Humans of Conception

Information regarding coronavirus, COVID-19

*Revised 03/23/2020 at 11:47:26 AM  In light of the rapid spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, Conception Abbey and Seminary College will be taking further precautions to minimize the spread of the virus and protect the health of our seminarians, guests, faculty, employees, and monastic community. The Conception campus is now a single quarantine zone.…

Conception Seminary College announces Fall 2019 Dean’s List

CONCEPTION, Mo. – The Office of the Registrar at Conception Seminary College, in Conception, Missouri, announced the students named to the Dean’s List for the 2019 fall semester.   To be included on the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled as a full-time student and earn a 3.70 GPA or higher on at least…

Conception Seminary College to host annual comedic fall play

Conception Seminary College will present their annual fall theater production, entitled Greater Tuna, by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard. The play is a looney, hilarious comedy send-up of small-town morals and mores.  What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye, and Rev. Spikes have in common?  They are all…

Auditions open for Conception Seminary College’s fall theater production

CONCEPTION, Mo. — Open auditions for all acting roles will be held at Conception Seminary College for its upcoming production of Greater Tuna by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard. The auditions will be Monday, September 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Drama Room in the basement of St. Michael Hall on the Conception…

Conception Seminary College graduates 20

CONCEPTION, Mo. – Conception Seminary College celebrated the annual commencement ceremony in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on Saturday, May 11, 2019. Twenty seminarians completed the requirements to earn undergraduate degrees and become alumni. Conception Seminary’s annual spring commencement ceremonies also celebrated numerous seminarians and their academic achievements as they were honored with scholarships.…

Conception Seminary College announces Spring 2019 Dean’s List

CONCEPTION, Mo. – The Office of the Registrar at Conception Seminary College, in Conception, Missouri, announced the students named to the Dean’s List for the 2019 spring semester.   To be included on the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled as a full-time student and earn a 3.70 GPA or higher on at least…

Conception Seminary College announces Fall 2018 Dean’s List

CONCEPTION, Mo. – The Office of the Registrar at Conception Seminary College, in Conception, Missouri, announced the students named to the Dean’s List for the 2018 fall semester.   To be included on the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled as a full-time student and earn a 3.70 GPA or higher on at least…

Conception Seminary College fall play to mix up fairy tales

Conception Seminary College will present their annual fall theater production, entitled The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon.  The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and a cast of characters attempt to combine all 209 tales into some bizarre and obscure updated tales. This play…

Conception Seminary College Library to host talk, “Conversion of Heart”

The Conception Abbey and Seminary Library will present speakers Dr. James Leek and Dr. Kenneth Klassen for a talk entitled, “Conversion of Heart: An education through wonder.” They will speak at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 13, in St. Maur Hall on the campus of Conception Abbey and Seminary College.   Leek and Klassen are past…

Conception welcomes youth for liturgical leadership experience

Conception, Mo. – Summer is usually a quiet time of renewal on the campus of Conception Abbey and Seminary College as students are gone between semesters. However, campus buzzed with life last week, July 16-20, all because of a unique summer experience called, “One Bread, One Cup.”   One Bread, One Cup (OBOC) is a five-day…