Dear friends of the seminary,   Holy Week has arrived at Mater Dei Seminary, bringing with it the profound and sacred ceremonies that mark the climax of the Lenten season. This is a particularly busy and spiritually enriching time for our seminarians, who will have the unique privilege of assisting priests in various chapels and … [Read more…]

Dear friends of the seminary,   Lent began memorably this year at Mater Dei Seminary. Despite challenging weather conditions that hindered us from being able to go into Omaha, Ash Wednesday ceremonies proceeded solemnly within the seminary chapel, marking an unexpected yet fitting start to this sacred season of penance and prayer.   On March … [Read more…]

Dear friends of the seminary,   Mater Dei Seminary would like to cordially invite you to the upcoming priestly ordinations of: Rev. Fr. Martin Marie Sentman, CMRI, Rev. Fr. Noah Ellis, Rev. Fr. Franz Trauner, and Rev. Fr. Leopold Trauner.  The ordinations will be held at 8 am on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 and will … [Read more…]

Dear friends of the seminary, We have completed more than a month of classes at the seminary and everyone has situated to the daily routine of prayers, classes, and chores. We have a fairly large group of new seminarians but they are getting adjusted well. Our foreign seminarians this year come from Canada, Italy, Colombia, … [Read more…]

Dear friends of the seminary, The summer has come quickly to an end and the seminarians are beginning to make their return to the seminary this week. We will begin our 35th year of seminary classes at Mater Dei Seminary next Monday, September 9th. We currently have 21 seminarians that are studying at the seminary … [Read more…]

Dear friends of the seminary, I know it has been a while since I last posted an update and there has been a lot that has gone on during that time. We are now nearing the end of the school year and ordinations will be taking place at the end of this week. The seminarians … [Read more…]

Dear friends of the seminary, Since the return of the seminarians at the beginning of January from their Christmas break, life at the seminary has continued as normal. We had a Solemn High Mass for the feast of the Epiphany and a little gift exchange and Epiphany party for the seminarians. The following week, we … [Read more…]

Dear friends of the seminary, On behalf of the clergy and seminarians of Mater Dei Seminary, I would like to wish all of our friends and benefactors a most blessed Christmas and grace-filled New Year! It is with grateful hearts that we thank you for your prayers and support this past year. Please be assured … [Read more…]

Dear friends of the seminary, We would like to congratulate our seminarians who received orders yesterday on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Kyle St. Aubin (Canada), Lucas Costa (Brazil), Anthony Alley (South Dakota), Richard Lauricella (Washington), and Thomas Netzel (Washington) received the minor orders of porter and lector. Frater Martin Sentman, CMRI (Michigan) … [Read more…]

Dear friends of the seminary, I wanted to post the link to the live stream for the upcoming ordinations. The Ordination Mass is scheduled to begin at 8 am but the live stream will start around 7:45 am. Fr. Armour during his years at the seminary, was our regular live stream “technician” and since his … [Read more…]

Dear friends of the seminary, I am taking this idea from Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI, who writes a short weekly blog on the St. Joseph’s Minor Seminary website: http://www.minorseminary.org/this-week-at-the-seminary.shtml While I don’t intend to do a weekly write up, nevertheless, I thought it would be good to give a little update every now and then … [Read more…]