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Educating Future Priests: John Parks, Diocese of Phoenix  When he first enrolled in Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in the fall of 2005, John Parks of Scottsdale, AZ, would return home to find that people wanted to know what seminary life was like. “I would say, ‘It’s as if we’re all chickens and we’re being marinated in goodness.’”
And while his answer was mostly a joke, the seminarian studying for the Diocese of Phoenix feels there’s some truth to it. “It is just the full experience—human, pastoral, spiritual and academic formation.” Each aspect of formation helps round out the whole person who is studying to become a priest.”
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