FORMER SEMINARIANS OF THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE


Name:
John Borman
Email:
Storhyee@aol.com
Web Site:
Todays_date:
3/10/2008
Years:
'76-'78

In which program(s)?

High School

Where Now?

Stanley, North Carolina

Comments

Most of my memories of St A's are good. I am now married to Jeana, have a little girl Celeste, and am alicensed massage therapist. I have wandered from the Catholic fold, but am active in our Methodist Church. If any one from the class of'80 is out there I would like to hear from you.


 

Name:

Richard Muegge

Email:

theywant2bborn@yahoo.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

04/30/06

Years:

1959-61

In which program(s)?

Jr. College & Novitiate

Where Now?

a suburb of Chicago

Comments

I recognize three names on this roster. All three were very friendly guys. I met Andy Weir when he was stationed in Chicago, and I remember Fred Estrada & Joe Scroggins from back in the day. I thank them for their friendship. Whenever I think of St. A., I think of Fr. Andy Grimes. What a wonderful warm big-hearted priest! I'm a retired high school teacher(of English, Spanish, & Latin.)Now I do substitute teaching and administer a tutoring program for immigrants with my wife.


Name:

Grady Logan

Email:

kg-logan@sbcglobal.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

April 27, 2006

Years:

1966-1973

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony High School and College, Novitiate in Sarita

Where Now?

Oklahoma City

Comments


Name:

Charles F. Fernandez

Email:

cfrndz@comcast.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

April 6, 2006

Years:

47-56

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's 47-52, St. Peter's Novitiate 52-53, DeMazenod 53-56

Where Now?

Dallas, Texas

Comments

Retired computer consultant, teaching Senior Citizens how to use PC at community college.


Name:

Rudy Valles

Email:

rudy_valles2000@yahoo.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

3/15/06

Years:

1965-69

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony Seminary High School

Where Now?

Austin, Texas last 22 years

Comments

The class of "69 was one of the last to be taught by mostly Oblate priest. It gave us a better understanding of the Order and its mission. The Class was a special group of guys that accomplished much while at St. A's and I am sure continues to achieve much in Life. My wife and I retired in Austin after 30 years at Texas Instruments and DELL and are lucky to live in Austin and have our kids nearby, especially our grandchild. May this message find each of you at peace with the world as we all continue our journey home.


Name:

Victor Bazan

Email:

victor.bazan@ic.fbi.gov

Web Site:

Todays_date:

07/29/2005

Years:

1964-1970

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony Seminary: 1964-1968 St. Peter's Novitiate, Sarita, TX: 1970

Where Now?

Austin, Texas; Special Agent FBI for 27 years. Hostage Negotiator for FBI having worked in San Juan,Puerto Rico; Bogota, Colombia; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Baghdad, Iraq, and elsewhere. Looking forward to more peaceful times. Can be reached at: 512-632-9973; always have time for old Oblate friends.

Comments

Married Kathleen J. Halamuda, 1973; two boys, Joseph and Christoper. Once an Oblate....God Bless you all!


Name:

W. E. "Eddie" Stephens

Email:

RevDrWES@yahoo.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

July 20, 2005

Years:

1984-1986

In which program(s)?

Austin House

Where Now?

Angleton, TX (40 Miles south of Houston)

Comments

I became an Anglican Priest. I currently serve as a Chaplain for a Hospice Agency, work with terminally ill patients and families in various Houston hospitals and serve as associate pastor of an Anglican Church. Looking to connect with old housemates from the Austin Program ‘84-‘86.


Name:

Fred R. Estrada

Email:

fredvic89@aol.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

05-23-05

Years:

1958-1961

In which program(s)?

Jr. College and Novitiate

Where Now?

San Antonio, Texas. Retired - Texas Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

Comments


Name:

Roman J. Bowser

Email:

roman@alumni.utexas.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

March 26, 2005

Years:

1964-65

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's Minor Seminary

Where Now?

I am the Executive Vice President for the Western States Affiliate of the American Heart Association. I work in downtown Los Angeles and live in Manhattan Beach.

Comments

I just stumbled across this web site and would love to hear from anyone who was in the seminary during the mid-60's, and knows the whereabouts of some of the priests who were teaching there at the time. I am also curious about when St. Anthony's ceased being a seminary. I was a meeting in downtown SA last year and jogged to 3200 McCullough, and was saddened to see that the seminary was no longer there.


