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All Hallows - Home of the Humble.

Our aim at All Hallows Seminary is to train future Priests after the mind of Christ. Trusting in the power and workings of the Holy Spirit, we help our young ones appreciate the nature and beauty of the Priestly vocation

Christ is our model in formation. We follow the examples of Christ who is the Chief trainer and guide to our young ones aspiring to Priesthood.

The seminarians are groomed in the virtues of humility, obedience, self-sacrifice, comapassion etc. for which our Lord Jesus Christ is known

The Seminarians are trained to be able to face the challenges of the human person. They are formed to be truly human in their dealings and endeavours. They are groomed in the necessary traits and qualities of a human person taking cognisance of the shortcomings and incapabilities of every human person.

The seminarians are trained to understand that they too are human and need the help and assitance from teachers, friends, neighbours, colleagues, medical personnels, etc. This fact is clearly seen in the many opportunities and privileges they enjoy in the day to day life and formation in the seminary.

Of course, the seminary trains the Seminarians to be spritually sound and active. He is trained to understand that he woulld one day become a spiritual leader of a multitude of the people of God.

The Seminarian is groomed to understand the spiritual demands of the Priestly vocation and the need to be spiritually balanced like Christ

The Seminarian is trained to be intellectually sound and academically balanced. Of course, he is trained to be above his counterparts in terms of academic prowess and intellectual know-how.

The Seminarians are groomed in the current national and state school demands and educational qualifications

The Seminarians are trained to appreciate knowledge and cultivate the habit of studies and learning and be able to face the challenges of the society

The Seminarians trained to understand the pastoral needs of the people of God and how to function effectively as pastors and leaaders in the various fields of pastoral life.

The Seminarians are trained to meet the pastoral demands of the society at large. As future pastors, they are groomed to be interested in pastoral duties and cares of the people of God and the society.

Gradually, they inculcate in their lives, the daily challenges pastors must encounter and what it entails to be pastorally effective. THey are trained to the pastorally available, sound and balanced

The Seminary has her daily Eucharistic Celebration every morning after the morning prayers.

Daily Eucharistic celebration offers the seminarians the opportunity to draw closer to the Eucharist, the source and summmit of our Christian lives

Every Seminarian participates actively in the Eucharistic Celebration and with prayers and songs of praise, offer to God the day's activity. In the Eucharist. The daily Eucharistic celebration is offered for the individual and group intentions of the Seminarians, the Priests, and the Seminary family

The Seminary begins the day with her morning prayers. The prayers are said from the boook, "Manual of Prayers" and all participate actively in the prayers. On sundays however, the Lauds and Vespers replace the morning and evening prayers from the manual of prayers

The Seminary also have her Mid-day prayers and reflection immediately after classes. At night, the seminarians gather again for Night prayers before going for studies

The seminary also has other forms of community prayers like Block Rosary Crusade (B.R.C) Prayers, .

The Seminary has her classes on weekdays from Monday to Friday. On special occasions, classes may take place on Saturdays but never on Sundays.

The Seminary ensures to cover the National School Curriculum and partakes in the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for Senior Students and Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) for the Junior Students. The Seminarans has maintained an excellent records in this examiniations.

The Seminary has her best of teachers to handle the subjects and guide the students to excellence. The Father Formators and Assistant Formators are also part of the Academic Staff .

The Seminary also have a number of Pious religious socieites and devotion. Every seminarian is opportuned and expected to belong to one of them.

The prayers and devotion come up every sunday and on special occasions, the feast days of the particular saints. They are also free to use one of their daily reacreation periods for their prayers and devotion

Some of the Pious/Religious societies include, St. Anthony, St. Jude, Sacread Heart League, Legion of Mary, Blue Army etc.

The Seminarians are also free to have their own personal prayers private devotions. They are free to visit the Blessed Sacrament, say their Rosaries, and other prayers of the saints recognised by the Church

They are free to have their personal prayers and private devotions only during recreation/free periods of the day. They must not do that duirng any common activity or communal prayers of the Seminary.

