The St. Joseph Seminary was created as a result of a rise in vocations in the Diocese of Charlotte. These vocations are attributed primarily to the Quo Vadis Days summer camp, which was instituted in the diocese in 2013. The camp hosts young men from rising high school freshmen to rising college seniors. Traditionally, the diocese has only accepted men with prior college experience, but due to the number of younger vocations coming from the summer camp, the diocese set the seminary in place to be a transition from secular college to seminary formation.
