In the Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome many groups of pilgrims will pass through the Marche; here, for those who wish, it will be possible to visit the Redemptoris Mater Seminary of Macerata, the “type” of all the Redemptoris Mater Seminaries in the world in terms of the new aesthetics introduced by Kiko Arguello.

“Second millennium! We need new priests, and here you have a Seminary with a new aesthetic. It is not about any luxury here, quite the opposite! We want in these seminaries a fundamental pedagogical thing: that these priests feel loved by God. We have seen the evil that makes people treat man like a dog: then he bites, bites! And we have so many people like that, because today the family is destroyed and our young people are carrying very deep wounds because their parents are separated. We must make them understand that in this seminary we would like to give them the best we have: beauty, love, so that feeling loved they can love everyone”.

Kiko Arguello – January 16, 2000.
Inauguration of the “Redemptoris Mater” Seminary in Macerata

 “We would like to give in this Seminar an aesthetic, a love, an idea of what the Way does for all of us, which is to love each other: love!
That is what must be at the center, that I think it is, of this Seminary, of the seminarians, of the catechists, of all of us! God is close to us, he loves us, he is with us, and he sends us to evangelize!”

Kiko Arguello – June 29, 2021.
Inauguration of the Great Hall of the “Redemptoris Mater” Seminary in Macerata.

The Seminarians and Formators of the Seminary are ready to welcome you and immerse you in this wonder.