Emanuele Costa, International President of the Serra Club, came to visit the seminary accompanied by the President of the Fraser Valley Serra Club, Elena Rapalo, and his husband, Alex. Emanuele is the sixth of nine children and grew up in Genoa, Italy. He graduated from the University of Genoa with a degree in economy and commerce. After spending twenty years between Genoa, New York, and Miami managing the family-owned shipping business, he started his own private equity comp

On the 28th of October 2025, Archbishop Smith came to visit for the first time his Redemptoris Mater Seminary. He met the formators and the responsible Team of the Neocatechumenal Way, Stefano & Lucia, Fr Leone and Francesco. It was a very fruitful conversation in which he learned much of what is the Neocatechumenal journey. He also met all the seminarians and listened to their experiences. He said: "Your level of self-understanding and how the Lord has worked within you is r

The rectors of the English-speaking Seminaries in Canada visit the Redemptoris Mater of Vancouver On the 8th of October, we were glad to host the rectors of the English-speaking seminaries of Canada. They all came for the annual conference in Vancouver, which took place at Westminster Abbey in Mission. It was chaired by His Excellency Mons. Hector Vila, Bishop of Whitehorse and lieson between the English-speaking seminaries and the Conference of Catholic Bishops. After two da

The Rite for Admission to Candidacy is an important step for each seminarian on his journey toward the priesthood. The rite is an...