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Educating Future Priests:
Mauricio Carrasco, Diocese of Little Rock

In Fall 2010, Saint Meinrad’s seminary program enrolled 136 seminarians—the most since 1985. The increase is a continuation of a trend the School has enjoyed over the past several years.

“When I entered the seminary, we had the largest enrollment class in the past 10 years,” says Mauricio Carrasco, a seminarian studying for the Diocese of Little Rock, AR. “I’ve only seen class sizes increase during my four years here.

“My own class went from 12 students in philosophy to 35 students in first theology. This year, we’re almost to capacity. Saint Meinrad is growing; there’s no doubt about that, and the community is a healthy one.”

Supporting Saint Meinrad

If you've wondered what a financial gift to Saint Meinrad might accomplish, here are some items that alumni and benefactors of Saint Meinrad help support:

Classroom instruction for seminarians and lay ministry students
Spiritual formation programs in the Seminary and School of Theology
Guest lectures by renowned theologians, Scripture scholars and others
Ministry opportunities for students
Workshops and conferences for teachers, students and monks
Vocations promotion and recruitment
Computers and technology for the monastery, library, classrooms and student rooms
Health services for students and monks
Upkeep of the buildings and grounds
New books and other resources for the Archabbey Library
Continuing education and professional development for our faculty
Financial aid for seminarians and lay ministry students
Sabbaticals for clergy members
Further education for Benedictine monks
Special learning opportunities abroad
Homiletics program
Development of continuing education programs
Liturgical books for seminarians
And many more programs and services

We hope that you will join the many others who are making these and other works of Saint Meinrad possible. Use the links below to make a gift to support our work, learn about other ways to support Saint Meinrad or contact someone in our Development Office.