Worldwide Seminarian Support

10/05/2026

Please join us in welcoming His Eminence Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke to Fort Wayne!

Cardinal Okpaleke is Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria: one of the dioceses Worldwide Seminarian Support is proud to help fund. Named a Cardinal by Pope Francis in 2022, he served as a cardinal-elector in the 2025 conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV.

Join us for a dinner reception with Cardinal Okpaleke on Monday, October 19 at 6:00 PM at St. Jude Catholic Church, Fort Wayne. Light dinner provided.

RSVP: https://www.zeffy.com/.../an-evening-wcardinal-peter...

Learn More: https://seminariansupport.org/cardinal-okpaleke

Can't attend? Please donate in honor of His Eminence: https://www.zeffy.com/.../support-seminarians-in-nigeria

St. Jude Catholic Church
2130 Pemberton Drive
Fort Wayne, IN 46805

10/03/2026

Right now, Bro. Ragulson Vincent is in Pune, studying theology, a long way from the village of Parugambattu where he grew up. That's not unusual for seminarians, but it's still worth noticing what it costs a young man to be that far from home for this long.

He entered the seminary back in 2015 and completed his regency at the Suryapet Formation House before moving to Pune. His home archdiocese, Pondicherry-Cuddalore, marks 250 years this year, one of the oldest Catholic communities in South India.

The chances are that a priest at your own home parish was born outside the U.S. Fewer new priests are coming from American seminaries now, and more are coming from formation programs like the one Ragulson is in.

Give through WSS, and 100% of your donation goes to Ragulson: his tuition, his room, his board, for as long as it takes him to finish.

Support Br. Ragulson by becoming a monthly donor: https://seminariansupport.org/donate

09/26/2026

Br. Bodella Prasad's family has worshiped at St. Joseph Church in Chagalamarry his whole life. It's a small parish in a diocese that has only stood on its own since 1967, when it was carved out of the much larger Diocese of Nellore.

He entered the seminary in 2016. Minor seminary, philosophy, a regency in Pennagaram, and then theology beginning in 2025.
The West still holds the largest share of the world's working priests, but a much smaller share of the men currently training to become one.

Donate through WSS, and every cent goes to Prasad by name: his tuition, his room and board, the actual cost of training him.

Support Br. Prasad by becoming a monthly donor: https://seminariansupport.org/donate

09/23/2026

From the archives: WSS Funded Father Godfrey Kimaro (January 2026)

09/19/2026

Some dioceses have been around for many centuries. Bro. Dumpala Venu's diocese, Khammam in Telangana, has only existed since 1988. The state itself, Telangana, is even younger, created in 2014. Venu, baptized Sunil, comes from a village called Thutikuntla.

He entered the seminary in 2016, and after finishing his regency at the Suryapet Formation House, began his first year of theology in 2025.

Priest numbers have been climbing across parts of Africa and Asia even as they've kept falling across Europe and North America.

Give through WSS, and 100% of it lands directly in Sunil's formation fund: tuition, housing, everything he needs to keep going.

Support Br. Sunil by becoming a monthly donor: https://seminariansupport.org/donate

09/18/2026

Please join us in welcoming His Eminence Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke to Fort Wayne!

Cardinal Okpaleke is Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria: one of the dioceses Worldwide Seminarian Support is proud to help fund. Named a Cardinal by Pope Francis in 2022, he served as a cardinal-elector in the 2025 conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV.

Join us for a dinner reception with Cardinal Okpaleke on Monday, October 19 at 6:00 PM at St. Jude Catholic Church, Fort Wayne. Light dinner provided.

RSVP: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/an-evening-wcardinal-peter-okpaleke

Learn More: https://seminariansupport.org/cardinal-okpaleke

Can't attend? Please donate in honor of His Eminence: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/support-seminarians-in-nigeria

St. Jude Catholic Church
2130 Pemberton Drive
Fort Wayne, IN 46805

09/12/2026

Chagalamarri: a farming town on the dry Rayalaseema plateau of Andhra Pradesh, far from any coastline or old cathedral city. It's where Bro. Narsigalla Sumanth grew up, before the road to the priesthood took him to Hyderabad.

The community he joined, the Apostolic Life Community of Priests, started in a small parish in Germany in 1974 and reached Andhra Pradesh in 1981.

He entered the seminary in 2016 and spent his regency year in Hyderabad before starting theology in 2025. When you give through WSS, every dollar goes straight to Sumanth's formation: his tuition, his room, his meals, with no overhead skimmed off along the way.

Support Br. Sumanth by becoming a monthly donor: https://seminariansupport.org/donate

09/11/2026

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Choose Worldwide Seminarian Support as your nonprofit, and it takes about 5 people banking that way to cover one seminarian's full year of tuition, which runs around $1,500.

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09/07/2026

There's a small detail in Br. Mullaiventhan's file that's easy to skim past: his home parish in Attipakkam is named for Our Lady of Good Health, the same title given to Mary at the shrine in Vailankanni, the place Pope John XXIII once called "the Lourdes of the East." That's the devotion he grew up praying under.

He entered the seminary in 2016. Minor seminary, philosophy, a regency placement, then theology starting in 2025.

His archdiocese, Pondicherry-Cuddalore, turns 250 this year. Priests have been serving that coastline since 1674. This year, more than a third of the men ordained as priests in the United States were born outside the country.

By donating through WSS, 100% of your gift goes directly to his tuition, room, and board; nothing is held back for anything else.

Support Br. Mullaiventhan by becoming a monthly donor: https://seminariansupport.org/donate

09/05/2026

Here's something you can knock out this week: book a free 30-minute Financial Checkup with Notre Dame Federal Credit Union, and they'll donate $150 to Worldwide Seminarian Support on your behalf.

Tuition for one seminarian runs about $1,500 a year, so this one meeting covers 10% of it. New members and current members both qualify once a year.

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