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Francisco Aguirre
Second Theology
North American College
Home Parish: Our Lady of Mercy, Potomac
Worked in the Archdiocesan Forward in Faith campaign after graduating Fordham University in 2004 and went on to work as Youth Minister at Blessed Sacrament prior to entering seminary.
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Landry Amany
Third College
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Originally from Ivory Coast, Africa. Discovered his vocation during a pilgrimage to the Shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussokro, Ivory Coast, in 2004.
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Abbi Aramil
First Pre-Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
From the Philippines, and has a B.S. Degree in Information Technology.
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Oscar Astigarraga
First Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Originally from Paraguay. Entered Redemptoris Mater Seminary right after high school.
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Rafael Barbieri
Pastoral Year
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Graduated from the Centro Universitario Barao De Maua in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with a degree in Tourism.
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Jack Berard
First Pre-Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: St. Hugh, Greenbelt
The fifth of ten children; was a FOCUS Missionary for two years at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.
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Alberto Biondi
Second Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Has a University Degree in Civil Engineering.
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Robert Boxie
First Pre-Theology
Theological College
Home Parish: St. Augustine, DC
Born and raised in southwest Louisiana; undergraduate degree in chemical engineering while studying music; practiced law for 3 years; taught English in France and is an avid runner and tennis player.
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Alex Buder
Second Pre-Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: St. Stephen Martyr, DC
Grew up on the island of Martha's Vinyard. Worked in the film/television industry for three years.
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Keith Burney
First Pre-Theology
Theological College
Home Parish: St. John, Hollywood
In 2007 was able to travel to Rome and take the Scavi Tour, and see and pray before St. Peter's remains.
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Deacon William Carloni
Fourth Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Born in Italy. Received a B.A. in History from the Metropolitan State College of Denver.
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Dan Carson
Third Theology
Theological College
Home Parish: St. Mark the Evangelist, Hyattsville
Worked for White House, Capitol Hill, and in management consulting prior to seminary. Competitive swimmer and coach.
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Martino Choi
First Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: St. Andrew Kim, Olney
Graduated from the University of Maryland in 2008 with a degree in Government and Politics. While in college worked at the U.S. Department of State for a year.
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Mark Cusick
Second Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: St. Mary, Rockville
Worked for National Institutes of Health focusing on child and adolescent development; trumpet player.
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Francesco D'Amico
Second College
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Born in Assisi. Family currently lives there. He discovered his vocation while living in the Holy Land in 2007.
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Tony D'Souza
Pastoral Year
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Discovered his vocation on a pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Francis Xavier in
Goa, India, in 1999.
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Tim Daniel
Second Theology
North American College
Home Parish: Catholic Student Center, University of Maryland
Speaks Japanese and a little Italian. Studied in Kobe, Japan and Milan, Italy. Enjoys drawing, baseball and basketall. Gratuate of DeMatha High School and University of Maryland.
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Ireno Delzotto
Second Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
From Croatia. Mother is Greek Orthodox. Entered Redemptoris Mater Seminary right after high school.
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Greg DeStefano
First College
St. John Neumann
Home Parish: Jesus the Divine Word
Graduated from DeMatha Catholic High School in 2010; played rugby and french horn.
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Deacon Alejandro Diaz
Fourth Theology
Blessed John XXIII National Seminary
Home Parish: Cathedral of St. Matthew, DC
Originally from Bogota, Columbia. Worked for the Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto before entering the Seminary.
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Angel Fermin
Pastoral Year
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Received degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technological University of Santiago, Dominican Republic.
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Matthew Fish
Second Pre-Theology
Theological College
Home Parish: St. Jerome, Hyattsville
Grew up in Takoma, Washington. Taught theology and coached rugby at DeMatha Catholic High School last year. Spent two years in graduate theology in Austria. Has driven to all but five states in this country.
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Shaun Foggo
Second Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: St. Jerome, Hyattsville
History teacher and Baseball coach for DeMatha Catholic High School before entering Seminary.
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Peter Freimuth
Second College
St. John Neumann
Home Parish: St. Catherine Laboure, Wheaton
2009 graduate of the Heights. Member of the wrestling team in high school.
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Kenneth Gill
First Theology
Blessed John XXIII National Seminary
Home Parish: Cathedral of St. Matthew, DC
Originally from Melbourne, FL. lived in Washington since 1987. Worked in the fields of Neurophysiology, Information Technology and Business Development.
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Santonio Hill
First College
St. John Neumann
Home Parish: St. Peter Claver
Enjoys playing basketball, football and lacrosse. Graduated in 2010 from Great Mills High School.
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Scott Holmer
Second Theology
Theological College
Home Parish: St. Jerome, Hyattsville
Taught and worked in Campus Ministry at DeMatha Catholic High School and enjoys water and snow-skiing. Graduated from Georgetown University.
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Philip Ilg
Second Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Great musician who plays the guitar. From Richfield Park, New Jersey.
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Ryan Jackson
First Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: St. Stephen Martyr, DC
Converted in 2006 while attending The George Washington University.
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David Knupp
First College
St. John Neumann
Home Parish: St. Anthony, North Beach
Tri-County and All-County oboist in 11th/12th grades. Played and participated in rehearsal with the National Symphony Orchestra this past year.
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Cezary Kozubek
Pastoral Year
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
From Poland, received B.A. in Biology and was a teacher for some years.
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Patrick Lewis
Third Theology
North American College
Home Parish: St. Bernadette, Silver Spring
Graduated from School of Business at the University of Maryland. Has worked in software sales. More recently, worked for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Pro-Life Secretariat.
