The Diocese of Spokane enters the 2025-2026 formation year with a net increase of four seminarians compared to this time in 2024, bringing the total number of men in Spokane's initial priestly formation program to 19. At the same time, Bishop White Seminary (BWS)...
For many years, the Diocese of Spokane's Quo Vadis Days has been a growing summer tradition for high school-aged boys. This summer marks a new chapter for the Office of Vocations, as a girls' iteration of Quo Vadis Days, called Beloved, successfully launched for the...
On Sunday, June 1, in the presence of Bishop Thomas Daly, seminarians Mitchell Carey of Clarkston, Wash. and Christopher Appel of Colfax, Wash. were admitted to Candidacy for Holy Orders at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes. Mitchell became a seminarian with the...
For the third year, the Office of Vocations has hosted the Holy Family dinner after Chrism Mass in Spokane. The premise is simple: create a space for parents of seminarians and priests to engage with one another in fellowship over a meal. This year, we sat down with...
by David Scott, contributor at Inland Catholic In John 14:6, Jesus teaches us: “I am the way and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Steve Haxton readily confesses that it was indeed through our Lord Jesus that he came to know God...
By Fr. Kyle Ratuiste Andrew Kelley's decision to be a seminarian for the Diocese of Spokane was not obvious. His hometown and family are in western Oregon, and he only came to Spokane to attend Gonzaga University. In the American seminary system, men discerning and...
The SEE25 Conference presented by FOCUS is hosted annually around the New Year. This year, it was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from January 1 to 5. A generous benefactor underwrote the costs for each of the seminarians to attend. Thirteen of the fifteen seminarians...
Over the winter break, seminarians from the Diocese of Spokane were asked to reflect on some highlights from the last semester and share a moment of encounter with Jesus during that time. Andrew Kelley | Configuration III | St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park, CA ...
National Vocation Awareness Week, celebrated November 3-9, 2024, is an annual week-long celebration in the U.S. Catholic Church. The week is dedicated to promoting and inspiring vocations to the priesthood, diaconate, and consecrated life. The first National Vocations...
This article lists men and women from the Diocese of Spokane who are now living in religious life. This list does not include religious who have completed their formation and are solemnly professed in their communities. Please keep these men and women in prayer as...