I had only worked as a PC tech, then computer programmer, before entering the seminary. Unlike Ladislaus, I had no college experience before the seminary. I loved my seminary experience, but it's sad to say that it wouldn't be the same today. neo-SSPX debate, but frankly it's hard to pass over that element altogether.) There's a reason there's a Resistance - there are a lot of concrete changes which have taken place, including at the Seminary, and these are the things that many decades-long, non-sedevacantist, serious Catholic, former SSPX supporters are "resisting" at the present day. (I know you didn't want to get into the Resistance vs. The SSPX American seminary is in Virginia now, isn't it?ĭifferent building, different location, different rector, different attitude in the SSPX, different language used to teach theology, different Canon Law taught, different attitude towards the Conciliar hierarchy, different views on the Crisis being taught, etc. It was a different place then, and in fact the Winona, MN property is no longer used to train seminarians.
So I only made it partway through "third year" even though I spent 7 semesters there. I was there from 2000 - 2003, and I did Bishop Williamson's "zero year" a.k.a. Thomas Aquinas than I did at all these classes combined. While at CUA, I also took graduate-level theology courses, and I can say that I learned more theology in the first month at St. I was enlisted to teach Latin at the seminary.
(even though I took all the necessary coursework). I changed course and didn't take the exams, so I never got my Ph.D. got a double major in Greek and Latin at Loyola University of Chicago, and then completed the graduate coursework in the Patristic Greek and Latin program at The Catholic University of America. Quote from: Ladislaus on May 03, 2018, 08:50:44 AM I was there many years ago now (1989 - 1991), so I can't speak to the current state of the seminary. But I changed course and became a computer programmer (something I had done since the age of 10 on my own). After leaving STAS, I eventually returned to grad school at CUA. So I took summer classes and finished my degrees by the end of my Junior year. Then, after my Sophomore year, I decided that I wanted to enter the seminary. I was actually a Freshman at Loyola when I first found an SSPX Mass center and started attending. History The SSPX is a work of God's Providence.I was there many years ago now (1989 - 1991), so I can't speak to the current state of the seminary.Mission What does the SSPX want to achieve? A unique religious community within the Church, integrally promoting and preserving the treasures of Catholic tradition around the world.