Category: 2018

Two new members have joined the Saint Vincent Seminary Board of Regents, and two long-serving members have returned to the board after a brief hiatus. The new members are Mr. John C. Marous III, technology executive, and Dr. Gene Leonard, a retired educator and administrator from the Greater Latrobe School District. Most Rev. Roger Foys, […]

David J. Rodkey of Vintondale has joined the Seminary staff as the new website/technical manager and also as manager of the Seminary’s Institute for Ministry Formation website. A 2018 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor of science degree in management information systems and information technology, he has previously been employed as audio/visual […]

Joshua Shrum of Whitney has joined the staff of Saint Vincent Seminary as the coordinator of assessment. Shrum is not new to Saint Vincent, having served as a maintenance and security supervisor at Saint Vincent Archabbey’s Chestnut Ridge property since 2012. In that realm he is responsible for the upkeep and security of approximately 1,500 […]

Eight seminarians from Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, were instituted to the Ministry of Acolyte on October 17 by Most Rev. Lawrence T. Persico, J.C.L., Bishop of the Diocese of Erie. They are from the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, the Diocese of Covington, the Diocese of Pittsburgh, São Bento Monastery in Vinhedo, Brazil and Saint Vincent Archabbey. […]

Saint Vincent Seminary announces the establishment of a new institute, aimed at offering spiritual direction training, spiritual retreats, ongoing education and peer support networks extended through technology that can link remote and local communities. The Institute for Ministry Formation will extend the Seminary’s formational and educational offerings to the wider ministerial community. It will incorporate […]

Bishop Edward C. Malesic of the Diocese of Greensburg will ordain one man to the priesthood and two to the diaconate at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 22 at the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica. They are Brother David Klecker, O.S.B., and Brother Dominic Leo, O.S.B., both monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey, and Andrew Yan, a seminarian […]

DIOCESE OF COVINGTON Anthony M. Anderson is the son of John P. and Denise L. Zitz of New Alexandria. A native of Greensburg, he attended Our Lady of Victory High School in Post Falls, Idaho. DIOCESE OF ERIE Nicholas J. Fratus is the son of Robert and Heidi Fratus of Erie. He is a 1997 […]

Dr. John F. Haught of Georgetown University, author of The New Cosmic Story, which Forbes.com called the “book of the year,” will give the Pope Benedict XVI Lecture at Saint Vincent Seminary on Tuesday, September 25. The free lecture, to be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Fred Rogers Center on the Saint Vincent campus, […]