A summer curriculum that meets the dynamic needs of seminarians. 

The Church envisions an integrated priestly formation that leads seminarians into an intimate, lifelong personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The Institute for Priestly Formation offers the Summer Program for Seminarians that sharply focuses on supporting men entering into the Configuration Stage of formative, which is both intense and contemplative. The Summer Program aims to solidify a way of life rooted in communion with the Trinity and exercised in generous priestly service in union with the Good Shepherd.

The Curriculum Emphasizes:  

• Deepening and expanding the formation already received in the earlier stages of formation
• Personal relational prayer as the foundation for identit
• Discernment of spirits for daily life
• Silent, individually directed eight-day retreat
• Commitment to daily personal prayer
• Accompaniment in individual contemplative spiritual direction
• Forming fraternity in liturgical prayer and community living
• Based at Creighton University in Omaha, where IPF has flourished for thirty years

Mark your calendar for IPF Summer Program 2026: May 24 – July 4, 2025

Cost:

*Costs are inclusive of meals, lodging and program fee

• $9,050 (19 meals/week) or $8,800 (14 meals/week)

IPF Summer Seminarian Program

The Transition from the Discipleship to Configuration

Learn more from Father James Rafferty, S.T.D., IPF’s director of Spiritual Formation about the transition from the discipleship to configuration stage.

The Critical Role of Accompaniment

Learn more from Deacon James Keating, Professor of Spiritual Theology, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, St. Louis about the role of accompaniment in the IPF Summer Program.