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Corpus Christi College Seminary

Locality: Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9657 0222

Address: 180 Drummond Street 3053 Carlton, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.corpuschristicollege.org.au

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25.01.2022 6th year Melbourne seminarian, Jaycee Napoles shares 3 tips for discerning a vocation to the Priesthood. Watch todays #VocationVids and find out what those are!

25.01.2022 Today lets hear how one question got the ball rolling for our brother Deacon Jude Johnson. #VocationVids And many thanks to Vocations Melbourne for this wonderful series of vocation testimonies! Let us pray for him and all our brother deacons, who await the day of their priestly ordination.

24.01.2022 Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Mark Edwards OMI as the new Bishop of Wagga Wagga today! Bishop Mark contributed to the life of the seminary as an episcopal trustee of the College. We thank him for his support and friendship, and for always inspiring us (in the words of his motto) to "Learn who you are in the eyes of God." We wish him all the best as he embarks in this next part of his journey, and we ask all of you to join us in keeping him in prayer. Photos: Bp Mark led the recapitulation retreat for our community (Nov 2015)

24.01.2022 PALM SUNDAY + We are thinking of you in a special way today, remembering that we are usually WITH YOU on these solemn days. Weve decorated our church gate with palms, not only as a sign that Christ the King is welcome here, but also as a sign for you: we are lifting you in prayer before God! You are in our hearts!

23.01.2022 Todays #VocationVids features John from our 2nd year cohort. Nows the time- to trust, and to listen to the voice of Jesus the Good Shepherd! Please pray for our seminarians, especially those who have had to stay home during this lockdown time. May we be (safely) reunited soon.

23.01.2022 "May we place our trust in God and once again support each other by being attentive to the present moment in the situation we are in." by Jackson Saunders

23.01.2022 From your sons, the seminarians of Corpus Christi: love and gratitude! To our mothers, those with us and those no longer | To generous ladies everywhere who pray for us, support and encourage us | To women religious, who are like mothers and older sisters to us | To the Mother of God, blessed Mary, our own sweet Mother <3 DDP, unsplash.com

23.01.2022 On this Good Shepherd Sunday and World Day of Prayer for Vocations, please take some time to pray for our courageous seminarians, priests and religious, especia...lly during these challenging times. These seminarians have given their 'yes' to God in response to His call for their lives, just like the Blessed Virgin Mary's perfect "yes" or "Fiat" when the Angel Gabriel visited her at the Annunciation. How will you respond to the Lord's call in your own vocation?

23.01.2022 One of our brothers from Hobart, Rev Mr Steven Smith, will be ordained to the Priesthood tonight. Let us keep him in our prayers on this most sacred and joyful occasion. Thanks to the Archdiocese of Hobart for making available the link to the livestream, which begins 7pm. https://www.youtube.com/watch Our Lady, Mother of priests, pray for him. St Patrick, patron of the Hobart archdiocese, pray for him. St Charbel Makhlouf, pray for him.

22.01.2022 Congratulations Bishop-Elect Bennet!

22.01.2022 "Victorian people of faith aren’t too pleased at being forced to stand outside the doors of their sacred places to celebrate the most important dimensions of their fundamental beliefs and commitments. If they are gathering outside in the wind and rain, looking over at their locked doors, it’s pretty hard to explain why the doors of the cafe across the road are invitingly open." - Archbishop Comensoli #COVID19 #vicgov #danandrews

22.01.2022 On Friday we celebrated the ordination of Tasmanias newest priest, Fr Steven Smith, at St Marys Cathedral in Hobart.

21.01.2022 2nd year seminarian Ian recounts the elements that helped him discern his vocation, and what he enjoys the most about seminary life. #VocationVids Go for it! You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. For if we have You, dear Jesus, we have everything.

20.01.2022 You might want to consider this opportunity for a free, online Rosary Pilgrimage, made available by Parousia Media and beginning on 08 Sept- the birthday of Our Lady. To learn more and register, follow this link: https://www.parousiamedia.com/the-spiritual-rosary-pilgrim/ It will feature local and international speakers, and you will be joining 20,000 (and counting) people from around the world. It will end, fittingly, on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, 07 October.

