Preparing the Seminary

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Former seminarian here. 😉 Saint Meinrad’s is great! One of my best friends goes there.

My advice is to really be close with your parish priest. Ask him lots of questions. Ask if you can shadow him a bit even. And once in seminary, whichever priests you get to know during summer assignments and things like that, be authentic with them. Be yourself at all times. And be open to the formation process. I wish I wouldn’t have resisted some elements of it. At times, I struggled with my discernment, having lack of peace, but to be honest, I just needed to chill out at times, be still and let God be God in my life (Ps. 46:10 and that whole shebang). Every time things would get foggy I’d freak out. But God did have His hand in everything. God will guide you. Just walk one step at a time. Let Him shephard you. Let our Lady hold your hand. Everything will be well. Proud of you for taking the step forward!
 
Thank you. I actually have a spiritual director who is very insightful, a saibt among men, but I can’t reach him currently. In my current position, I have no transport to church, so I cannot speak to a priest, aside from one with whom I can contact via email. I was wondering where I go or what I do to actually start the application process.
 
marcellinodisma said:
Thank you. I actually have a spiritual director who is very insightful, a saibt among men, but I can’t reach him currently. In my current position, I have no transport to church, so I cannot speak to a priest, aside from one with whom I can contact via email. I was wondering where I go or what I do to actually start the application process.
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Email your vocation director. It’s his mission from God to do everything to assist you in this process. My vocations director was incredibly helpful in every way thinkable while I was going through the process. It can be a nerve-wracking thing sending that email to him. But do it. Don’t worry about how you sound. He’ll shepherd you through the process.

And even if you are praying about religious orders and feel called to go in that direction instead of diocesan priesthood, you can still email your vocation director anyway. He will answer any questions you have about how to properly discern. You should be able to find out who your vocation director is easily (if you don’t already know) by going on to the diocesan website. His contact information should be very easy to find on the website. God’s grace be with you!
 
Diocese of Owensboro also has seminarians at St. Meinrad. Praying for your vocation.
 
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