Mount St. Mary's Seminary & School of Theology

06/18/2026

Yesterday during his General Audience, His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV greeted the seminarians currently taking part in The Rome Experience, including two of our own in Gabe Kube (who you can see with the drawstring backpack shaking the Holy Father's hand) and David Slonkosky.

The video comes from one of our own with them, Fr. Jacob Willig, who is serving as a Spiritual Director for the seminarians on The Rome Experience.

06/18/2026

Great to see another one of our newly ordained priests "in the field", with Fr. Kraig Gruss up in Yellow Springs recently (assisting him in the photo is Deacon Mark Danis, father of seminarian Deacon Luke Danis).

The St. Michael the Archangel Family of Parishes will welcome Frs. Curtis Gross and Doug Moore for their first assignments starting on July 1. Please keep all the newly ordained in your prayers as they prepare for that phase of their priestly ministry.

06/17/2026

A great read about Deacon Joseph Becker, the father of one of our own seminarians from the Diocese of Charlotte (Mark Becker), who in addition to being a permanent deacon and the father of one priest already ... is also a Cincinnati native!

Thank you to Deacon Becker for his 'yes' to the diaconate and to his first vocation has father to one priest and (God-willing) in a couple of years another!

Deacon Joseph Becker is celebrating five years of ordained ministry at St. Matthew Parish and his first year serving as assistant formation director for the diocese’s Permanent Diaconate program. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3rfvzjve

06/15/2026

Update: as Deacon Bao pointed out in the comments, today (June 15) is Fr. Klare's birthday, so happy birthday to him!

The same day as the priesthood ordination for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Fathern Benj Klare celebrated his Mass of Thanksgiving at his home parish of St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in Momfort Heights.

Thank you to Father Klare for his "yes", he will begin his first assignment at Eastside Catholics on July 1.

06/13/2026

Some great photos from Fr. James Tweed’s Mass of Thanksgiving recently, with lots of MTSM alums and friends involved.

Please keep Fr. Tweed in your prayers ahead of starting his first assignment with the Waxhaw Catholic Community starting on July 1!

06/13/2026

Tonight our friends from Sacred Heart Radio 740AM Cincinnati, Ohio will celebrate its 25th anniversary of sharing the Gospel through Catholic radio. For The Catholic Telegraph, Dr. Kenneth Craycraft, the James J. Gardner Family Chair of Moral Theology and Professor of Moral Theology at MTSM, wrote about taking over 'Driving Home the Faith' from the late Fr. Rob Jack and his vision for the program going forward.

As most readers of this column are aware, my primary job is Professor of Moral Theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology. Some of you might know that I am also an attorney, licensed in Ohio and many federal courts. But for the past five months or ...

06/12/2026

Two weeks ago, Rev. Daniel Stump, who received his Master's of Divinity from MTSM in 2025, was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph. Father Stump spent his transitional deacon year serving at parishes in the Kansas City area. Read more about his vocational journey, diaconate year in the parish and returning to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati for a retreat prior to his ordination.

Please keep Father Stump in your prayers as he begins his priestly ministry, including his first parish assignment on July 1.

Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology (MTSM) has been celebrating the men from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Diocese of Charlotte who had completed their time here this year followed quickly by ordination to the holy priesthood, another MTSM seminarian has completed a different vocati...

06/12/2026

Great to see one of our seminarians making a bulletin contribution while on summer assignment! Seth Rinderle is in Coldwater and Ft. Recovery this summer, thank you to Frs. Alexander Witt, Ethan Moore, Barry Stechschulte, Ethan Hoying and Joseph Pasala for hosting Seth and assisting in his formation for the next couple of months!

Fridays w/ Father... an intended Future Father (Our Visiting Seminarian).

06/11/2026

Happy Birthday Bishop Thomas! Thank you for entrusting MTSM with the formation of your seminarians for the priesthood, and for your service on our Seminary's Board of Trustees.

Please join us in praying for Bishop Daniel E. Thomas on his birthday today, especially as he joins the other US Bishops to consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus!

06/10/2026

Father Daniel Jasek completed his tour of the Riverview Catholics parishes this past weekend at St. Stephen and it is great to see him with our friend Father Thomas Fitzsimmons, a 1963 alum of the Seminary.

Father Jasek's first parish assignment will be at the Divine Mercy Family beginning on July 1.