Motto: | Latin: Dispensatores mysteriorum Dei (Dispensers of the mysteries of God) |
Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology | |
Type: | Private |
Rector: | Reverend Monsignor Gerard H. McCarren, S.T.D. |
City: | South Orange |
State: | New Jersey |
Country: | U.S. |
Students: | Approximately 245 |
Administrative Staff: | 20 |
Campus: | Urban |
Parent: | Seton Hall University |
The Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology (ICSST) is the major seminary for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark and is part of Seton Hall University, a Roman Catholic university located in South Orange, New Jersey.
ICSST is one of the oldest Catholic seminaries in the United States. Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the country. ICSST admits lay persons, as well as seminarians, as students. In addition to a Seminary Formation Program to prepare men for priesthood, ICSST has a renowned graduate program offering the following degrees:
The school attracts students from all over the world and in 2006 created a bachelor's degree program in Catholic Theology.[1]