Daily Prayer Calendar
Thank you for your commitment to interceding for our present and future discerners of the Diocese of Peoria. Click HERE to download a copy of the daily intention calendar.
Vocational Discernment
Reach out to Fr. Chase today to figure out more about how God might be calling you.
Isaac Sanders
13 Birth Date January 15, 2003 Parish Location Epiphany, Normal Year entered the Seminary/Class of Entered in 2021, Class of 2029 Studying at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, Winona MN WHY DID YOU BECOME A SEMINARIAN? Throughout my life, I experienced passing thoughts where I wondered if I was being called to the priesthood. […]
Peter Schoonmaker
Birth Date February 03, 2003 Parish Location St. Mary, Rock Island Year entered the Seminary/Class of Entered in 2021, Class of 2029 Studying at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, Winona MN Why did you become a seminarian? The thought of being a priest had been on my mind since I was little, but it wasn’t […]
Jonathan Puckett
Birth Date December 28, 1997 Parish Location St. Matthew, Champaign Year entered the Seminary/Class of Entered in 2021, Class of 2027 Studying at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD Why did you become a seminarian? After several years of discernment, I believe that God is calling me to be His Priest. I first felt called […]
Andrew Bilgri
Birth Date June 5th, 1997 Parish Location St. John Paul II Newman Center, Normal Year entered the Seminary/Class of Entered in 2021, Class of 2027 Studying at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD Why did you become a seminarian? Towards the end of high school I had a reversion back to my faith, which sparked […]
Thomas Williams
Birth Date March 21, 2002 Parish Location St. Aloysius, Wataga Year entered the Seminary/Class of Entered in 2020, Class of 2028 Studying at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, Winona, MN Why did you become a seminarian? I first felt the draw to the priesthood in second grade. Growing up in a Catholic grade school, I […]
Blake Miller
Birth Date September 25, 1995 Parish Location Holy Trinity, Bloomington Year entered the Seminary/Class of Entered in 2020, Class of 2026 Studying at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD Why did you become a seminarian? I grew up Catholic and attended Catholic school through high school, but I fell away from the faith during my […]
JohnPaul Stedwill
Birth Date July 3, 1997 Parish Location St. Jude, Peoria Year entered the Seminary/Class of Entered in 2020, Class of 2026 Studying at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD Why did you become a seminarian? I believe that the Father not only has a plan set aside for each of our lives, but also that […]
Patrick Wille
Birth Date May 25, 1995 Parish Location St. Philomena, Peoria Year entered the Seminary/Class of Entered in 2017, Class of 2023 Studying at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD Why did you become a seminarian? I believe in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Indeed, “If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we […]