Priests themselves are in need of ongoing formation.  Saint John Paul II in his post-synodal exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis (“I will give you shepherds”) wrote that “permanent formation is a requirement of the priest’s own faithfulness to his ministry, to his very being.  It is love for Jesus Christ and fidelity to oneself. But it is also an act of love for the People of God, at whose service the priest is placed.” 

The Byzantine Catholic Seminary  welcomes priests desiring a sabbatical or a time and place to do academic research, or any Roman Catholic priests seeking bi-ritual faculties to our Community of Ongoing Formation.