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Pastors' day

Conception Seminary College held its inaugural Pastors' Day March 20. Seminarians invited the pastors from their home parishes to campus for a reception, tours of the campus and a banquet.

The event, which will be an annual occurrence, was conceived by the seminary's Board of Regents to provide continuity for seminarians from their parish to the seminary community. Many of the seminarians return to their parishes in the summer months to assist their pastors. Pastors are often the first and most profound influence on young men who consider the priesthood. Many seminarians credit the personal invitation of their pastors for sparking an interest in attending seminary.

While more than 60 pastors registered to attend the Pastors' Day, a severe winter storm prevented about half from attending.

Father Peter Iorio, vocation director of the Diocese of Knoxville, and Father Jim Harvey, pastor of Knoxville seminarian Dustin Collins, relax in the Alumni Union.

Nick Pinkston and Evan Harkins, both of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, talk with Father Joe Totton, also of the diocese.

Father David Cox of the Diocese of Jefferson City and his parishioner-seminarian Anton Bauer talk with Father Dan Merz, a priest of the Diocese of Jefferson City who is on the Conception Seminary College faculty.

Craig Sanger (left) of the Diocese of Wichita and Bryan Amthor of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph visit with Amthor’s pastor Father Reginald Sander, O.S.B., a monk of Conception.

Father Vincente Pazen La Casa, of the Diocese of Pueblo, awaits his parishioner-seminarian, Abram Cordova, as seminarian Isaac Ngatia of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph looks on.

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