20.01.2022 "Ordination is a gift." Hear from our newly ordained brothers, Fr Steven and Fr Chathura. Happy feast day of St John Vianney, patron saint of all priests!

18.01.2022 Thinking about the priesthood or know someone who is? Come, join in on the discussion about discernment with Melbourne Prays, tonight at 8pm.

18.01.2022 Rhys from our 2nd year cohort shares with us today a few pearls of wisdom regarding discernment. Pray for our discerners! May they hear the Spirit crying out to them: Be not afraid! #VocationVids

18.01.2022 HOLY THURSDAY | "The Master says: My time is near. It is at your house that I am keeping Passover with my disciples..." (Matthew 26:18) Join Archbishop Peter Comensoli this evening for the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper, livestreamed on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAN4FD5kmO0, or televised on Channel 31 (Ch 44 on digital television).

16.01.2022 Today is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Be with us in spirit as we celebrate the feast day of our seminary, Corpus Christi College. As part of this celebration, we are pleased to bring you this year's edition of Corpus Christi College's annual magazine, Vivere. Due to COVID-19, this year's edition has been published exclusively online.

16.01.2022 2020 A Year of Loss and Gain!

16.01.2022 In this extended reflection, sixth year seminarian Samuel Pearson interviews staff and students from the seminary in lockdown here and in Rome, about the joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties during this time of pandemic.

16.01.2022 Life, family and faith matter. #COVID19 #vicgov #WeAreEssential

15.01.2022 23 May: We pray for those who suffer 1. Scripture Reading (John 19:25-27) But standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mothers sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, Woman, behold, your son! then he said to the disciple, Behold, your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his home.... 2. Prayer: Mother of sorrows, you stood by the Cross, sharing in the sufferings of Jesus. Holy Mary, may we follow your example and stand by all your children who need comfort and love. Obtain healing for the sick, consolation for their family and friends, protection for the vulnerable and wisdom for those who lead us. In a special way, look after our doctors and nurses, carers and priests who minister to the sick during this crisis. Mother of God, Help of Christians, be with us- stand by us in our trials and care for us in our many needs. Amen. 3. Resolution: Let us offer Our Lady today- 3 Hail Mary's to pray for the recovery of all people infected by the coronavirus. TOMORROW we will join our bishops in their act of entrustment. Let us prepare and lift up our hearts.

13.01.2022 Sunday lunch at the seminary. Fr Denis and Joseph Schaefer are on duty this weekend. a blessed Sunday to all!

13.01.2022 TODAY we begin our three days of preparation for Australia's reconsecration to Our Lady Help of Christians. Following the text of consecration, we will pray for three groups of people. 21 May: We pray for all the members of our community. 1. Short Scripture reading (Acts 1:12-14) ... "Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath's day journey away; and when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the Son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren." 2. Prayer: Holy Mary, succour the miserable, help the faint-hearted, comfort the sorrowful, pray for the people, plead for the clergy, intercede for all women consecrated to God; may all who keep your holy commemoration feel now your help and protection. Be ever ready to assist us when we pray, and bring back to us the answers to our prayers. Make it your continual care to pray for the people of God- you who, blessed by God, merited to bear the Redeemer of the world, who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen. 3. Resolution: Let us offer Our Lady today- a kind word, a friendly conversation, a helping hand to those with whom we live or work with.

12.01.2022 Our brother Chathura Silva will be ordained to the Priesthood tomorrow, Fri 31 July. Livestreaming of the Mass of Ordination will start at 7.00pm (AEST) from the Church of the Apostles in Launceston, Tasmania. Please join us in praying for him and his future ministry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BMfU-84hns Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, pray for him. Saint Ignatius of Loyola, pray for him.

