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Fr. Brian Gross is set to join The Saint Paul Seminary priest staff as director of pastoral formation this summer. In this conversation, Gross shares some insights from his own priestly journey he hopes to share with seminarians in his new role.

Any honest leader will admit it’s a gig that comes with stress. Fr. Joseph Taphorn found one way to manage it: running the various paths and trails Memorial and Elmwood Park in Omaha have to offer.

Sixteen players, 24 seminarian fans and five priests made the five-hour drive to St. Francis de Sales Seminary in Milwaukee for the fourth annual De Sales Invitational Feb. 9-11. The event has become one of the seminary’s favorite traditions in a short time.

There are a variety of values naturally developed when we participate in sports – discipline, teamwork, perseverance, and honesty, to name a few. These values are essential on the playing field, but also contribute to the firm foundation of a well-rounded and virtuous life, the kind of life we aspire to develop in our seminarians, deacon candidates and lay students.

When seminarian Anthony Olmes made the excruciating decision to walk away from college football and focus more on his faith, he thought his playing days were over.