The new seminarians have been settling into life in Rome as they begin this important stage of their formation.

Together with the Rector, Fr Mark Cassidy, and the new Vice-Rector, Fr Matthew Carlin, they celebrated Holy Mass in the Chapel of St Columbanus, in the Vatican Grottoes beneath St Peter’s Basilica.

They are also pictured following Sunday Mass in the Baptistery Chapel at the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls.

Please keep our new seminarians, and all those preparing for the priesthood, in your prayers as they begin a new year of formation.