10.01.2022 "Looking back at photos of my ordination and hearing people reflecting on its significance for them, it certainly feels like another world" ~ Bishop Mackinlay _____ College Trustee and our former philosophy lecturer (and himself once a student of the seminary), Bishop Shane Mackinlay, has experienced a lot in his first year as Bishop. It's hard to believe that we all squeezed into a packed Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bendigo already a year ago! Here Bishop Shane reflects on on...e year as Bishop. https://sandhurst.catholic.org.au//1743-looking-back-on-my Sandhurst Vocations Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst Sacred Heart Cathedral (Sandhurst Diocese)

08.01.2022 24 MAY: CONSECRATION DAY! Today we join our bishops in re-entrusting Australia to Mary Help of Christians. You might want to gather your family, or share this with friends, and we can pray together. Immaculate Mother of God, Help of Christians, pray for us! Resolution: Let us offer Our Lady today the Holy Rosary, lovingly recited, while meditating on the Glorious Mysteries. You can join Fr Pearce and some of our seminarians at Melbourne Prays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI7aMXpA0jI Video: Joseph Nguyen Music: "Mary, Handmaid & Mother" (Mullen & Latona, 2012)

08.01.2022 We are delighted to hear that the Bishops of Australia will entrust our nation to Mary Help of Christians. We invite you to join us for three days of prayerful preparation here on our Facebook page (21-23 May), and in uniting ourselves with our bishops with the Act of Entrustment on Sunday 24 May. In the meantime, invite your family and friends- you might want to share this graphic, or tag them in the comments. "Be devoted to Mary Help of Christians and you will see what miracles are." (St John Bosco)

07.01.2022 One of our 6th year brothers, Tom, shares some tips for discerning the call to priesthood. Also, pray for him and our whole community, and for all discerning Gods call in their lives. Send, O Lord, holy apostles into your Church! #VocationVids

06.01.2022 Introducing Fr Jerome Santamaria as the new Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Melbourne to begin as of next Wednesday, November 4. Please keep him in your prayers.

06.01.2022 "When we pray for vocations, what are we praying for?" As part of National Vocations Awareness Week #NVAW, our Rector Fr Denis Stanley, wrote this article on the drama in the mystery of God's call to each of us and the importance of praying for vocations in number and depth.

05.01.2022 Following today's High Court decision, Archbishop Peter A Comensoli has written a letter to the laity, religious and clergy of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Rea...d the full text below or online here: bit.ly/LettertoFaithful Dear friends in Christ Jesus, This week, Holy Week, we have entered into the journey with Jesus towards his passion, death and resurrection. As disciples of Jesus Christ we make this journey with him to the foot of his Cross. His is the suffering, yet we accept our own part in it. This journey with Jesus can be confronting. Our faith community in Melbourne over these past two years has been caught up in another hard and difficult journey as we have followed the court proceedings involving Cardinal George Pell and the person identified through the Courts as J. It has been an intense and painful time for so many, especially all those personally involved in this case. But most particularly, this has been a hard road for all those whose wounds of abuse have been re-opened and laid bare our relatives, friends and fellow travellers. At the heart of this trial and appeal process have been the people involved. I want to firstly acknowledge J, who brought forward his story of abuse for examination in the courts of law. This is a right we value and honour. I also acknowledge Cardinal Pell who has steadfastly maintained his innocence throughout. Rightly, he has been afforded the full possibilities of the judicial system. This decision means the Cardinal has been wrongly convicted and imprisoned, and he is now free to live his life peaceably within the community. As a Christian disciple, and taking my lead from the Gospel (Matthew 25.31-46), I have striven to uphold the dignity of J and Cardinal Pell throughout this time, both in my private thoughts and public statements. The sole matter for examination in this case was whether Cardinal Pell committed certain despicable crimes, of which he has now been acquitted, and not about the broader question of how Church authorities have dealt with sexual abuse. Yet, I fully appreciate that people have seen in this case another emblematic story of sexual abuse by a Catholic priest. And it has brought a deeper weariness of soul to people of faith. I am acutely aware of the division this matter has created in our community. Even now, at the end of this process. Some will be comforted; others will remain distressed. I have lost count of the conversations I have had with our people, who continue to draw strength and purpose from following in the way of Jesus Christ, yet whose anguish and anger towards the institutions of the Church and her leaders is visceral. While each allegation of abuse should rightly be addressed individually, the accumulative effect of the nature and extent of it has left most Catholics, and people of goodwill generally, utterly ashamed of what continues to emerge. You tell me of your outrage that this has been allowed to happen. Yours is a righteous anger and I share it with you. But this journey to the Cross points us to a particular place one of restoration and Christs promised hope. Healing the damage done to those who have suffered Church-related sexual abuse, and building a culture of life, trust, care and goodness for all in the Church, is the task I lead. It is something in which we all have a part to play. As Archbishop of Melbourne I re-dedicate myself and our Archdiocese to finding new ways of listening attentively to victims of sexual abuse, and accompanying them on pathways to justice, redress and healing. We continue our efforts to protect and care for our young people and for those who are vulnerable, and to make our faith communities safe, as Jesus Christ expects of us. And, I commit myself to encouraging and supporting the many faithful Clergy who currently serve in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. I invite you to join me in walking with our brothers and sisters who have experienced abuse in helping them to find recovery in their lives. This means active support for rigorous safeguarding policies and practices, respectful listening to survivors of abuse, and our own conversion. Let us pray for J and his family; pray for Cardinal Pell and his family; pray and work for survivors of abuse; and build a Church that is centred on Gods love for each person, with a special care and concern for the weakest, the most vulnerable, the most hurt. In Jesus Christ, whose life is our hope and healing, I make the following words my prayer today. For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my deliverance and my honour; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. (Psalm 62:5-8) Yours sincerely in Christ Jesus Most Rev Peter A Comensoli Archbishop of Melbourne

