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	Patrick Agustin Second Theology North American College Home Parish: St. Columba, Oxon Hill, MD Worked in Finance for a major motion picture company in Los Angeles prior to entering seminary. Read more		Nate Anderson Second Theology North American College Home Parish: St. Peter, DC Owned and enjoyed riding a motorcycle.
	Gerald Andrews Fourth College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: U-MD Catholic Student Center Third of seven children. Climbed competitively for the University of Maryland.		Deacon Oscar Astigarraga Fourth Theology Redemptoris Mater Seminary Originally from Paraguay. Entered Redemptoris Mater Seminary right after high school.
	Jonathan Barahona First Theology Theological College Home Parish: St. Martin of Tours, Gaithersburg Has been a certified lifeguard for 5 years. Oldest of three children. Was studying education prior to entering seminary.		Danny Baxter First Theology Mount Saint Mary's Seminary Home Parish: U-MD Catholic Center/Sacred Heart, Bowie Graduated from DeMatha High School. Earned his Eagle Scout Award. Has worked as a bus driver. Read more
	Martin Begley Third College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Peters, Olney Oldest of seven children and was homeschooled. Attended University of Maryland before entering seminary.		John Benson Third Theology Redemptoris Mater Seminary Discovered his vocation in the National Gathering of Youth with Kiko Arguello (Initiator of the Neocatechumenal Way) in Washington, DC, 2010. He entered Redemptoris Mater Seminary right after high school.
	Fidele Bimenyimana First Theology Redemptoris Mater Seminary From Rwanda, youngest of five children. Has a Bachelor's Degree in Law. Speaks French.		William Bolin Fourth College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Andrew Apostle, Silver Spring Oldest of 6 children. Homeschooled since first grade. Enjoys sports, musical theater, piano and singing.
	Maycon Adams da Silva Bonfim ESL Program Redemptoris Mater Seminary Originally from Brazil. Speaks Portuguese, Spanish and English. Has a Bachelor's Degree in Biology.		Ryan Braam Fourth College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Leonardtown, MD Alumnus of St. Mary's Ryken High School. Has a sister with autism.
	Joseph Brown Second College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Aloysius, Leonardtown Youngest of three, has lived in St. Mary's County his whole life.		Fredy Calderon Fourth College Redemptoris Mater Seminary From San Salvador, El Salvador. Eldest of two brothers. Felt called to the priesthood during 2011 World Youth Day.
	Deacon Andrew Clyne Fourth Theology Theological College Home Parish: St. Michael the Archangel, Silver Spring Lived in Tokyo, Japan for 2 years as a young child.		Taylor Colwell First Pre-Theology Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: Shrine of the Sacred Heart Grew up in Griffin, GA and moved to DC to attend Georgetown University where he became Catholic. After college, worked for the federal government for two years.
	Mattia Cortigiani Pastoral Year Redemptoris Mater Seminary From Florence, Italy. Is an only child and has a Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology.		Abraham Cuevas Second College Redemptoris Mater Seminary Originally from California. He is the eighth of eighteen siblings. His whole family is in the Neocatechumenal Way.
	Joseph Cwik Third Theology North American College Home Parish: Our Lady of the Presentation Completed 3 yrs. of Undergraduate Studies in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland before entering seminary. In college, traveled to Sierra Leone, Africa with Engineers Without Borders. Enjoys camping, hiking and swimming		Mark Dwyer Second Theology Theological College Home Parish: St. John Neumann Graduated from Loyola University and commissioned in the U.S. Army in 2011. Enjoys motorcross, football and is an avid drummer. Studying to be an Army Chaplain. Read more
	Xavier M. Eckard Third College Redemptoris Mater Seminary From South Africa, eldest of six children. Family is in Neocatechumenal Way and is in mission in Pretoria, South Africa.		Julian Ehiem First Theology Theological College Home Parish: Ascension, Bowie, MD Born and raised in Nigeria. Certified as a Pharmacy Technician in Maryland. Likes to play soccer and volleyball. Enjoys painting and drawing.
