I'm taking some guys to the Encounter with God's Call weekend retreat at Conception this weekend. This is the college seminary that the Archdiocese primarily uses, an apostolate of the Benedictine monks of Conception Abbey. The monks have a beautifully renovated Church of the Immaculate Conception under the patronage of the Archangels (http://www.conception.edu/) and they run the Abbey Press and gift shop as well. This will be a good weekend to spend time with our seminarians, Jaime Zarse, Trent Schmidt and Oswaldo Sandoval, and to introduce some guys to the seminary program in the hope that they will apply. We have traditionally not had that many guys enter college seminary for the Archdiocese, but I am hoping that will change in the near future, as there is a trend for younger seminarians and many college seminaries are filling up once again with candidates for the priesthood. If it were warmer I would throw in my fishing pole and golf clubs, but alas, it is snowing as I leave today for the Abbey. Oremus pro invicem!
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