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Friday, February 13, 2009

Kansas: 'More Seminarians Than One Stage Can Hold'

The Catholic Key (www.catholickey.org)

A 40-year peak in seminary enrollment is celebrated at a "Support our Seminarians" dinner for Conception Abbey Seminary.
 KANSAS CITY (Catholic Key) - Abbot Gregory Polan of Conception Abbey led nearly 700 voices in a round of “Holy God We Praise Thy Name” at the Downtown Marriot January 30. “We bless and we thank you Lord for countless blessings,” Abbot Polan prayed as he opened the annual S.O.S. - “Support Our Seminarians” dinner and auction in support of men studying for the priesthood from both sides of State Line Road and for Conception Seminary College.

As he has every year, KMBC-TV anchor Larry Moore served as master of ceremonies at the event which was the brainchild of Moore and his wife Ruth. Recalling the humble beginnings of the effort, Moore said in 1994 there was only one seminarian from the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph. “Things got even worse the next year,” Moore said, when there were none. 

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