Mission Statement, Strategic Plan, and Formational Vision

MISSION STATEMENT

From its establishment as a free-standing seminary in 1923 by the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Notre Dame Seminary has as its primary mission the formation of men for the ministerial priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church. The seminary, through an integrated and balanced program of priestly formation, seeks to prepare pastors for the Church who are configured to Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd. Additionally, in order to foster a broader outreach in service to the needs of the local Church, the seminary offers educational and formational opportunities to the lay faithful to prepare them for ecclesial leadership. While primarily forming men to serve as priests in the southern region of the United States, Notre Dame Seminary participates in the missionary activity of the Church by promoting a spirit of mission among its candidates for priesthood and lay leadership and by assisting certain missionary dioceses in other areas of the world.

FORMATIONAL VISION

Forming Priests Configured to the Heart of Jesus the Good Shepherd Notre Dame Seminary seeks to form seminarians to be effective pastors who are deeply rooted in Christ, affectively mature, intellectually equipped, and pastorally sensitive. Guided by the wisdom of the Church in the writings of the recent popes, we commit to forming seminarians who will lead and serve the people of God with a Christ-like heart, with a mind grounded in truth, and with a spirit of compassion, attuned to the needs of God’s people.

STRATEGIC PLAN

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