One Person, One Step: Faith Practice in Climate Crisis Harvey Lecture featuring the Rev. Nurya Love Parish 6:30 p.m. | Knapp Auditorium The Rev. Nurya Love Parish is  a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and executive director of Plainsong Farm & Ministry. She co-founded Plainsong Farm in 2016 as a new farm and ministry that […]

Note: All livestreamed events are also viewable on the Seminary of the Southwest Facebook page. Holy Wednesday (4-13-22) Tenebrae, 7:00 p.m., Christ Chapel This Tenebrae will be an abbreviated office structured around chanted psalms, readings, and responsories. The distinctive ceremonial of the service includes fifteen candles, ultimately symbolizing the triumph of Christ over evil and […]

Seminary of the Southwest will hold two ceremonies this year – an evening service of Holy Eucharist and a formal morning Commencement – to recognize and celebrate graduating students and award degrees in divinity, religion, counseling, chaplaincy and pastoral care, and spiritual formation and diplomas in Anglican studies and in theological studies. This year’s Commencement […]

New Student Orientation all programs - August 20 New Student Orientation MDiv, DAS, MAR - August 20-23

Matriculation Evensong and Reception Please join us in Christ Chapel on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 5pm for Southwest’s annual Matriculation Evensong service where new students are welcomed and begin their important journey of leadership formation. At the service incoming students will add their names to the same Matriculation Book so many alumni have signed, […]

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 a reading and book-signing. Come enjoy refreshments and fellowship with Roger on Thursday, September 22, from 6:45–8:00 p.m. in Howell Dining Hall on the Seminary […]

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 proud to announce Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock as the speaker at the 2022 Blandy Lecture. The event will be held on November 16, 2022, in […]

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 a companion to those who prayerfully reflect on each day of Advent. Check back in mid-November to view the online content, and if you would […]