Is preaching just one more item on your to-do list, or is it part of your identity, part of  your self? We'll be looking at this topic and others, including the preacher alone and in community, the place of the preacher in the sermon, and the preacher as sermon. Join us for this practical and philosophical look at the role of the preacher in today's church. 

Seminary of the Southwest invites all clergy who are involved in Latino/Hispanic Ministry to the 2013 Clergy Latino Ministry Conference to be held in Austin on August 12 –14, 2013 at the seminary’s campus in Austin, Texas. Southwest has been sponsoring this popular annual conference for the last ten years.

On Sunday, September 8 at 5:00 p.m. the community and friends of Seminary of the Southwest will gather for Matriculation Evensong in Christ Chapel on the seminary campus.

The Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, dean and president, will preside and Academic Dean Dr. Scott Bader-Saye will preach at the service which will include the presentation of the Charles J. Cook Award in Servant Leadership, the installation of Bader-Saye as academic dean, and the matriculation of students enrolled for fall 2013 in four master's degrees and the diploma program at Southwest.

Seminary of the Southwest will celebrate the installation of Cynthia Briggs Kittredge as dean and president with a  festival Eucharist on Friday, September 13 at 7:00 p.m. at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd.  A reception will follow in the Parish Hall.

We ask that you RSVP by Friday, August 23.

You may RSVP on the following link or by calling Stacy Morales at 512-439-0399.

Seminary of the Southwest and the Southwest Alumni Association are honored to welcome the Rev. Tom Brackett as the 2013 Blandy lecturer on Tuesday, September 17 through Wednesday, September 18. 

Brackett is the missioner for church planting, ministry redevelopment and Fresh Expressions of Church for The Episcopal Church.

The topic of his lectures is Postcards From the Edge of Ministry.

‘Twas a Dark and Stormy Night!

Organ music fit for the crypt and a bit of Halloween hilarity will revive your spirits, as Seminary of the Southwest music director Kevin McClure and a collection of weird friends collaborate on another ’Twas A Dark and Stormy Night concert!

This Austin tradition (since 1992) materializes on

Sunday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.

Seminary of the Southwest is hosting Lunch On Us on Fridays for those interested in exploring the Master of Arts in Religion (MAR) degree.  

Beginning Friday, October 4 – Friday, November 8, the Enrollment Office staff will welcome you to discuss the MAR and answer your questions about the degree and life at the seminary.

Crossing the Border: The Miracles of God

Presented through a partnership of Austin Seminary, Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest, and Seminary of the Southwest

Date: Saturday, November 9

Time: 9:00 am-5:00 pm

Registration fee:$15

Register online at CrossingtheBorder

In preparation for celebrating Black History Month in February and 50 years of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Seminary of the Southwest showed a live webcast, "Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America," presented by The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Mississippi . Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori delivered the keynote address and Ray Suarez moderated the event.