Samuel Nguyen
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Formation Stage
Pastoral Internship at St. Bonaventure
Home Parish
Blessed Sacrament, Westminster
Seminary
St. John's Seminary
Favorite Saint(s)
The Holy Family, St Joseph
Favorite Marian Apparition(s)
Guadalupe
Favorite Book or Movie
Lord of the Rings
Favorite Hobby
Cooking
Background
What are some of the factors that led to your decision to enter the seminary and discern the question of a vocation to the priesthood?
To mature my relationship with God and discern His will.
Who are some of the people who influenced your decision to enter the seminary? What is it about them that assisted you?
Fr. Al Baca, Bishop Tim, and Bishop Vann. Their witness of faith and fulfillment.
Describe the moment that you knew you wanted to take the next steps to become a priest?
The beginning of my teaching career I realized God was calling me towards Him through exploring and discerning at the seminary.