Academics
The time spent at St. John Fisher varies on the status of the individual seminarian. Men who do not hold a college degree reside at the Seminary until they receive their undergraduate degree in philosophy at Sacred Heart University or Fordham University. Men who have earned their undergraduate degrees elsewhere are given a course of study which is in compliance with the USCCB's Program of Priestly Formation and includes 33 credits of philosophy to prepare them for graduate courses in theology at a major seminary. Pre-theologians usually spend 2–3 years at St. John Fisher Seminary.
Alumni of St. John Fisher Seminary are currently in formation at the Pontifical North American College, Vatican City State; and Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. In addition, there are a significant number of graduates who went on to study at the following institutions: St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook, Pa.; Theological College of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.; Holy Apostles Seminary, Cromwell, Conn., and Blessed John XXIII National Seminary, Weston Mass.
Because St. John Fisher Seminary is a house of formation, growth in every aspect of a candidate's human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral formation is at the core of the program. Seminary formators assist the seminarian in these various aspects of seminary life.
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