The mission of St. Mary’s Seminary is to accompany discipleship and configuration stage seminarians in their discernment of a call to the Roman Catholic priesthood and to form holy, virtuous, competent, and compassionate Roman Catholic priests.

The goal is the development not just of a well-rounded person, a prayerful person, or an experienced pastoral practitioner but rather one who understands his formation within the context of his call to service in the Church.   

-Program of Priestly Formation,  6th ed. 116

The vision of this esteemed school of Mary is providing the most excellent and comprehensive formation for seminarians through programs of human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral formation. Through effective witness and pedagogy, the seminary’s faculty, staff, and supporters will challenge seminarians to be espoused heralds of the Gospel, configured to the heart of the Good Shepherd, that they might provide worthy pastoral service to the mystical body of Christ as priests. 

In the spirit of mutual respect and shared vision, the Community of Formators of the Seminary, along with the bishops and faithful of the sponsoring dioceses and ordinariates in Texas and across the nation, work together to produce true pastors for their respective flocks, which is essential to the work of proclaiming the Kingdom of God.