Name:

Rick Castillon

Email:

castillonrick@hotmail.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

2/08/2005

Years:

1976-1980

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's High School Seminary

Where Now?

Lareo, Texas

Comments

I cherished my time at St. A's. I still have my oblate cross and consider myself a junior oblate. I am a physician in my home town. Married with 3 boys. Unfortunately none of my sons will get to experience St. A's.


Name:

Bill Bassett

Email:

pavelow2go@hotmail.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

13 Jan 2005

Years:

1972-1976

In which program(s)?

I was a 4-year student and graduate of St Anthony's Catholic Seminary High School. Graduated in 1976 (I'm getting old).

Where Now?

Live outside Washington DC....working in the Pentagon. Currently an Air Force Colonel.

Comments

Met with a former St A graduate yesterday (Dr Jim Roche-'56). He said there's reunion in Mar '05. Looking for information to possibly attend.


Name:

Robert Perez

Email:

rllmna@swbell.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

January 7, 2005

Years:

1981-1983

In which program(s)?

Masters of Divinity

Where Now?

San Antonio, Texas

Comments


Name:

Bernard "Buddy" Becnel

Email:

Bernard.Becnel@faa.gov

Web Site:

Todays_date:

01-07-2005

Years:

1981 - 1982

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's

Where Now?

After 5 years in the Marine Corps, worked 11 years with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and now with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Comments

I wished I would have finished at St. Anthony's, but had to go home for family.


Name:

Michael O'Connor

Email:

oconnorm@ameritech.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

12-04-2004

Years:

1979-1983

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's Juniorate, San Antonio 1979-1983

Where Now?

Living in Suburban Chicago, 9 years with SBC/Ameritech Telephone. Now as full time trade unionist and rep with IBEW Local 21

Comments

I am ever grateful for the sense of justice and great faith instilled in me by the Oblates. Looking forward to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of St. Anthony's Seminary (R.I.P.)


Name:

Norman Eugene White

Email:

whiteno@saic.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

8/17/2004

Years:

1949-1950

In which program(s)?

Attended Saint Anthony's Seminary in San Antonio, Texas for 1 year.

Where Now?

Virginia

Comments

I am wondering if my Friend Lee Johnson ever became a Priest and is he still alive? We attended grammar school together and both started St. Anthony's at the same time.


Name:

Michael A. Scheffler

Email:

MICHAEL.SCHEFFLER@TXDPS.STATE.TX.US

Web Site:

Todays_date:

July 2, 2004

Years:

1982-1986

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony Catholic High School Seminary, San Antonio, Class of 1986

Where Now?

Austin, Texas

Comments


Name:

ramsey L. Longbotham

Email:

ramsey@tarhc.org

Web Site:

www.tarhc.org

Todays_date:

March 29, 2004

Years:

1961-1967

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's Seminary and the Novitiate

Where Now?

Cuero, Texas

Comments


 

Name:

John Coburn

Email:

jcoburn@stjoe.org

Web Site:

Todays_date:

09/08/04

Years:

1966-67

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's Junior Seminary

Where Now?

St Jude Medical Center Fullerton, CA 92835

Comments


Name:

T. Joseph Scroggins

Email:

none

Web Site:

Todays_date:

September 8, 2004

Years:

1953-62

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's, St. Peter's Novitiate, DeMazenod SCholasticate

Where Now?

4303 Buena Vista, # 101, Dallas, Texas 75205

Comments

I am enjoying retirement from SBC (Southwestern Bell) and 18 years of public school teaching.


Name:

Louis deAnda

Email:

louied404@msn.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

August 23, 2004Formatio O

Years:

1953-1988

In which program(s)?

Fromation, Ordained May 28, 1960

Where Now?

Calle Agua 112A, Col. Lomas del Creston, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

Comments

Married to Geraldine Luke, January 17, 1989 in Oaxaca, Oacaxa, Mexico


Name:

Michael A. Scheffler

Email:

MICHAEL.SCHEFFLER@TXDPS.STATE.TX.US

Web Site:

Todays_date:

July 2, 2004

Years:

1982-1986

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony Catholic High School Seminary, San Antonio, Class of 1986

Where Now?

Austin, Texas

Comments


Name:

ramsey L. Longbotham

Email:

ramsey@tarhc.org

Web Site:

www.tarhc.org

Todays_date:

March 29, 2004

Years:

1961-1967

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's Seminary and the Novitiate

Where Now?

