𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 — 𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁. 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁. 𝗔 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁. 𝗠𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀!
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News from S.I.T. (Seminarian in Training)
𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑺𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑱𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏

Hello! I am so grateful to have gotten the chance to meet many of you at the parish. For those that I have not gotten the chance to meet, my name is Jonathan Hernandez. I am the seminarian assigned to Our Lady of Mercy by the Diocese. Perhaps you may have noticed that during the summer months this year I was absent. I was asked by my vocations director to stay at our cathedral and do a program called CPE (Clinical Pastoral Experience). This program was extremely helpful for my vocation. Through that experience I received the opportunity to serve at a hospice center, a homeless shelter, and bring communion to the sick on a consistent basis. I was able to encounter others’ sufferings in different forms and was in a privileged place where I was often let into places of deep suffering. Often faced with a loss of words this summer, I felt the Holy Spirit guiding me in how he wanted me to minister to each person I was with. I felt Christ wanting to heal his sons and daughters.

This summer experience made me realize that I too was suffering in ways that I didn’t acknowledge. As a seminarian, I experience a constantly shifting environment. Often, I am bombarded with activities, homework, and responsibilities. This can all be very ….
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We hope to see you at any of the weekend Masses 4pm Saturday, 8am, 10am, 12pm, 5:30pm on Sunday, and at any of the encounter Jesus gatherings here @ OLM!

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