	Christopher Feist Second College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Aloysius, Leonardtown Was on the high school sailing team for 4 years.		Deacon Kevin Fields Fourth Theology Mount Saint Mary's Seminary Home Parish: St. Peter, Olney Alumnus of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. Earned a Master of Public Administration degree. Worked as a banker before entering seminary. Read more
	Leon Gilmore Third College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: Our Lady Help of Christians Favorite flavor of pie is pecan.		Brendan Glasgow Third Theology Mount Saint Mary's Seminary Home Parish: St. Peter, Olney Second oldest of seven children. Raised in Olney, MD. Used to travel twice a week to go skiing. Enjoys playing doubles volleyball with his three brothers. Read more
	James Glasgow Second Theology North American College Home Parish: St. Peter, Olney Is the third of seven children, and was homeschooled. Studied mathematics at Catholic University before entering seminary. Enjoys both playing and listening to music, and is an avid tap dancer. Read more		Uriel Gonzalez First College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Raphael, Rockville Third of five children. Enjoys programming, environmental science and puzzles.
	David Guillen First Pre-Theology Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Martin of Tours, Gaithersburg Blessed Oscar Romero of El Salvador was his grandmother's cousin. Romero married his parents ten months before he was martyred.		Carlos de Rodrigo Gutierrez Pastoral Year Redemptoris Mater Seminary From Madrid, Spain, third of nine children. Speaks Spanish, English and German. Has a Master's Degree in Computer Engineering.
	Christian Huebner Third Theology North American College Home Parish: St. Peter's on Capitol Hill Practiced law before seminary. Read more		John Lado Third College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Patrick, Rockville Seventh person in his family to attend The Catholic University of America.
	Pedro Lopez Second College Redemptoris Mater Seminary Originally from Nicaragua. He enjoys playing soccer.		Emanuel Lucero Pastoral Year Redemptoris Mater Seminary Originally from Argentina. He is the sixth of six brothers and two sisters. All family members belong to the Neocatechumenal Way. Enjoys playing the charango.
	Kevin Lukowski First Theology Mount Saint Mary's Seminary Home Parish: Our Lady's Church at Medley's Neck Canoed 100 miles in the boundary waters of Minnesota on a week-long trip. Read more		Ebuka Mbanude Third Theology Mount Saint Mary's Seminary Home Parish: Church of the Nativity, Washington, DC Is the 4th among 7 children and the only member of his family currently in the United States. Enjoys playing soccer. Served his home parish as a youth ministry leader before entering seminary.
	Federico Mariano Second College Redemptoris Mater Seminary Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina and is the third of seven siblings. His whole family is in the Neocatechumenal Way.		D.B. Martin Second College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: Our Lady Star of the Sea Is a volunteer EMT Aide for his local rescue squad.
	Louis McHale Second College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Peter, Olney Walked the Way of St. James in high school.		Stefan Megyery Third Theology Theological College Born and raised in Germany, but also has a Hungarian passport. Earned a Ph.D in history. Was a tennis chair umpire and swimming referee.
	Mark Mergner Fourth College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Joseph, Morganza, MD Youngest of six children. Was on his high school swim team.		Peter Mlynarczyk Fourth College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. John Neumann, Gaithersburg, MD Recently biked 100 miles.
	Jimmy Morgan Second Pre-Theology Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: Assumption, DC Lived in Canada for 2 years doing mission work with Catholic youth.		Danny Morrison First College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. John Neumann, Gaithersburg Homeschooled through high school. Enjoys basketball.
	James Morrison Third Theology North American College Home Parish: St. John Neumann, Gaithersburg Has six siblings. Enjoys playing ultimate Frisbee.		Nicholas Morrison First Theology North American College Home Parish: St. John Neumann, Gaithersburg Was homeschooled since 2nd grade. Enjoys swimming and coaching swim lessons.
	Roger Mungala First Pre-Theology Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Anthony of Padua, DC Enjoys playing soccer, following world news, and hospital pastoral care to the sick through visit and prayer. Enjoys singing.		Patrick Mullan Third Theology Theological College Home Parish: Shrine of St. Jude, Rockville Former Youth Minister of St. Mary's County and Campus Minister to St. Mary's College of Maryland. Won CYO Mother's Day writing contest in first grade.
	David Narváez Third College Redemptoris Mater Seminary From Quito, Ecuador, fifth of eight children. Plays the charango and other stringed instruments.		Thong Nguyen First Pre-Theology Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: Our Lady of Viet Nam, Silver Spring Graduated with a degree in Business Administration. He is the third of five brothers and has one sister.
