We provide this information to our parishioners and brother Knights to help explain where our fundraising money goes and why it is so important! If you or someone you know is discerning a call to a religious vocation, this article maybe helpful. Please don't be put off by the costs involved, as there are many sources of funding from: scholarships, financial aid, Knights of Columbus, family, friends, etc. to help you. Have faith, God will provide! This information was written by Jim Kennedy and Jeff Allan in early 2011. Photography by Jim Kennedy. (Updated 8-4-11, 4-27-11.)
Seminarians have bills to pay. At the college or undergrad level (towards a Bachelor of Philosophy degree), the seminarian must cover expenses like tuition, room and board, books, as well as personal expenses. The cost of tuition & room/board is approx. $23,500 per year, according to SHMS web site for 2010/2011 and approx. $26,000/yr. including books & fees. |
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Jeff Allan (Seminarian) Our council has been providing support to SHMS seminarian Jeff Allan for several years. Through pancake breakfast fund-raisers and other events, we give Jeff a check annually towards his expenses. |
![]() L to R: Fr. Jim McNulty, Jeff Allan, Glen Graham. |
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![]() Jeff leading Grace at Sept. 2009 pancake breakfast in his honor. |
Update from Jeff (Feb., 2011): |
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At the end of this semester (in May) I will be participating in a preacher's workshop (or bootcamp) at the seminary followed by attending a 10-week course (from May 29th - August 4th) at Creighton University (albeit a Catholic university) in Omaha, Nebraska called IPF (Institute of Priestly Formation). I am really excited and blessed to have this opportunity. The program will consist of a retreat, serving in the community, studying the spirituality of the diocesan priesthood along with Church documents authored by Pope John Paul II, as well as receive instruction from Christopher West who is an expert in the "Theology of the Body" (originally given in a series of talks by JP2 from 1979-1984). | |||
Following my return, I will be serving and living at a parish for the next academic year, called a "pastoral year." Then at the end of that assignment I hope to be ordained a deacon in May of 2012, come back for my last year of school at the seminary, concluding with the ordination to priesthood in May of 2013. So that is the plan I believe the Holy Spirit is leading me toward. Thank you for the prayers. Please keep my parents, Jim and Louise in your prayers too. My mom is battling through pneumonia, while dad is battling through bronchitis. In Jesus, Our Hope and Our Life, + Jeff |
![]() Jeff visiting parishioners at pancake breakfast. |
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As of Sept. 2010, Jeff started his 3rd of 4th year towards his Masters in Divinity (M.Div). Before being ordained a priest, he will spend a year at a parish. He would then be ordained in the summer of 2013. Though Jeff didn't belong to the St. Priscilla parish, he had been attending regular, daily Mass, helped in lectoring and has become well-known in our parish. |
![]() KofC serving pancakes. |
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Thank You. |