Record number graduate from US diocesan college seminary St. Joseph College Seminary enables young men to discern a possible vocation to the priesthood Updated: May 28, 2021 06:05 AM GMT Trending St. Joseph College Seminary. (Photo: WataugaDemocrat.com) St. Joseph College Seminary, the only program of its kind between Washington and Miami, graduated nine men this May -- the largest class since its founding. Seven of the nine men earned undergraduate degrees from the Benedictine-run Belmont Abbey College May 15. They join the ranks of nine other men who have graduated from the college seminary -- a total of 18 men in the five short years since the program began.