Show k'i Page 2- 6- The Herald Journal to” gthl" in Logan Utah Thursday August 27 1998 Prospective priests ponder future in seminary By Tom Kisken gram involves on obedience simplicity and celiba- Scripps Howard News Service love seats and d chairs they start to sing: "Is it I Lord? I have heard you calling in the middle of straight-backe- will go Lord citrus orchards on Camarillo's southeastern edge the students meet with advisers who offer suggestions on strengthening connections with if you Jesus Christ They spend the he lives in a spartan seminary room On his shelf alongside the book “Don Quixote" is a picture of a friend Jorge who died in a car accident this year bet- ter part of a week in silence Castillo acknowledged that ome students blanch at the requirement! needed to be a priest Asked about celibacy he They pray At a time when the number of seminary students nationally has sunk from 13400 in 1967 to 1343 three decades later the said it won't be easy “We are all sexual beings" he said noting that there are other things to worry about too such as the total commitment to a parish “Different people struggle with different things" Far from being put off Castillo summer session can be a turning point "We tell them to ask themselves gently 'Why am I doing this?' “ said the Rev Jack Stocgcr program director “All I know is that God wants them to be happy” Thuan Phan 26 once thought of becoming a pharmacist but came here instead Now he's on the cusp of life as a priest where 24 he'll be celibate and ll hours day Why? Because he wants to have fun "I want to live this life in a way that is not only fun but in a way that I can help myself find feels reaffirmed more eager on-ca- Scripps Howani photo eternal life'' he said "But it should be fun and I should be happy" If not Phan said he's chasing Gustavo Castillo 23 listens to Roman Catholic Bishop Sytvester Ryan as he celebrates mass at St John's School Seminary the wrong career The Intensive Period of Spiritual Formation the ponderous label stuck to the program is free and mandatory for students entering the second of their minimum four years at the seminary The program isn't about what you do as a priest That information comes from elsewhere in part during an internship for third-yestudents in Camarillo Calif This is Mass for St John's ep Prospective Roman Catholic priests make the sign of the cross while Bishop Ryan leads mass The summer focus is on what Stoeger calls interior dispositions — the religious foundation need- The students sit in a small room around a burning candle the definition of obedience They discuss physical fitness and spin-tu- al inspiration offered by art and music They listen to speakers such as Bishop Sylvester Ryan of Monterey but also spend time sharing world and talk about everything from the importance of prayer to silence at a retreat ed for a life dedicated to the church that represents the light of the their own ideas The last five days of the session are spent in “We have to be quiet to listen to the spirit in our lives” Stoeger said a book by its cover so make a good impiession Godfrey A drimy nur nm mur ana's LOCAN MU Continued from Page 15 ftae pickup ixgwlcdnr pitekn OarMqlcMcn First Visit n Peopled judge ar this mortal by Father Mother May I meet you in your royal courts on high? Then at length when I've completed all you sent about his eventual goal ofleadiQg a Hispanic congregation in his hometown For Phan the most intimidating aspect of his future may be the role as a spiritual leader asked to guide and serve hundreds maybe thousands of people He figures that learning to live with momentary feelings of inadequacy is part of the spiritual program Scripps Howard phdo six-we- ek Seminary students who are hip-dein six weeks that could dictate their futures Designed to help them understand the mindset and level of faith and commitment needed to make it as a priest the special summer pro en small seminary chapel each night As with the rest of the students one-on-o- ne from I soft-spok- At the seminary surrounded by rts the night lead me" silence He’s a from Inplewood Ca who makes a habit of visiting a cy CAMARILLO Ca — A dozen prospective Catholic priests wear colored jeans and sandals that reveal white socks Ris- ing Gustavo Castillo welcomes the give-and-ta- ke 400 North SO E 753-05- or Mi ite it smsiUbuM vactfc Today I 770-- 1 055 me forth to do with your mutual 'approbation let me come and those golden oldies Even as we honor the dead music draws from us our most dwell with you” Knowing the importance of music and its abili- tender feelings At funerals those ty to motivate and move people I will not be surprised if the righteous do not pass through those gifted with tone sing of whispered hope of coming to the gar- Ki&gllxixXDBtaiRpftzialE&iiGd) gates of pearl singing if not den alone while the bloom is still on the roses of songs at twilight and of a love being somewhere swinging God who probably aDenn®0tenp(f&Kigteo knows a good hymn or two Himself I think will like that Amen One very old Mormon hymn sung at a plethora of funerals has a line which reads “When I leave this frail existence when I lay Kenneth W Godfrey is e religious historian living in Logan Missionaries Continued from Page 18 Jeremy Winborg eon of Leny end 8ydney Winborg of Hyde Perk hea accepted a call to aerve In the Albania Tinnia LDS Mission Ho wN speak el 9 am Sunday In the Hyde Park 4th White of Wells vide accepted a call to the West Virginia Charleston LOS Mission She speaks at 11 am Sunday In the Wettsvile 3rd Ward 200 S Center Ward 480 N 100 West He enters the Missionary Training Center on Sept 2 She enters the Missionary Training Center Sept 9 WANTED: RESIDENTIAL HOMESITES In Your Neighborhood Td Display Our New Advanced AirTouch Digital is Here! 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