confident appointment as generation 'steps up'.

Reports that the seminary model may be scrapped are misleading, says Bishop Randazzo.

What is it that drives a young man to want to be ordained in 2019 and commit to a life of celibacy and obedience? In...

Sydney's Good Shepherd Seminary at Homebush has opened its seminary year with 12 new arrivals.

Seven Sydney seminarians have taken first steps towards ordination with their installation as Lectors and Acolytes at St Mary's Cathedral.