
"I will give you shepherds after my own heart" - Jeremiah 3:15
The Good Shepherd Society exists to help ensure we have holy priests to carry on the vibrancy of sacramental life in your parish.
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If you have questions or would like to speak to someone, please contact:
Katie Price, CFRE
Director, Parish Vitality and Mission Advancement
Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Phone 217-321-1121
kprice@dio.org
"Where you see a priest think of our Lord Jesus Christ"
St. John Vianney/Patron Saint of Parish Priests

In addition to your financial support of our seminarians, we invite you to join in a prayer campaign for 40 seminarians. Each day, we stop and pray a Hail Mary at 4:40 p.m. asking for Mary's intercession for 40 seminarians and an increase in religious vocations.
- BISHOP PAPROCKI

One thing I have learned in my discernment.
Rev. Mr. Daniel McGrath
Theology IV
Kenrick-Glennon Seminary

Rev. Mr. Jayke White
Theology IV
St. Meinrad Seminary

Troy Niemerg
Theology IV
Pontifical North American College

Rev. Mr. Alex McCullough
Theology IV
St. Meinrad Seminary

One thing I have learned in my discernment.
You can’t out do God! Don’t be afraid to offer Him everything! You won’t out do his kindness or His mercy.
Rev. Mr. Bruce Scott
Theology IV
St. Meinrad Seminary

One thing I have learned in my discernment
In my discernment, adoration and meditation on the Word of God have been very important.
Stefan Kaniewski
Pastoral Internship
St. Meinrad Seminary

One thing I have learned in my discernment.
Ryan Kehoe
Theology III
Kenrick-Glennon Seminary

One thing I have learned in my discernment.
Once you start asking God how to serve Him, you never know where He will take you. My time in seminary has been beyond anything I could have imagined or desired.
Charlie Delano
Theology III
St. Meinrad Seminary

Padrick Mulligan
Pastoral Internship
Kenrick-Glennon Seminary

Dennis Trickey
Theology I
Kenrick-Glennon Seminary

Thomas Marten
Pre-Theology II
Kenrick-Glennon Seminary

Devin Flach
Pre-Theology II
Kenrick-Glennon Seminary

Joseph Tuttle
Pre-Theology II
St. Meinrad Seminary

Jacob Esker
College IV
Bishop Simon Bruté Seminary

Sean Sullivan
Propaedeutic
St. Meinrad Seminary