Seminarian Roster
Rev. Mr. Ethan Osborn
Home Parish: Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Joseph
Year: Vocational Synthesis Stage
Seminary: Kenrick – Glennon Seminary
Birthday: March 16
Mr. Dan Stump
Home Parish: St. Therese Parish, North
Year: Configuration IV
Seminary: Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
Birthday: April 26
Mr. Xavier Schmidt
Home Parish: St. Therese Parish, North
Year: Pastoral Year
Birthday: July 7th
Mr. Jacob Knott
Home Parish: St. Andrew the Apostle
Year: Configuration II
Seminary: Kenrick-Glennon Seminary
Birthdate: March 3
Mr. Nicholas Jones
Home Parish: Our Lady of Good Counsel
Year: Configuration I
Seminary: Kenrick – Glennon Seminary
Birthday: December 13
Mr. Samuel Ousley
Home Parish: St. Andrew the Apostle
Year: Configuration I
Seminary: Kenrick – Glennon Seminary
Birthday: July 19th
Mr. Braeden Connelly
Home Parish: Our Lady of Good Counsel
Year: Discipleship III
Seminary: St. Gregory the Great Seminary
Birthday: September 24
Mr. Gabriel Sappington
Home Parish: Our Lady of Lourdes
Year: Discipleship III
Seminary: Conception Seminary
Birthday: January 10
Mr. Eric Wachira
Home Parish: St. Andrew the Apostle
Year: Discipleship III
Seminary: Conception Seminary
Birthday: December 19
Mr. Brett Zagar
Home Parish: St. Robert Bellarmine
Year: Discipleship III
Seminary: Conception Seminary
Birthday: April 19
Mr. Mark Roper
Home Parish: St. Andrew the Apostle
Year: Discipleship II
Seminary: Conception Seminary
Birthday: July 2
Mr. Caleb Stoner
Home Parish: St. Andrew the Apostle
Year: Discipleship II
Seminary: Conception Seminary
Birthday: January 11
Mr. Weston Warner
St. Patrick's, Holden
Year: Discipleship II
Seminary: Conception Seminary
Birthday: February 24
Mr. Ezra Mwaura
Home Parish: St. Andrew the Apostle
Year: Discipleship I
Seminary: Conception Seminary
Birthday: Nov 29
Mr. Jack Oxley
Home Parish: Christ the King
Year: Discipleship I
Seminary: Conception Seminary
Birthday: Sept 29
Mr. Orion Radford
Home Parish: St. John LaLande
Year: Discipleship I
Seminary: Conception Seminary
Birthday: July 15
Mr. Nathan Gentry
Home Parish: St. Mark the Evangelist
Year: Propaedeutic Stage
Seminary: Conception Seminary
Birthday: April 27
Mr. Peter Gould
Home Parish: Holy Spirit
Year: Propaedeutic Stage
Seminary: Conception Seminary
Birthday: August 10
STAGES OF SEMINARIAN FORMATION
According to the sixth edition of The Program of Priestly Formation (PPF), there are four stages of formation for the Roman Catholic priesthood: the Propaedeutic Stage, the Discipleship Stage, the Configuration Stage, and the Vocational Synthesis stage.
Propaedeutic Stage
The propaedeutic stage of formation serves simultaneously as a period of transition to priestly formation and as a foundation for this formation. Given that a “significant imbalance” (PPF, 119) is present between the lifestyle that one typically experiences today and the environment in which priestly formation ought to take place, a period of transition is needed wherein a student develops “a life of prayer, study, fraternity, and appropriate docility to formation” (PPF, 120).
Discipleship Stage
The discipleship stage corresponds to the philosophical component of a seminarian’s intellectual formation. Just as one cannot begin theological studies without sufficient grounding in theology, so one cannot commit one’s life to the Church without growing in the virtues and without developing a “life of meditation and contemplation” (PPF 132).
Configuration Stage
Having built a foundation of Christian character and philosophical acumen, the seminarian advances to the configuration stage, which corresponds to the theological portion of his intellectual formation. In addition to learning theology, which itself will aid him in his growth in his spiritual life, he will also focus on learning how to “[model] his life on the self-donation of Jesus Christ, Shepherd and Servant, as he prepares more immediately for Holy Orders.”
Vocational Synthesis Stage
The vocational synthesis stage is one of transition, where a man who has recently finished his seminary education begins a life of ministry, typically in a parish setting. As this stage of formation takes place outside of the seminary, the primary formator of a candidate at this stage is typically a priest in a parish, who models the priesthood for the candidate and helps him adjust to parish life.
