St. John Vianney Seminary
Lay Division
The St. John Vianney Theological Seminary Lay Division houses our flagship programs of the Biblical and Catechetical Schools in addition to a number of Enrichment Courses that help people know, love, and share their faith. We currently serve more than 2,200 students in 60+ locations throughout the Archdiocese of Denver and the Diocese of Colorado Springs.
The Biblical School is a four-year journey through every book of Scripture that helps people understand the narrative history of God’s saving acts through His patriarchs, prophets, and people, leading up to the fullness of revelation in Jesus Christ.
The Catechetical School is a two-year journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church that reveals the Catechism to be not a dry book of dogmas but rather a “Ladder of Ascent” which leads us to communion with God in a life of prayer.
Click on the buttons below to view the new 2019-2020 locations with their information sessions by individual program and to register!
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Joseph, Model of Poverty
Image: Flight into Egypt, Eugène Girardet To conclude my series on the Evangelical Counsels, I would like to propose St.…
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"To start with, we may ask what Joseph’s relationship with temporal goods was… well, he had none!"
How do we live the Evangelical Counsel of poverty as lay people? Saint Joseph shows us the way of detachment and poverty of spirit in this third and final post in Biblical School instructor Daniel Campbell's series on the Evangelical Counsels.
Joseph, Model of Poverty - St. John Vianney Lay Division
St. Joseph is a model of living the Evangelical Counsel of poverty in spirit. He shows us how to seek first the Kingdom by being detached from this world.It's an exciting time of year as classes begin next month! Below is a list of our final summer information sessions for the Biblical School program. For more details, go to sjvlaydivision.org/biblical-school/
Aug. 26: St. Dominic Catholic Church (Security)
Aug. 26: Nativity of Our Lord (Broomfield)
Aug. 27: Queen of Peace Catholic Parish (Aurora)
Aug. 27: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Longmont)
Aug. 28: Risen Christ Catholic Parish (Denver)
Aug. 28: Divine Redeemer Catholic Church (Colorado Springs)
Aug. 29: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (Denver)
Aug. 29: Our Lady of the Pines (Byers)
Aug. 23 & 24: St. Anthony Catholic Church (Sterling)
Aug. 30 & Aug 31: St Helena Catholic Church (Fort Morgan)
Sept. 5: Saint William Catholic Church (Fort Lupton)
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Our new 2019-2020 class locations for the Biblical School, Catechetical School, and Enrichment Courses are now finalized! Click on the links below to view the new locations with their information sessions by individual program and register! (Click here for a master list of all locations in a printable PDF.)
New 2019-2020 Biblical School Locations!
New 2019-2020 Catechetical School Locations!
New 2019-2020 Enrichment Courses!
Several morning classes have childcare!
We’re looking for substitute instructors: The Biblical and Catechetical Schools are looking for qualified substitute instructors. Subs are among those first considered for future part-time or full-time positions. Interested? Contact Dr. Nicholas Lebish at nicholas.lebish@archden.org.
