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Tyler Dennis
Age: 24
From: Red Owl
One thing you wish people knew about you:
I am a ranchers son to the core. I find "cow talk" interesting.
Favorite Board Game: Settlers of Catan
Why did you choose to go to seminary?
I have always been fascinated with the rituals and mystery of the Church, so the choice to enter seminary was quite natural for me. In my early teens, my grandfather died and I was convinced that the world was crumbling around me. I soon determined that I wanted to be a part of something that was able to provide so much stability to such an unstable world.
What are the best things in your life?
My family, my brother seminarians, the relationships that I have developed with the priests and laity in the Diocese of Rapid City, my ever-growing relationship with Christ, and the Gift and Call God has given me.
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Francis (Frank) L. Sack
From: Fort Pierre
One thing you wish people knew about you:
I'm a small town kid at heart who loves life in the big city.
Favorite Board Game:
Monopoly
Your most amazing encounter with God:
Realizing God's love for me even when I lived a life undeserving of his love. His loving me when I could not love myself. Watching any movie depicting Jesus living, dying, and rising again in order that our sins would be forgiven. It has always been a humbling experience for me knowing that Jesus being God lowered himself to live and die in order to forgive my sins.
Why did you choose to go to seminary:
I've always loved helping others; serving at mass, protecting property and lives as a volunteer fire-fighter, being a lector, service projects, etc. I've had that feeling that God wants me to serve others, this last year I decided to find out if God was calling me to the priesthood and if I'm worthy of serving him in that capacity.
What are the best things in your life:
My God, my family, the friends I've gained through the military, college, the diocese, and now the seminary. Only through God's grace and love could I be this blessed. |
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Nathan Sparks
From: Rapid City
Age: 21
One thing I wished people knew about me: I wish more people knew that I love the great outdoors. If it can be fished, backpacked over, hiked through, or camped on I will love it.
Favorite board game:
Scrabble
Your most amazing encounter with God:
Among the many encounters I have had with God, I think coming to the seminary and learning how to truly pray has been my most amazing encounter with God. Answering God’s call to the seminary opened up a whole new world of spiritual graces in my prayer life. Coming to know God’s love at a deeper level is always a supernatural experience.
Why did you choose to go to the seminary:
I didn’t know at the time what a blessing answering God’s call to the seminary would be. However, I did know that my heart was not at rest and that going to the seminary was the only way I could find peace. List the best things in your life:
The best things in my life are family, friends, the adventure of following Christ, and coffee. |
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Jonathan Dillon
From:Custer
Age:18
One thing you wish people knew about you:
How much I love to help people.
Favorite Board Game:
Chess
Your most amazing encounter with God:
I was in adoration one night, trying to tell God I was not being called to seminary. I said, I am not called and the first thing that came to my head was I have called you and you are mine.
Why did you choose to go to seminary:
I truly believe God is calling me and it gives me the chance to grow in love with Christ
What are the best things in your life:
My family, My Lord, and my music.
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Tom Lawrence
From: Rapid City, SD
Age:18
One thing you wish people knew about you:
I like to play soccer
Favorite Board Game:
Star Wars Life or Sorry
Your most amazing encounter with God:
finding healing through praying for my fellow seminarians
Why did you choose to go to seminary:
I'm still not sure but I felt a calling and I made it here so I must have sent here by forces other than myself.
What are the best things in your life:
my family
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Eric Munoz
From: Rapid City
One thing you wish people knew about you:
I am proud of my Nationality. VIVA MEXICO!
Favorite Board Game:
Gestures
Your most amazing encounter with God:
At a healing service in Blessed Sacrament
Why did you choose to go to seminary:
I feel the calling and have visited the seminary at least 10 times and I always felt at peace every time I came. What are the best things in your life:
My Family |
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John Paul Trask
From: Elm Springs, SD
One thing you wish people knew about you:
I am a farmer boy and I like chocolate milk.
Favorite Board Game:
Balderdash
Your most amazing encounter with God:
Nothing stands out as the best, but everytime I get a chance to be alone in His Holy presence in the tabernacle of a chapel I am filled with the Holy Spirit.
Why did you choose to go to seminary:
My mind was not at ease until I went. What are the best things in your life:
My Catholic Faith. My Family and Last and Greatest of all God |
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