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The first La Salette Seminary High School was established in Hartford, CT, the founding city of the La Salette’s North American Mission. The property was purchased in 1894 the La Salettes purchased 10 acres on New Park Avenue where it built a seminary.
The La Salette Missionary College, as it was called, was first occupied in 1895. The La Salette Missionaries accepted their first students on Sept. 16, 1896. Due to the increasing numbers of prospective students, two additional wings were constructed during 1906-1907. The building originally provided all levels of study, from entry to ordination.
In 1917 the Novitiate was moved to Bloomfield, CT.
In March of 1957, due to the increasing number of students in the Hartford Seminary, the Province purchased land in Cheshire, CT, for the construction of a new larger seminary. Construction on the new seminary building was begun in the summer of 1959.
The last graduating class from the Hartford Seminary was in June of 1961. The new seminary in Cheshire was dedicated in September of 1961.
The Hartford building is now used as one of the retirement houses for La Salettes. About 40 people live there.
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