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Deacon Agustin Lopez
Fourth Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Native of Ecuador. Industrial Engineer from the San Francisco University in Quito, Ecuador.
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Emanuel Lucero
Second College
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Originally from Argentina. He is the sixth of six brothers and two sisters. All family members belong to the neocathecumenal way. He plays the charango.
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Chip Luckett
Second Theology
Theological College
Home Parish: St. Hugh, Greenbelt
Part Panamanina/Part Hungarian/Part English/Scottish-American; used to play violin.
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Mario Majano
Third Theology
North American College
Home Parish: St. Martin of Tours, Gaithersburg
Played rugby and soccer. His family is from El Salvador.
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Robert Maro
Second Pre-Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: Blessed Sacrament, DC
Taught improvisational theatre classes to adults at the Little Theatre of Alexandria. Worked as DRE at Blessed Sacrament for 8 years before entering seminary.
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Santiago Martin
Second Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Graduated from the University of Nuestra Senora de la Fuencisla in Segovia, Spain with a degree in Physical Education.
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Javier Martinez
Second Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Has a B.A. in Education. Worked for two years as an elementary school teacher.
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Pablo Antonio Melendez
Third College
St. John Neumann
Home Parish: St. Peter, Olney
Graduated from the Heights School, loves to travel and has been to 16 countries outside of the United States.
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Patrick Mullan
Second Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: Shrine of St. Jude, Rockville
Homeschooled since the second grade. Amateur Theater actor.
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Conrad Murphy
Second Pre-Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: St. Stephen Martyr, DC
Graduated from GWU in 2009. Family lives in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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Anthony Palombo
First Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
The oldest of ten children, son of a firefighter who gave his life on September 11, 2001.
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Deacon Michael S. Paris
Fourth Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: St. Mary of the Mills, Laurel
Grew up in Columbia, MD and graduated from Wilde Lake High School. Received Sacrament of Confirmation in 2001. Worked for UPS until entering the seminary.
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Francisco Perez-Victoria
Second Pre-Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
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Jan Tomasz Pietryga
Second College
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Originally from Poland. Third of five brothers and five sisters. Discovered his vocation during 2008 World Youth Day in Australia with Pope Benedict XVI.
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Ryan Pineda
First Pre-Theology
Theological College
Home Parish: St. Jerome, Hyattsville
Grew up in the Philippines; lived in Guam and California before moving to DC; taught Math at Mary Star of teh Sea High School and Elizabeth Seton High School.
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Sam Plummer
Second Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: St. Peter, Waldorf
Graduated from Belmont Abbey with a degree in Accounting. Worked for a publishing company in North Carolina for 4 years as a marketing research analyst.
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Jonathan Powell
First College
St. John Neumann
Home Parish: Immaculate Heart of Mary
3rd oldest of 12 and a convert to the faith; played football and trained in mixed martial arts while in high school. He has taken flight lessons and has flown planes.
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Aaron Qureshi
First Theology
North American College
Home Parish: St. Joseph's on Capitol Hill
Born and raised in Arizona. Studied mathematics and bioinformatics. Swam from Gilbraltor to Morocco in 2007.
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Daniele Rebeggiani
Third Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Received a B.A. in Physics from the University of Roma.
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Michal Sajnog
Third Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Born in Poland, he entered Redemptoris Mater Seminary in 2001.
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Deacon Rodolfo Salinas
Fourth Theology
Blessed John XXIII National Seminary
Home Parish: Cathedral of St. Matthew, DC
Born in Peru. Worked as a Research Coordinator for the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland. B.A. in Philosophy, St. John Vianney College Seminary. Ordained Permanent Deacon, June, 2005.
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Joseph Salser
Third College
St. John Neumann
Home Parish: Ascension, Bowie
Graduated from DeMatha Catholic High School. Played in the band program all four years; trumpet player; worked for ANC Sports until entering seminary.
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Alec Scott
Second Pre-Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: Sacred Heart, Bowie
Grew up in a large military family and have 5 siblings, all of whom currently seve in the active duty military. Was Army ROTC at Holy Cross.
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Chris Seith
First Theology
North American College
Home Parish: Sacred Heart, Bowie
Went to the University of Maryland before entering Seminary. Performed in several musicals.
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Matt Shoemaker
First Pre-Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: St. Stephen, Martyr, DC
Grew up in Ohio; graduated from George Washington University in 2010, receiving a B.A. in Political Science and International Affairs.
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Jorge Ubau
Third Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
From El Salvador and plays the charango. Entered Redemptoris Mater Seminary right after high school.
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Jonathan Vanegas
Third Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Native of Ecuador, is the oldest of ten children. Entered Redemptoris Mater Seminary right after high school.
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Saulo Vicente
Third Theology
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Native of Brazil. Studied information science in Brazil. Entered the Seminary right after high school.
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Pablo Villa
Second College
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
Originally from Columbia. Discovered his vocation when still very young, during a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Chiguinquira in Bogota, Columbia.
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Bill Wadsworth
Second Pre-Theology
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Home Parish: St. Patrick, Rockville
Convert to Catholicism. Hiked 60 miles along the C&O Canal.
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Steven Wyble
Fourth College
Theological College
Home Parish: Holy Redeemer, Kensington
Enjoys rock climing and bike touring, went skydiving summer '09.
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Maciej Zacharek
Pastoral Year
Redemptoris Mater Seminary
From Poland. Alumni of Lublin University. Discovered his vocation in the World Youth Day of Loreta, Italy, with Pope John Paul II.
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