Saint Edward Seminary (sometimes “Saint Edward’s Seminary”) was an institution for developing Catholic priests in the US state of Washington. Dedicated to Saint Edward the Confessor and located in the city of Kenmore, it operated for 46 years before closing in 1976. The seminary and most of its grounds now constitute Saint Edward State Park. The seminary was located on a 366 acres (148 ha; 0.572 sq mi) property purchased in the late 1920s. Building plans were scaled back in 1929 due to the Great Depression. In 1931, the seminary opened as a minor seminary; it became a major (college level) seminary in 1935. In 1958, Saint Thomas the Apostle Seminary opened as a major seminary on 50 acres of the site and St. Edward continued as a minor seminary. The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle closed St. Edward in 1976 and sold it to the State of Washington in 1977. It became Saint Edward State Park in 1978.
On Tuesday Dear and I drove to St. Edward State Park to hike the North trail. There are several trails that take you down to the shores of Lake Washington. After getting down to Lake Washington we hiked the Seminary trail back up to the parking lot.
This is the Royal Arms of St. Edward the Confessor. I zoomed in on the bell tower to get a closer look. There are plans in the making for restoring the Seminary into a hotel.
I’ll add one photo from the North Trail that we hiked, too.
Psalm 96: 11-13 (ESV)
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
let the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
before the Lord, for he comes,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
and the peoples in his faithfulness.
I’m linking up to InSPIREd Sunday with Beth and Sally.
We are having a nice low key weekend. Some light rain has returned. No great walks today. I did clean out my closet with a few bags filled to go to Goodwill. Feels good to reassess the things that are cluttering my closet and thus my mind. Hope all is well in your corner. Do you get a long weekend?
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Very interesting history with St. Edward Seminary that is now a state park! Thanks so much for sharing. Your weekend sounds like a nice one. My husband does have to work on Monday. I also have a doctor appointment that day. 🙂 Thank you for sharing the verses from Psalm 96. Such comfort there.
Thank you for sharing the photos. How nice that you included a photo of the trail also. We had light rain today also.
Woah! This place looks HUGE. And Gorgeous. Thank you for the Psalm. I’m “Goodwilling,” too – yes, it’s a long. peaceful weekend here . . . Thank you very much for the share.
This seminary is like one at home that is closing, a sad sign of the times. This time of year I have 7 day weekends, mighty nice.
Great post.
Wonderfull photo.
YOURS:)*
Your last photo makes me remember I had read a book on the Trappist Genesee Abbey in NY. Very quiet and meditative. Thanks for posting about the St. Edward Seminary.
That looks a big place. Odd it’s named after an English King
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