SPIRITUAL FORMATION AS A QUEST FOR IMITATION OF CHRIST’S LIFE

 “By this Love you have for one another, everyone will know that you are my disciples” (John 13:35)

WELCOME TO QUEEN OF APOSTLES MINOR SEMINARY.

Queen of Apostles seminary is the junior Seminary of the Archdiocese of Nairobi whose mission is to foster and nurture vocations to priesthood. The primary task of every Seminarian is to become like Jesus Christ; to think like Him, to talk like Him and behave like Him. This is the goal of spiritual formation.  According to Christian teaching, man is created by God in His image and likeness for knowing, loving and serving God and thus to attain his perfect happiness in the next life.

Man, therefore, has a fundamental relationship with God, with his fellowmen and the universe. Man’s most fundamental relationship is to God, who out of great love, created him and sustains him at every moment and provides his needs and wills that he seeks and attains his complete happiness. The goal of seminary formation is to form a mature, integrated and balanced human person in all human dimensions.

Our Seminary endeavors to provide an enabling environment in which the student will hopefully grow into a whole human person. Seminary life is a multi-dimensional experience. While a student is expected to excel academically, this should also be a period during which a Seminarian takes full advantage of the available resources to grow morally, spiritually, socially and in every other respect.

Some of the services and activities which fall under the Spiritual Director in the seminary are: planning and coordinating all Liturgical celebrations, promoting sacramental life of students, pastoral guidance and counseling, helping students in vocational discernment, fostering  prayer life and animating Christian values in the life of seminarians. The objective of this department is to build seminarians’ faith and develop their spirituality. We rely on God’s grace that builds on nature to help the students discern the will of God in their lives. They are assisted to have a deep awareness of God’s presence in their lives.

In addition, students with distressing or disturbing personal and family issues are assisted to overcome them by the dedicated team of teachers, priests, counselors, spiritual director, recollection day facilitators, members of the vocation team, confessors and student leaders. Students are encouraged to raise and talk about issues that affect them. The life of Grace gives seminarians strength to persevere whatever difficulties that may come along the way.

 MAY GOD BLESS OUR SEMINARY.. MARY QUEEN OF APOSTLES, PRAY FOR US.