Saint Vladimir's College

Not to be confused with Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary.

Saint Vladimir's

Type	seminary
Established	1936
Affiliation	Ukrainian Catholic
Location	Roblin , Manitoba , Canada

Saint Vladimir's is a former Ukrainian Catholic minor seminary in Roblin, Manitoba.

History

The origins of St. Vladimir's College is closely tied to the history of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ^[1] in Canada. In the early 1900s, Roman Catholic Redemptorist missionaries from Belgium were sent to Canada in order to serve the growing population of Ukrainian immigrants in the prairie provinces. Settling in Yorkton, Saskatchewan in 1904 they opened a monastery and church within ten years.

By 1917, they had seen the need to train young Canadian men for service in the church and they accepted their first two students as minor seminarians.

By 1936, after years of uncertainty, the minor seminary re-opened with the intent of educating young men in the Byzantine Rite. As this was the Rite of the majority of the Ukrainian immigrants, the institution was most welcomed and highly successful. The Ukrainian priests and their operation of the Yorkton Minor Seminary were instrumental in keeping alive the faith of the Ukrainian immigrants on the Canadian prairies and an essential factor in the growth of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Canada. ^[2]

It closed in 2002. ^[3]

See also

• St. Volodymyr Museum
• St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto)
• St. Volodymyr Kyiv University

References

1. "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Redemptorist Fathers College / St. Vladimir's College (Roblin, Municipality of Roblin)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
2. "Secondary Education in Manitoba" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
3. "St. Vladimir's College Reunion – June 28 to July 1, 2024 | Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon" . Retrieved 2025-04-19.

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