The second great work of Olier was the establishment of the seminary of St. Sulpice. By his parish, which he intended to serve as a model to the parochial clergy, as well as by his seminary, he hoped to help give France a worthy secular priesthood, through which alone, he felt, the revival of religion could come.
Olier's second major accomplishment was establishing the seminary of St. Sulpice. He aimed to create a model parish, and through it, a worthy secular priesthood in France, believing that only through such a clergy could religion be revived.