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We “Sulpician Fathers” have an uncommon name and a unique mission: the initial and ongoing formation of diocesan priests. In 1641, our founder, Fr. Jean-Jacques Olier, was the pastor of the Church of Saint Sulpice. He founded a community of diocesan priests in Paris specifically to prepare diocesan seminarians for the Roman Catholic priesthood. We Sulpicians have been dedicated to the work of forming priests after the heart of Jesus the Good Shepherd ever since.
Sulpicians came to the United States in 1791, arriving first in Baltimore. Since then, we have dedicated ourselves to assisting bishops by providing seminary education and ongoing formation for seminarians and our fellow priests.
In the United States, we have seminaries in Baltimore and Washington, DC. Farther afield, we support seminaries in the Central African nations of Zambia and Malawi.
Quick Facts
■ Serve 57 Arch/dioceses and 19 International Arch/dioceses (11 of which are Zambian)
■ Staff an additional 5 seminaries (U.S. & Zambia)
■ Are responsible for a Baltimore parish of 800 families
■ Operate six seminary programs that serve more than 300 seminarians
■ Founded by Fr. Jean-Jacques Olier
McGivney Propaedeutic House of Formation
The Sulpicians are excited to offer a home to seminarians beginning their preparation for the priesthood on the original site where priestly formation began in our nation.
St. Mary's Seminary and University
St. Mary’s Seminary prepares candidates for the Roman Catholic diocesan priesthood. With strong mentoring relationships, St. Mary’s Seminary facilitates integration of the human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral dimensions necessary for authentic priestly witness and service in the image of Jesus Christ.
Theological College
In affiliation with The Catholic University of America, Theological College assists seminarians in the task of vocational discernment and in the preparation for priestly life and ministry at the diocesan level, particularly as experienced in the United States.
Emmaus Spirituality Centre in Zambia
Emmaus Spirituality Centre, a propaedeutic year of seminary formation, was established in 1989 in Zambia’s capital city, Lusaka. In the years that followed several Zambian priests, with the permission of their respective bishops.
St. Anthony's Seminary in Malawi
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi has entrusted the priestly formation of its seminarians to the Sulpicians since February 2018.
St. Kazito House in Lusaka, Zambia.
Founded in 2016 and named after a Ugandan martyr, St. Kizito House is a small house of priestly formation in Lusaka that is owned by the Diocese of Gaborone in Botswana.
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Raymond E. Brown, PSS, Lectures Are Now Available
When Sulpician Father Raymond Brown died on August 8, 1998, he was widely hailed as the premier American Catholic biblical scholar of the 20th century. For many years, there was limited availability of his popular lectures that he himself had restricted to the United Kingdom, where he had delivered them. Now, however, thanks to the work of Paul Soffe, proprietor of Welcome Recordings in the U.K., these lectures are available.
Discount period extended to March 31, 2026
The U.S. Province is proud to work with Mr. Soffe in making these lectures available, now in a new and upgraded digitized MP3 format, and available for a limited time with a significant discount.
For more information or to access this offer, click this link.
Sedes Sapientiae
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, the work of French sculptor Henri Bouriche (1826–1906). This statue is closely identified with the Sulpicians in the United States.
The statues are now available again for purchase. This link will open a new page with ordering information.
