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We are called...
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Dedicated to Jesus Christ, the High Priest, the Society of the Priests of St. Sulpice, born of the apostolate of Jean Jacques Olier, its founder, is a community of diocesan priests whose vocation is the service of those ordained to the presbyteral ministry. – Sulpician Constitutions
We have an uncommon name and a unique mission: we are the only priests in the world with the sole responsibility of educating fellow priests. For more than three and a half centuries, we have dedicated ourselves to assisting bishops by providing seminary education and ongoing formation of our fellow priests. We are diocesan priests who belong to an association known as the Society of St. Sulpice. Our efforts on five continents are devoted to establishing and running seminaries and offering continuing formation and spiritual direction to priests throughout their lives. In the United States, most of our energy is devoted to operating seminaries and programs of continuing formation. We also operate a seminary in Zambia, Central Africa.
Our founder, Fr. Jean Jacques Olier, was influenced by Vincent de Paul, who advocated a simple lifestyle for priests, and by Charles de Condren, who taught a complex spirituality based on a selfless devotion to God. Fr. Olier said that Sulpicians must have both an apostolic spirit and a devotion to the Eucharist and the Word of God in order to form priests with a zeal for evangelization and a love for pastoral service.
Who We Are
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Sulpicians
stand out in the crowd.
We
trace our beginnings to a movement of spiritual renewal in France
in the 1600s, but the underlying reason for our founding remains
as cogent as it was 360 years ago: Priests who hope to bring the
sacraments and the Word of God to others must themselves be well
prepared and deeply spiritual. 