Visit St. John Vianney Seminary

God can't steer a car in park

My name is Father John Acrea. I'm a priest of the Diocese of Des Moines and one of the spiritual directors at the St. John Vianney Seminary in Minnesota. I know that Bishop Richard Pates is inviting young men from high school sophomores to college age to visit us. As a seminary spiritual director and a priest of Des Moines, I would like to invite you personally to come to our open house Feb. 9-11. Get out of “park” with your vocation possibilities.

St. John Vianney Seminary is, first of all, not a building but 135 men who feel God might be calling them to priesthood. They come to seminary check out that inner voice. Seminary “works” if they decide to stay and if they decide to leave.

We live in the seminary building on the north side of campus. We have our own chapel. The seminarians attend classes with all of the other students at St. Thomas University. We also get to share the new gym and the new student center.
I am proud of the men here. We have guys from the farm and city. We have men who have been on duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. We have men who have transferred from Purdue University, Iowa State University, University of Minnesota, etc. They have played football for the university, run track, cross country, baseball, the university choir and orchestra.

If you have thought that God is calling you to the priesthood, come and check out the life in seminary and the kind of men who are here. God bless you all.

Remember, “God does not call the qualified. He qualifies those he calls.”
Check us out on the web:

     www.vianney.net -- Main web page
    http://vianney.net/visitvianney    --Registration Form
    YouTube: http.//Vianney.net/video –This was produced by one of our seminarians.

For more information, you can contact Father John Acrea via email.