Cuero, Texas

Comments


 

Name:

John A Maier

Email:

maier43john57@comcast.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

April 19 2004

Years:

57-58

In which program(s)?

St Anthony's through Theology at OCSW

Where Now?

Denver Co

Comments

Married to my wife Karen One Daughter Sheila. Became an accountant


Name:

Ed Cunningham, omi

Email:

eecomi@hbci.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

04/09/04

Years:

45 - 59

In which program(s)?

High School through ordination

Where Now?

Minnesota City, MN

Comments


Name:

Father Michael (formerly Chris) Thomas

Email:

fathermike@verizon.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

03/28/2004

Years:

1976-80

In which program(s)?

St Anthony High School Seminary

Where Now?

Arlington, VA

Comments

Thanks to the seeds planted at St Anthony, I was able to become a physician and diocesan priest. Although I do not currently work as an overseas missionary, I still am involved with international health efforts in Washington DC as well as priestly duties.


Name:

Kenneth Cadena

Email:

kcadena@texas.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

03/04/2004

Years:

1983-1988

In which program(s)?

Pre-novice, novice, scholastic brother

Where Now?

Work for a public school district in San Antonio, TX

Comments


Name:

Rodney A. Lucia

Email:

brandrelucia@yahoo.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

March 3, 2004

Years:

61-62

In which program(s)?

St. Anyhony Seminary San Antonio, Texas

Where Now?

Infant Jesus Monastery Brothers of the Holy Eucharist P.O. Box 25, Plaucheville, La. 71362

Comments

I am presently President of our high school, St. Joseph High School. I have been a brother for the last 39 years.


Name:

PATRICK ROGERS

Email:

Web Site:

Todays_date:

FEB 18 2004

Years:

1955/1957

In which program(s)?

ST ANTHONY'S MINOR SEMINARY MC CULLOUGH AVENUE

Where Now?

BROOKLYN NEW YORK

Comments

JUST READ ABOUT ARCHBISHOP HURLEY'S SUDDEN DEATH. I WAS A LITTLE BOY AT ST ANTHONY;S WHEN FR CHARLES BORGERS WAS TE RECTOR; FR CLIFFORD BLACKBURN WAS THE PREFECT AND WE HAD A VISIT FROM ARCHBISHOP HURLEY AND CARDINAL SPELLMAN. WHAT A DAY. FR. PETER ROGERS OMI,DECEASED 1991 IN NEW ORLEANS WAS MY COUSIN. HE WAS THE EDITOR OF OMI MAGAZINE BEFORE GOING UP TO CANADA AROUND THE 1960'S AND THEN TO ST JUDE IN NEW ORLEANS.BISHOP PFEIFFER SAN ANGELO WAS A STUDENT AT THE NEW COLLEGE NEXT TO ST ANTHONYS WHEN FR ARMAND MATHEW WAS THE RECTOR.I STILL FOLLOW THE OMI'S ALL THE TIME. MY SMALL OMI CROSS WE RECEIVED AT ST ANTHONYS IS STILL UNDER MY PILLOW FROM HEN UNTIL NOW I'M 62 NOW AND TAKE CARE OF MY 94 BEAUTIFUL ANGEL OF A MOTHER.PRAY FOR FR. BENEDICT FROM THE EWTN PRAY CHANNEL FOR HIS RECOVERY. PAT ROGERS 198 EAST 31 STREET' BROOKLYN NY 11226


Name:

Jesus E. Aguayo

Email:

jesseaguayo@rgv.rr.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

January 15, 2004

Years:

1963-64

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's Seminary college program

Where Now?

I was ordained a permanent deacon for the Diocese of Brownsville on May 15, 1980. Currently I serve at St. Pius X Church in Weslaco, Texas. My wife Elvira Ledesma and I have been married since 1976 and have two daughters.

Comments


Name:

Bill Tepe

Email:

btepe@axs4u.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

12/20/03

Years:

1964-1968

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's Seminary

Where Now?

New Braunfels, Texas

Comments


Name:

Roger Temme

Email:

roger@interfaithcarealliance.org

Web Site:

Todays_date:

12/5/03

Years:

1963-1998

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's - San Antonio - 1965 Novitiate - 1967/68 Oblate School of Theology - 1975 Ordained in 1976

Where Now?

