Posted March 11, 2020
Some 125 young Hispanic men and their families got an inside look at the life of a seminarian, and a possible priestly vocation, March 8 at an event sponsored by the archdiocesan Vocation Office for Diocesan Priesthood. Read full coverage of the day here.
Auxiliary Bishop Edward Deliman celebrated Mass in St. Martin Chapel to start the annual Hispanic Family Day at St. Charles Seminary, sponsored by the archdiocesan Vocation Office for Diocesan Priesthood. (Photo by Zinjin Iglesia)
(Photo by Zinjin Iglesia)
(Photo by Zinjin Iglesia)
(Photo by Zinjin Iglesia)
Seminarians and the high-school age young men who visited the seminary March 8 play a competitive yet friendly game of soccer. (Photo by Sarah Webb)
Cheering on the seminarians and the young men playing soccer were their family members and Archbishop Nelson Perez (right) and Father Stephen DeLacy (center), director of the archdiocesan Vocation Office for Diocesan Priesthood. (Photo by Sarah Webb)
Archbishop Perez gets to know the youngest guest at St. Charles Seminary during Hispanic Family Day. (Photo by Sarah Webb)
Sister Maria Madre del Redentor, S.S.V.M., plays basketball with the youth at Hispanic Family Day at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. (Photo by Sarah Webb)
(Photo by Sarah Webb)
(Photo by Sarah Webb)
(Photo by Sarah Webb)
The participants in Hispanic Family Day at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Vocation Office for Diocesan Priesthood, enjoy a day with seminarians as the 125 guests and their families celebrated Mass, toured the seminary, played soccer and gathered for evening prayer. (Photo by Sarah Webb)
After a day on the lawn having fun, participants at Hispanic Family Day March 8 gather with the seminary community in St. Martin Chapel for vespers. (Photo by Sarah Webb)
Elliot Aguilar attends vespers with his family Ernesto Aguilar, Guadalupe Lopez, baby Jacob Aguilar and Joseph Aguilar (not shown). (Photo by Sarah Webb)
(Photo by Sarah Webb)
(Photo by Sarah Webb)
(Photo by Sarah Webb)
After vespers, Archbishop Perez chats with Sofia Knapsein and Luis Contreas, from St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Ambler. (Photo by Sarah Webb)
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