Whatever you give will go towards our work of forming the priests and deacons who will minister to future generations of the faithful across the country. It will help to maintain this beautiful building and its grounds as a place of formation, prayer and learning, treasuring its heritage and making it more sustainable. It will also help us to expand our mission to suit the changing needs of the wider Church.
It costs more than £250k to train a priest at Oscott, over the course of 6 years of seminary formation. Donations to the general fund will ensure that the College can use your donation in the best way possible, to support the training of men for Holy Orders.
The armorial windows are one of the college’s most significant and most overlooked historical assets. These 110 windows primarily celebrate past alumni of Oscott; remembering the days when the school still operated on the site. The latest phase of work to repair and preserve the historical record of these windows will cost £45k.
The Oscott chapel organ is central to the daily worship of the college community. Installed in 1838, it was a gift of Birmingham industrialist and devout Catholic, John Hardman. Despite its constant presence and daily use in the Chapel, its enigmatic history is still being unravelled. Much loved by those who play it, it is badly in need of restoration at a cost of over £150k, to ensure it continues to delight all who worship in the chapel for generations to come.
Our alumni network was established in 1861 to preserve the Oscott story through the fraternity of our membership and to support successive generations of seminarians through annual grants to the seminary community. All donations directly support the spiritual, pastoral, human and intellectual enrichment of our seminarians, helping them to bear witness and prepare for the great adventure of service in the ordained ministry.
Every academic year Oscott’s seminarians raise money for various chosen causes, via sponsored events and collections. This fund (formerly known as OAJP) helps international, national and local charities as selected by the seminarians themselves. Money raised in 24/25 will be split between: Aid to the Church in Need, The Catholic Student Network and The Johnson Association.
There are 99 volumes of Oscotian Magazines dating back to the earliest years of the college and the early 19th Century. Your donation will go towards having all the past issues scanned, using Optical Character Recognition. This digitisation means they can be shared more widely; their content can be more easily searched and their mysteries unlocked.
What is it like to train to become a priest? What is life in our seminary like? Take a read of stories and reflections from our students.
The Oscotian is the Official Annual Publication of St Mary’s College Oscott. Edited by our seminarians, every issue is a time capsule of our year, sharing key stories and reflections from our students and staff.
Everything that’s coming up, from tours to formation events, symposiums to times of prayer.
