Dear Seminarian

Dear Seminarian will prove a friendly and helpful guide to young men on their way up the steps of God’s altar.

“Dear seminarian, I have been praying for you with all my heart, for you may be one of our future priests, and priests are a miracle of God’s love for us. A man, through the sacrament of Ordination, becomes another Christ, with powers that go beyond human imagination…”

Chapter titles include:


Your awesome calling
Teach us to pray
Be seen; be approachable
Form us to live out our prophetic role as baptized persons
Prepare for the long haul
Prepare to give us spiritual direction

Fr. Don Guglielmi writes in Staritsa: The Spiritual Maternity of Catherine Doherty: 

“Catherine was a spiritual mother, with a vast experience of the spiritual life. In Dear Seminarian, she addresses a wide range of topics germane to priestly and spiritual formation. She received as spiritual sons, those who sought her guidance. Catherine’s starting point was always priestly identity—the priest extends the incarnation of Christ in history; he is an icon of Christ, or ‘another Christ.’ She sought to prepare them to shepherd God’s people in the spiritual crisis and challenge…that has continued and deepened in the present.” 

It is doubtful that any woman has spoken more often to seminarians and future priests than Catherine Doherty—renowned Catholic speaker, author of more than 40 books and hundreds of articles, and foundress of the Madonna House Apostolate. 

Warm, vital and human, this little book will be of interest not only to seminarians, but to priests and lay people as well.