by chloe.admin | Jan 6, 2026 | Seminarians
By Blake Thamer This Christmas break I had the opportunity to visit Norway and stay in a parish there for about two weeks. I had several great experiences, but one of them was after a Sunday Mass at the coffee time. There is a Scandinavian tradition for the...
by chloe.admin | Oct 20, 2025 | Seminarians
By Marcos Alvarado Trasmonte I and my fellow seminarians, Beto Montes-Contreras and John Nguyen, enjoyed meeting people and praying together at my fourth Rosary Bowl NW on October 4th at the East Salem Community Center. We managed a table for the Office of Vocations...
by chloe.admin | Oct 17, 2025 | Seminarians
By Jacob McDougall This past summer I was given the opportunity to attend COR Expedition’s St. Jogues Seminarian Project. When I began the formation program, as excited as I was to go adventuring through the back country of Wyoming, I was even more excited to see what...
by Dawn Bentz | Sep 22, 2025 | News, Seminarians
by Ramón Camacho After being called forward from the congregation, this was the word I joyfully proclaimed as I stood before the faithful in the St. Patrick’s Seminary chapel on September 19th. At first, responding “present” might seem no different than answering a...
by chloe.admin | Aug 27, 2025 | Quo Vadis
The annual Quo Vadis Days retreat took place August 11-14, 2025 at the Father Bernard Youth Center in Mount Angel, Oregon. The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon’s Office of Vocations hosted the event for high school men to consider God’s call for their vocation....
