SCCR Parish Blog

  Mt. St. Mary's Seminary in Mt. Washington (Cincinnati) trains nearly all of future parish priests for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, in addition to serving other dicoeses and religious communities. Please pray for all of our men training to be priests here in our local church.  It helps to put a name with a face, so here is the poster including all the men.  (The diocese is indicated under the picture). We will soon be putting up the printed posters with our own Cincinnati men highlighted, including of course Stephen our current seminarian intern and Patrick Blenman our previous intern. 

  On August 24th, we will be welcoming to the parish Mr. Patrick Blenman.  He is a seminarian studying at Mt. St. Mary's in Mt. Washington to serve as a priest of our Archdiocese. As part of their diocese's program to form men to be good and holy priests, the seminary sends them out for one full school year into the parishes to work under the pastor and assist him as needed. They call this program the "seminarian intern" program.  It's a kind of mentorship / apprenticeship or residency program, designed to give them some practical experience in the midst of their academic studies and spiritual formation. Patrick will be living at St. Peter's, in the lower level of the rectory where the St. Peter office recently had been. We thank Debbie, Greg, Deacon Ron, and parish volunteers for all the help they have given in making that living space ready for him. Patrick will "hit the ground running" and ready to work when he arrives.  He will be involved in rel...