The word propaedeutic may be a hard one to spell and say, but its meaning is simple: a time of preparation.
Priests give their life over completely to a Church in the name of a God they can’t “see.” Why?
Saint Paul Seminary alumni Deacons Nathan Pacer, Dale Mallory, Benjamin Snyder, Robert Foertsch and Joseph Littlefield all joined the priestly ranks Saturday.
A result of the Institute for Catholic Theological Formation’s 2019 conference, the seminary press is now up to seven books with its latest publication, “Augustine’s Confessions and Contemporary Concerns.”
Dr. David Jenkins served over 30 years as the Saint Paul Seminary’s director of liturgical music. He’ll be retiring this summer; below are his reflections on a career of providing sacred music for the seminary.
A letter from Saint Paul Seminary Rector Fr. Joseph Taphorn regarding the seminary’s 18 alumni ordained this spring and summer.
“I’m thrilled to be ordaining men who are prepared for mission,” Archbishop Bernard Hebda said.
“The notion of purgatory has always given me hope, because it means God never gives up on me as long as I don’t give up on God.”
It’s a love for life and learning combined with a deep sense of the sacred that made Fr. John Floeder a logical fit to helm the seminary’s inaugural propaedeutic year.
God was stirring something deeper when soon-to-be ordained seminarian Deacon Nathan Hansen was a child.