- 1. Completed Application Packet
- Application Interview
- Transcripts from previous high schools, colleges or universities
- Employment Record
- Letters of Reference
- Certificates of Baptism and Confirmation
- Medical Examination Report
- Autobiography
- Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Search
- Psychological Evaluation
- Freedom from Canonical Impediments
- Panel Interview with Vocations Admission Committee (three members of the laity.)
- Approval of Candidate by Vocations Advisory Committee
- Approval of Candidate by the Seminary of Christ the King
- Approval of Candidate by the Archbishop of Vancouver. With the Seminary’s acceptance and the Archbishop’s approval, the Candidate is advised in writing that he has been admitted to the Spirituality Year.
- Review and sign Policy of Financial Assistance for Seminarians and Those Ordained to the Transitional Diaconate
- Review and Sign Seminarian Code of Conduct
Following admittance to the Seminary, seminarians will be evaluated each year by the Seminary faculty as well as by their peers.
Based upon the information received from the above-mentioned evaluations, the Vocations Advisory Committee, which the Archbishop chairs, will decide on a yearly basis whether or not a seminarian will be permitted to continue his formation to the priesthood in the Archdiocese of Vancouver.
Approved: September 21, 2018
Feast of St. Matthew
+ J. Michael Miller, CSB
Archbishop of Vancouver
The following policy is hereby superseded:
Seminary Admission Requirements, issued on 19 June 2018
