With every passing year, the challenges at the Parel Seminary increased. Besides, Parel too had ceased to be Parel. The once quiet grounds were now a twenty-four-hour rendezvous of all kinds of folks. The area was congested and noisy. Above all, due to the soot and dirt of mills, the situation was dangerously unhealthy. The future seemed bleak.

However even amidst the edging uncertainty, a ray of hope flickered. The appointment of the first Indian Archbishop in 1950 and subsequently the consecration of the first Indian Cardinal in 1952 yielded fortunes for the Bombay Seminary. Valerian Cardinal Gracias was utterly predisposed to shepherd his Seminary into the Promised Land.

A little over a month after receiving his red hat from Pope Pius XII, the Cardinal called for a special meeting of the Diocesan Council on February 26, 1953. The purpose was to discuss and, if possible, to resolve once and for all, the future of the Bombay Seminary.

The meeting was eventful indeed. It included onboard the right persons namely the Treasurer of the Archdiocese, the Jesuit Superior, the Rector of the Seminary, and some leading members of the Staff. The advantages and disadvantages of Parel were meticulously analyzed and it was finally decided that the Seminary needed to move to the suburbs. Andheri was no longer an option and for the benefit of all, this procedure had to take its due time.