	David Nikhil Second College Redemptoris Mater Seminary Originally from Bangladore, India. He loves music and enjoys playing soccer.		Juan Pablo Noboa Pastoral Year Redemptoris Mater Seminary From Quito, Ecuador, eldest of six children. Speaks both English and Spanish fluently.
	Grzegorz Okulewicz Pastoral Year Redemptoris Mater Seminary Native of Poland. Entered the Redemptoris Mater Seminary right after high school.		Jacob Parreira Fourth College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: Our Lady, Star of the Sea Built and stored a wooden trebuchet inside his freshman dorm room.
	Tomislav Perkovic-Palos First College Redemptoris Mater Seminary Originally from Croatia. He is the oldest of six children.		Benjamin Petty Second Theology North American College Home Parish: St. Bernadette, Silver Spring Grew up in an Air Force family. Studied Philosophy and Drama at Wheaton College which led him to the Catholic Church and the John Paul II Institute in Washington, DC Read more
	Jan Tomasz Pietryga Third Theology Redemptoris Mater Seminary Originally from Poland. Third of 5 brothers and 5 sisters. Discovered his vocation during 2008 World Youth Day in Australia with Pope Benedict XVI.		Lucas de Lima Podda Second College Redemptoris Mater Seminary Native of Sao Paulo, Brasil, and is the second of five children. Family is in Neocatechumenal Way. Likes to play soccer.
	Benedict Radich Second College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Patrick, Rockville The oldest of six children and was homeschooled. He enjoys playing the drums, listening to music and playing Australian rules football.		Thomas Robertson First Theology North American College Home Parish: Our Lady of Mercy, Potomac, MD Accepted to University of Delaware as a Fine Arts major (watercolor painting), but graduated with a degree in Finance.
	Francisco Rodriguez Pastoral Year Redemptoris Mater Seminary Seventh of ten children. Family was sent as a Family in Mission by Blessed John Paul II to Newark, NJ, 1989. Family currently is in mission in the Diocese of Brooklyn, NY.		Michael Russo Third Theology Theological College Home Parish: St. Stephen-Martyr, DC Grew up in Waltham, MA before attending George Washington University. Graduated with a degree in History and Classical Studies.
	Isaac Sagastume First Theology Redemptoris Mater Seminary From San Jose, Costa Rica, eldest of two brothers. Speaks English and Spanish fluently and enjoys singing and playing the guitar.		Deacon Joseph Salser Fourth Theology Mount St. Mary's Seminary Home Parish: Ascension, Bowie Graduate of DeMatha Catholic High School. Played in the band program all four years; plays trumpet and bass guitar. Enjoys canoeing and kayaking.
	Thomas Showalter Second College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Mary of the Assumption Fourth of five children. One of four men from his high school class to enter seminary. Likes to play Frisbee.		Sean Skahen Fourth College Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: Our Lady of Mercy, Potomac Grew up in Massachusetts. Enjoys skiing and hiking.
	Karlo Stjepanovic First College Redemptoris Mater Seminary Originally from Croatia. He likes to play soccer.		Ben Szoch First Pre-Theology Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: Sacred Heart, La Plata Studied Biomedical Engineering at Penn State University and worked as a footwear lab engineer at Under Armour prior to entering Seminary.
	Marcin Szpot First College Redemptoris Mater Seminary Originally from Poland. Enjoys reading and playing chess.		Kyle Vance Second Pre-Theology Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. John, Hollywood Went on pilgrimage to France, Spain and Portugal. Visited tomb of St. John Francis Regis, patron saint of his home parish.
	Josue Isaac Vasquez First College Redemptoris Mater Seminary From New London, Connecticut. He is the fourth of eight children.		Pablo Villa First Theology Redemptoris Mater Seminary From Buga, Colombia, third of six children. Family is in Neocatechumenal Way. Speaks English, Spanish and Italian fluently.
	John Winslow Third College (Basselin) Theological College Home Parish: St. John Francis Regis Recently served Mass in both Fatima's Chapel of Apparitions and the Grotto in Lourdes.		Alexander Wyvill Second Pre-Theology Saint John Paul II Seminary Home Parish: St. Aloysius Gonzaga After graduating college, climbed for a month in Yosemite National Park. Completed multi-day ascent of Half Dome and El Capitan.
	Stefan Yap Second Theology Mount Saint Mary's Seminary Home Parish: U-MD Catholic Center Before entering Seminary, walked the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Read more