St. Mary's Seminary, Umuowa
A Catholic seminary secondary school at Umuowa, Orlu, Imo State, forming boys in knowledge, hard work and intelligence.
Ingenii et morum disciplinae
Welcome
We open the world of knowledge for you
St. Mary's Seminary stands at Umuowa in Orlu, Imo State. It is a boarding school and a house of formation, where academic work, prayer and daily discipline are carried on side by side. Boys come here to be taught, and they leave prepared for the seminary, the university and the work of ordinary life.
Knowledge
Sound teaching across the sciences, letters and the classics, in classrooms and laboratories that expect real work.
Hard work
An ordered day of study, chapel, chores and games. Boys learn here that effort is the ordinary path to anything worth having.
Intelligence
Minds trained to reason clearly and speak honestly, so that what is learned here is useful long after school ends.
Formation
A school day that forms the whole boy
In the classroom
Lessons, laboratory work, debate and reading, taught by staff who know each boy by name.
In community
Boarding life teaches courtesy, honesty and responsibility for one another.
In the chapel
Daily prayer keeps the school rooted, and for some it becomes the beginning of a vocation.
Gallery
Life on the seminary grounds
School anthem
Hail St. Mary's our mother, the mother of the Church,
St. Mary's Seminary Umuowa we hail,
the mother of vocation to thy holy priesthood,
holy Virgin Mary, O pray for us.
You are the alma mater to thousands of priests,
and to many great men in our society,
we hail thee our great seminary,
holy Virgin Mary, O pray for us.
St. Mary's Seminary Umuowa, true home,
a citadel of learning and character formation.
Lead us, O Lord, to a brighter future;
with our mother's intercession we shall triumph,
through hard work, prayer and strong faith.
Alumni
Alma mater to thousands of priests
Old boys of St. Mary's serve in parishes and dioceses across Nigeria and beyond, and many others have gone on to work in medicine, law, teaching and public life. The friendships formed here tend to last a lifetime.
Admissions and enquiries
Ask us about a place for your son
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P.O. Box 64, Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria|info@smsumuowa.com