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Pre-Theology Apostolic Service

Apostolic service provides seminarians with practical experiences to help cultivate leadership skills, expose them to the rich diversity in society, provide opportunities for collaboration with others in ministry, gain the ability to resolve conflicts, and develop pastoral skill.

First-year Pre-Theology’s apostolic service is to the seminary community. On those Sundays they remain at the seminary for Mass, they plan, purchase, cook, serve, and clean after dinner for the community. Led by their Dean and Vice-Dean, each member of the class contributes to the effort.

Second-year Pre-Theologians serve the poor in various contexts three times a month, personally encountering them and providing for their needs.

  • St. Louis Catholic Academy, tutoring underprivileged children.
  • Vincent de Paul at St. Elizabeth Parish

So doing, they grow comfortable around the poor, understand their plight, appreciate their own poverty, develop a sense of spiritual fatherhood, and learn to love others with the heart of Jesus.