04.01.2022 It is also exciting to see so many lay people being introduced to the Divine Office during this time, and how they are responding so positivity to this beautiful form of prayer. Joseph Schaefer, a second-year student at Corpus Christi College.

04.01.2022 The funny, creative and beautiful ways, priests are responding to #COVID19

04.01.2022 Photos from the Ordination of Fr Chathura Silva. Fr Chat, you are a priest of Jesus Christ for ever! Ad multos annos!

04.01.2022 Send, O Lord, holy apostles into Your Church! "Just do it- Just get it out of your system- 'Date' your vocation- Give it a go!"- Archbishop Comensoli (See the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch) Saint Joseph, pray for vocations and for our seminarians!

03.01.2022 Stay tuned for a special segment. We'll be live on Facebook at 1PM today #vocationsunlocked

03.01.2022 The Ordination to the Diaconate of Alexander Hong Jiun Chow by Archbishop Peter A Comensoli took place yesterday on the Solemnity of St Mary MacKillop. Deacon Alexander was formally a Chemical Scientist who grew up in Brunei. Read his story below and please keep him in your prayers. https://melbournecatholic.org.au//Walk-with-him-and-trust-

03.01.2022 Congratulations to all our brothers who graduated last night!

03.01.2022 Today as we officially welcome our new Vocations Director Fr Jerome Santamaria, we would also like to express our deepest gratitude to our former Director, Fr D...avid Cartwright and to our former Assistant Director, Fr Nicholas Pearce for their diligent service and generosity over the past 6 years. May the Lord be with them as they continue their work to serve God and His people in their respective parishes and ministries. Please keep them in your prayers. See more

02.01.2022 The #VocationVids continue! Today we have one of our brothers, Allan (4th yr), talk about his journey- and how the example of priests helped him make the decision to say yes. Lord Jesus, sanctify your priests! We look to them for leadership, example, fatherhood; we look to them for You. Let no soul be snatched away from your priests hands, and let no priest be snatched away from Yours.

02.01.2022 From all of us, to all of you, wherever you may be: HAPPY EASTER, this solemn feast of the Lords Resurrection! Blessings to you and peace, from our Risen Lord Jesus. Peace!

02.01.2022 22 May: We pray for all families 1. Scripture reading (Matthew 12:46-50) While Jesus was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood outside, asking to speak to him. .. But he replied to the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?" And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brethren! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother." ... 2. Prayer: Lord God, through your Son, Jesus, grant that every family may become a true shrine of life and love. Grant that love, strengthened by the grace of the sacrament of marriage, may prove mightier than all the weakness and trials through which our families sometimes pass. Through the intercession of the Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that the Church may fruitfully carry out her worldwide mission in the family and through the family. Holy Mary, Queen of families, pray for us. 3. Resolution: Let us offer Our Lady today- a sincere phone call or message to members of our family, especially those we haven't seen or talked to in a while.