I live in Austin, Texas and work for an AIDS organization -- Interfaith Care Alliance -- www.interfaithcarealliance.org

Comments

The 30 years as an OMI taught me to reach out to the most abandoned and marginalized. Today I am priviledged to work with folks who are living with HIV/AIDS.


Name:

Ken France

Email:

kfrance@ststan.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

12/05/03

Years:

1983--1987

In which program(s)?

Pre-noviate and Noviate

Where Now?

Campus minister at St. Stanislaus in Mississippi

Comments

Spent last eleven years working with and running programs for street children in Brazil. My time with the Oblates prepared for this experience.


Name:

José Luis Hernández-Pétriz

Email:

jlpetriz@yahoo.com.mx

Web Site:

Todays_date:

November 16th 2003

Years:

1965-1969

In which program(s)?

Collage at St. Marýs University 1965-67 Novitiate 1967-68 Creighton university 1968-69

Where Now?

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas México

Comments

I would like to contact my former classmates to see if they made all the way to the priesthood


Name:

PATRICK ROGERS

Email:

PROGERS@BROOKDALE.EDU

Web Site:

Years:

1955-1957

In which program(s)?

ST ANTHOMYS JUNIOR SEMINARY SAN ANTONIO TEXAS

Where Now?

STILL AT HOME HERE IN BROOKLYN NY

Comments

I WENT TO ST ANTHONYS WHEN FR CHARLES BORGERS WAS RECTOR;FR CLIFFORD BLACBURN WAS PREFECT ALONG WITH THE LATE FR BOWEN ANF FR MAYBURY WHO LATER WERE IN A FATAL.AUTO ACCIDENT IN MEXICO. FR PETE ROGERS OMI WAS MY COUSIN. BISHOP MICHAEL PFEIFFER OF SAN ANGELO WAS A SENIOR STUDENT IN THE NEW COLLEGE NEXT TO ST ANTHONYS. FR ARMAND MATHEWS OMI WAS THE RECTOR OF THE SCHOOL THEN.


Name:

PATRICK ROGERS

Email:

PRogers@brookdale.edu

Web Site:

Years:

1955-1957

In which program(s)?

ST.ANTHNOY'S SEMINARY 1955-1957

Where Now?

STILL HERE IN BROOKLYN.I'M 62 AND TAKE CARE OF MY BEAUTIFUL MOTHER 93 YEARS OLD I STILL HAVE MY OMI JUNIOR CROSS WEREC'D IN OUR SECOND YEAR WHEN FR BORGES WAS THE RECTOR. MY COUSIN WAS FR PETE ROGERS,EDITOR OF THE OMI MAGAZINE AND LATER FROM NEW ORLEANS.HE DIED 1991 BISHOP PFIEFFER OF SAN ANGELO WAS A SEMINARIAN AT THE COLLEGE NEXT TO ST ANTHONYS WHEN FR ARMAND MATTHEWS OMI WAS THE RECTOR.I KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE OMI I LOVE MY CONNECTION. THE TWO YEARS I WAS AT ST ANTHONYS ARE WONDERFUL MEMORIES. I'M A CREDIT-COLLECTION MANAGER FOR A LARGE BROOKLYN HOSPITAL HERE IN BROOKLYN.GOD BLESS ALL OUR OMI'S AND ALL OUR SEMINARIANS.MAY THEY HAVE MANY YEARS. AD MULTOS ANNOS.

Comments


Name:

Antonio Villar

Email:

avillar@hotmail.com

Web Site:

Years:

4

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony High School Seminary

Where Now?

San Diego, CA

Comments

Just a brief note to write that as the years go by the leadership mentoring we received in our formative years is so much reflected in our work today.


Name:

Adan V. Gonzales

Email:

agonzale@esc18.net

Web Site:

Years:

1975-1978

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony High School Seminary

Where Now?

Midland, Texas

Comments

Married (Helen), 4 children Michael, Ryan, Jordan and Thomas.


Name:

Kenneth France

Email:

france@i55.com

Web Site:

Years:

1983--1987

In which program(s)?

Pre-Novitiate program at St. Edwards and the noviate in Godfrey.

Where Now?

I have spent the last eleven years working with street children in Sao Paulo Brazil. I was the founder and dorector of several homes and a not for profit agency advocating the rights of street children. Presently I am campus minister back in my home state of Mississippi at St. Stanislaus High School.