Classes, groups are also free to say their private prayers outside the recognised Pious/religious socities of the Seminary. The exam classes for instance can have their class prayers during the period of exam for guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit. These prayers can only come during free periods and recreational periods.

The Seminary has a well orgainized program for the benefit of the seminarians in different areas. Such competitions include debate, quiz, singing, music/instruments, sports, drama etc.

Theses competitions can come intra (within the school and amongst the seminarians themselves) or inter (outside the school or with other students and schools outside the seminary. The competitions can also be inter-seminary involving different seminaries within the state, province, geo-political zones and national as the case may be

These competitions afford the seminarians interractions with other schools that are not seminary schools and other sseminary schools of differenct formation style and culture. It widens their horizon and helps them blend well into the society. Definitely, it is opportunity and avenue of greater learning and studies amongst the seminarians

External Academic Competitions in which we participate include: Cowbell Mathematics Competition, Nigeria Mathematics and Sciences competition(OLYMPIAD), National Spelling Bee Competition,NAFDAC Competition, Science Quiz Competition, NNPC Science Quiz Competition, Archbishop Valerian Okeke Science Competition (AVOSCO), Senior debates and National Mathematics Competition

The Seminary is blessed with rich cultural background and heritage. Thouugh, predominantly Igbo in set-up, but it within the Igbo cultural setting, many sub-cultural orientations and languages. As such the seminary has a variety of cultural dances and displays.

The Seminary is blessed with the following dancing groups:IgbaUmuogaranya, Odezuligbo, Igbaeze, Ufie, Drill, Igbaumundinso, Ugona-achomma,Izuogu, Ebubedikeegwuolisahand Odogwu. They all display captivating dances which portray and say a lot about the Igbo culture.

Every Seminarian is expected to belong to one of the dance groups. They perform on special events and occasions like Feasts, Archbishop's Pastoral Visits, Competitions, Celebrations and other activities of the Seminary they deem fit for them to perform

All Hallows Seminary has the following clubs: Science Club, Debaters Club, Igbo Culture Club, NAFDAC club, French Club, Press/Writers Club, Zip-up Club and Dramatic/Vocational Club.

The clubs are all active and they prepare the students for competitions or quiz as and when due. Every teacher and seminarian belongs to at least one club and all are committed towards the advancement of the clubs.

The Seminary Clubs give the seminarians diversified opportunities to develop their relational, social, intellectual, academic and psychological skills

Cleanliness is next to godliness and such, the Seminary ensures a very healthy and clean environment by weeding, sweeping, mopping, cob-webbing, etc. .

Mens sana in corpore sano(A healthy mind in a healthy body) is not just a word but a reality in our seminary. We take proper care of our environment through our daily morning duties and even manual labour.

Matters of cleanliness is of great importance and priority to the Seminary. It inculcates this mentality into her seminarians from the very first day into the Seminary till they graduate

The Seminary also have time for gardening and some little scale farming. Thus, she employs a few metres of bare land for some gardening purposes especially vegetable gardening

The little proceeds are served to the students during their meals who are happy to see and enjoy the fruit of their labour

This practice however is not a priority in the seminary and it is employed at spare times for labour and work in the seminary

The Seminary has as part of its programme, free days and visiting days. The free days can either be External Free Day (E.F.D) or Ordinary Free Day(O.F.D) On External Free Days, the Seminarians are free to move out of the compound and visit their families, relations, friends and loved ones. On Ordinary Free Days, they are to have free time in and within the Seminary. They are to spend the free time as they wish without community prayers and classes.

Every two weeks, on second and fourth week of the month, the Seminarians have visitors from outside. It is special programme in the seminary time table. Parents, siblings, relations, friends and lovedones can come to visit the seminarians and have a discussions with them.

Apart from the already mentioned activities of the Seminary, there are other programmes and events which form part of the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly life of the Seminary. Examples include - Seminary Feast, Archbishop's Pastoral Visit, Parents Teachers Dialogue (PTD), Catholic Women Organisation (C.W.O) visit, etc

These events and activities are prepared for duely executed. They form part of formation cycle of the Seminarians.