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Formation Stage: Discipleship Class: Discipleship III Diocese: Lafayette Hometown: Broussard, LA Home Parish: Sacred Heart of Jesus, Broussard BENNETT THOMAS BODIN I was raised Catholic and attended Catholic schools all my life. By fourth grade, I was altar serving, and I had many priest mentors encourage me toward discerning the priesthood. I would go on different discernment retreats here and…

Class: Senior Diocese: Austin Hometown: College Station, TX Home Parish: St. Anthony, Bryan WYATT LUKE PARLOW My vocation story begins just after high school, shortly before enrolling at Texas A&M University.  I began to realize that the predispositions and plans that I had for myself were unsatisfying and causing a lack of joy.  It was through diligent prayer that I…

Class: Senior Diocese: Jefferson City Hometown: Loose Creek, MO Home Parish: Immaculate Conception, Jefferson City SHANE JOSEPH KLIETHERMES From a young age I have seen the Mass as something extraordinary, and I became very drawn to the Eucharist after receiving my first communion. When I started serving in late elementary school, I gained a great respect for the priests at…

Class: Senior Diocese: Lafayette Hometown: Lafayette, LA Home Parish: Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette WILLIAM FRANCIS HEBERT After serving God’s Holy Altar for many years as an altar server, I graduated high school with priesthood on my heart. I put off seminary formation for two years, which I spent studying at the University of Dallas. As I progressed…

Class: Pre-Theology II Diocese: Austin Hometown: Sugar Land, TX Home Parish: St. Mary's Catholic Center, College Station BRANDON MAXWELL EDMUND BAIN I wanted to be a priest for as long as I can remember, since I was about 7 or 8.  I grew up attending Catholic schools and was very blessed to have been taught devotion to the Eucharist and…

Formation Stage: Discipleship Class: Pre-Theology II Archdiocese: Galveston-Houston Hometown: Fulshear, TX Home Parish: Epiphany of the Lord, Katy GRIFFIN JAY ALEXANDER I thought about the priesthood off and on for much of my youth, and more seriously in high school. By the time I entered college, however, it was not something on my radar. After my freshman year of college,…

Formation Stage: Discipleship Class: Discipleship IV Diocese: Victoria in Texas Hometown: Houston, TX Home Parish: St. Mary's, Victoria ALEXANDER MICHAEL WOODS I always wanted to be a priest, and this call was strengthened by daily recitation of the Holy Rosary and frequent Holy Hours. My parents encouraged me to respond to this call and have supported me throughout my discernment.…

Formation Stage: Discipleship Class: Discipleship IV Archdiocese: Galveston-Houston Hometown: Houston, TX Home Parish: St. Maximilian Kolbe, Houston TIMOTHY MICHAEL SPJUT I am a cradle Catholic from a family of one brother and five sisters. There are plenty of things that I have prioritized over my faith, such as sports and school, which means I was never truly happy or at…

Formation Stage: Discipleship Class: Discipleship IV Diocese: Austin Hometown: Austin, TX Home Parish: St. William, Round Rock MICHAEL ANDREW SNYDER I don’t remember the first time I thought about being a priest because I grew up thinking that I might be a priest. I was simply enamored with the idea of giving my entire life to God. Middle and high…

Formation Stage: Discipleship Class: Discipleship IV Diocese: Dallas Hometown: Dallas, TX Home Parish: St. Patrick, Dallas JACOB RILEY SMITH I first started really thinking about my faith in middle school but didn’t take it seriously until I started attending youth ministry during high school. There, God worked through my grandmother in getting me to attend the Dallas Catholic Youth Conference,…