Comments

Have often thought about my Oblate days with much fondness. I believe the mission spirit I learned with the Oblates carried me in my work in Brazil. Would love to hear from any old class mates out there.


Name:

Bill O'Connor

Email:

ire10land@msn.com

Web Site:

Years:

1964-1966

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's Seminary

Where Now?

Suburban Chicago (LaGrange)

Comments

St. Anthony's was a wonderful place, with wonderful people. Great memories, not to be forgotten. Currently, a corporate officer with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; in recent years, spent some time in Moldovia( former U.S.S.R.), Poland, Hungary, and Albania to support initiatives for adopting to capitalistic markets, banking, and modern payment systems.


Name:

Michael Cowley

Email:

michael_cowley@msn.com

Web Site:

Years:

1983 - 1987

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony High School

Where Now?

San Antonio Tx

Comments

Married (Denise) 9 years; 2 children Makenna 5; Patrick 1


Name:

Tom McNamara

Email:

tommcnamara@houston.rr.com

Web Site:

Years:

1939-1951

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's 1939-1944. St. Peter's Novitiate 1944-1945. DeMazenod Scholasticate 1945-1951

Where Now?

Houston, TX

Comments

During the summers spent at Port Lavaca, TX, we had a cook named Henry, one of the best pancake makers in the world. In fact he was so long asssociated with the Oblate seminarians that he was asked by some of the townspeople if he was Catholic. Replied Henry: "No, but I's an Oblate." Association with the Oblate milieu through many stages of life since the earliest teen age years has a profound effect on one's religious attitudes. Henry got it right.


Name:

Maxmillian Mwakacheya

Email:

maxmillianm@zamnet.zm

Web Site:

Years:

In which program(s)?

Where Now?

I an Oblate from Zambia in MTM program here in San Antonio at pat. Guidon Center

Comments


 

Name:

George F. King

Email:

www.dopork@alaweb.com

Web Site:

Years:

Sept 1948-May 1954

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony Junior Seminary

Where Now?

450 W. Main Street Daleville, AL 36322

Comments

Would like to hear from anybody else who graduated from St. Anthony Seminary in San Antonio, Texas in 1954.


Name:

Robert Perez

Email:

rllmna@swbell.net

Web Site:

Years:

1976-1987

In which program(s)?

Collegiate Program/Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas

Where Now?

I live in San Antonio,Texas.

Comments


Name:

Michael O'Connor

Email:

oconnorm@ameritech.net

Web Site:

Years:

1979-1983

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony Juniorate, San Antonio, TX Southern Province

Where Now?

At home in suburban Chicago, assembling class list for 20th reunion. Working as an outside tech for Illinois Bell Telephone

Comments


Name:

Daniel J. Schott

Email:

Danplus7@webtv.net

Web Site:

none

Years:

1945-51

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's Juniorate, San Antonio, 1945 to winter semester 1951

Where Now?

New Orleans, La. Retired New Orleans P.D. since 1987

Comments


Name:

larry mcdermott

Email:

larrymac@genevaonline.com

Web Site:

Years: 1947 1951

In which program(s)?

st anthony demazenod scholasticate 1947

Where Now?

lake geneva wisconsin

Comments


Name:

Rudy Valles

Email:

raiderrudy75@aol.com

Web Site:

Years:

1965-69

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's Seminary

Where Now?

Austin, Texas

Comments

One of the last classes taught, for the most part, by Oblate priest. Make many lasting memories and often wonder how the class of '69 achieved, and continues to achieve. It was a special group of guys. Regards to all and may this message find you at peace with the world as we all continue our journey....Rudy


Name:

Jose Mejia

Email:

JMejia@phsca.org

Web Site:

In which program(s)?

The Novitiate, Godfrey, IL

DeMazenod or OST

 

Years:

1984-1988

Where Now?

Los Angeles CA.

Comments


Name:

Andy Wier

Email:

awier@omiusa.org

Web Site:

In which program(s)?

St. Anthony's Seminary in San Antonio:

Pre-Novitiate in Austin, TX:

The Novitiate, Godfrey, IL:

DeMazenod or OST:

 

Years:

1973-1986

Where Now?

I did not make perpetual vows. I am now married (Mary) with two children (Joshua & Julie). I am the Vocation Minister for the Oblates in the Pacific Area of the U.S.

Comments