Memory Lane

St. Charles Minor Seminary was started in 1953 at Wiaga in the Builsa District of the Upper East Region. The school was the brainchild of the White Fathers (now known as the Missionaries of Africa) who had already established themselves in Navrongo as far back as 1906.  In 1955, the school was moved to Tamale; perhaps because of the strategic position of Tamale as the Administrative capital of the North and the first see of the Catholic Church in the North. The first and second batches of students in Wiaga were 12 and 8 respectively.  The third batch of students who moved to Tamale were 21. The numerical strength of the fourth batch was 29. However, by the end of the year 14 students out of this number were withdrawn for various reasons.  The subsequent years saw growth in the intake of the school.