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Formation Stage: Discipleship Class: Discipleship IV Diocese: Austin Hometown: Nederland, TX Home Parish: St. Mary Catholic Center, College Station ETHAN TANNER RICE A cradle Catholic, I received all my sacraments in Nederland, Texas. It was there that God planted a seed into my heart that would grow into the beautiful vocation that he is leading me into now. Through the…

Formation Stage: Discipleship Class: Discipleship IV Diocese: Jefferson City Hometown: Centralia, MO Home Parish: St. Brendan, Mexico (MO) JOHN PAUL TIMOTHY MCGUIRE My vocation story begins with me witnessing the example of a good pastor and seeing that as an attractive life as well as the reception of my first Holy Communion in second grade at that time. It was…

Formation Stage: Discipleship Class: Discipleship IV Archdiocese: Galveston-Houston Hometown: Sugar Land, TX Home Parish: St. Laurence, Sugar Land BASIL SNYDER HOUSEWRIGHT III I first felt the Lord tug my heart to the priesthood on a discernment retreat in December 2021. Through subsequent discernment events, including a visit to Holy Trinity Seminary, I finally applied to be a seminarian for the…

Formation Stage: Discipleship Class: Discipleship IV Diocese: Dallas Hometown: Anchorage, AK Home Parish: St. Michael the Archangel, McKinney EMMANUEL HERNANDEZ I began to feel a call to the priesthood while I was going through RCIA. I fell in love with what the priest does. He gets to devote his entire life to sharing the love of Jesus that he himself…

Formation Stage: Discipleship Class: Discipleship IV Diocese: Dallas Hometown: Addison, TX Home Parish: St. Rita, Dallas WILLIAM THOMAS DOBRIENT My vocation story starts at the 2018 Steubenville Lone Star conference. When Fr. Mike Schmitz called to the stage all men discerning priesthood, only because of Divine Providence, I ran up there and received the call to discern it for the…

JVera@holytrinityseminary.org Class: Pre-Theology II Archdiocese: Galveston-Houston Hometown: Katy, TX Home Parish: St. Theresa, Sugar Land JOSE CARLOS VERA GARZA I first felt the call to the priesthood a couple of years after graduating college while working as a software engineer. At first, I tried to forget about it, but it kept coming back. Eventually I saw that I had to…

MTorregosa@holytrinityseminary.org Class: Pre-Theology II Diocese: Austin Hometown: Sugar Land, TX Home Parish: St. Mary's Catholic Center, College Station MICHAEL LUIS VINCENT REYES TORREGOSA When I was 12, my uncle got sick with cancer.  I witnessed a parish priest minister to my uncle until his passing.  It was that experience that first drew me to the priesthood.  I ignored this call…

WStivers@holytrinityseminary.org Class: Pre-Theology II Diocese: Austin Hometown: Austin, TX Home Parish: St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Pflugerville WILLIAM LEWIS STIVERS The Story of God’s call for me is rooted in a desire to be Christ to others. I graduated from Wyoming Catholic College in 2019 with a Bachelor’s in Liberal Arts and I worked as an EMT before entering seminary in…

MSchumann@holytrinityseminary.org Class: Pre-Theology II Archdiocese: Galveston-Houston Hometown: Kerrville, TX Home Parish: St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spring ERIC MITCHELL SCHUMANN I was attracted to the priesthood as a child; however, I became distracted in my teenage years.  My faith remained important to me, particularly the Holy Eucharist; however, I decided I wanted a career and a family.  After I graduated from…

BMcNaughton@holytrinityseminary.org Class: Pre-Theology II Diocese: Austin Hometown: Austin, TX Home Parish: St. Vincent de Paul, Austin BRIAN PAUL MCNAUGHTON I was blessed to be born into a Catholic family and attend Catholic school from Pre-K through high school. When I went to Texas A&M, I attended a few retreats and met faithful friends that helped me believe that God loves…