Every year in November, students from Seminary of the Southwest face students from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in a friendly game of flag football known as the Polity Bowl. Join us at St. Andrew's Episcopal School (1112 West 31st Street) this year as the Mighty ThuriBulls of Southwest hope to win one against Presby. Go […]

On Thursday, September 15, at 5:30 p.m. please join us for a community Eucharist and a Fiesta to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the community of Seminary of the Southwest.  The service will be held in Christ Chapel and is open to the public. Alumna the Rev. Minerva Skeith will preach, and following the service, […]

The Center for Writing and Creative Expression at Southwest will launch its '22–'23 Soul in the City arts-and-music series by welcoming the Austin-based, nationally-renowned poet Roger Reeves to campus for […]

Please join us on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at 11:45 a.m. for Seminary of the Southwest's annual celebration of our founder, the Rt. Rev. John E. Hines. The event will take place in Christ Chapel on Seminary of the Southwest campus, with a lunch following in the Howell Dining Hall. The Rev. Nancy Frausto, Director […]

Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock to deliver keynote at annual alumni event Click here to watch a recording of the lecture The Southwest Alumni Association and Blandy Lecture Steering Committee are […]

Each Advent season, the community of Seminary of the Southwest publishes online and in print our Advent Meditations and prayers. This gift from the Southwest community is meant to be […]

Please remember the students, faculty and staff of Southwest when you consider your giving this season – particularly today, Giving Tuesday. With your help, we are forming people for service, ministry, and healing to help meet this crucial need for priests, bi-vocational clergy, and mental health counselors. But we cannot do this without your donations. […]

Weeks Campus Center Seminary of the Southwest John Burnett is a national correspondent based in Austin, Texas, who has been assigned a new beat for 2022—Polarized America—to explore all facets of our politically and culturally divided nation. Prior to this assignment, Burnett covered immigration, Southwest border affairs, Texas news and other national assignments. In 2018, […]

Christ Chapel Join the Southwest community for this celebration of Black Saints, with Preacher, the Very Rev. Kim L. Coleman. The Rev. Valerie Mayo presiding. Featuring the Huston-Tillotson Gospel Choir/Praise […]

Weeks Center In support of the 2023 Black History Month theme, "Black Resistance," join us for our 2023 BHM Keynote Address, "Black Resistance: Yet with a Steady Beat," featuring the Very Rev. Kim L. Coleman, National Union of Black Episcopalians president. This dinner will be a reflective look at the more than 200 years of […]

  2023 Payne Lecture featuring J. Kameron Carter via Livestream Please join Dr. J. Kameron Carter– Professor, Religious Studies, and Co-Director, Center for Religion and the Human at Indiana University Bloomington – as he presents the 2023 Payne Lecture titled Beyond (the Religion of) Whiteness. The lecture will be presented virtually and livestreamed at the […]

Christ Chapel (Please note venue change) A Spiritual Journey celebrating human life as we grapple with Loss and emerge in Joy. The Rev. Dr. Cheryl Kirk-Duggan,  international womanist scholar, vocal performer, professor, poet, prayer partner, and preacher returns to Austin, celebrating her love of God and her commitment to empower others to live their authentic […]