SEMINARIAN
Robert Paradiso
Church of St. Patrick, Huntington
High School: Chaminade
College: University of Maryland, College Park
Hobbies: Playing sports and music with friends.
Favorite Saint: St. Joseph
Favorite Bible Verse: Mt. 11:28-30 – “Come to me, all you that labor, and are burdened, and I will refresh you. Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls. For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.”
Favorite Book: Fr. Elijah by Michael D. O’Brien
Vocation Influencers: The Office of Readings for St. Francis Xavier. The book Priests We Need to Save the Church by Kevin Wells. Fr. Rob Walsh, my chaplain at UMD, priest of the Archdiocese of Washington; Fr. Conor Sullivan, my first spiritual director and assistant chaplain at UMD, priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis; the Canons Regular of St. Augustine in Glen Cove; Fr. Joseph Scolaro. All my educators in the Faith
Early movements in your vocation: Talking with other friends at Maryland who were discerning, going on a discernment retreat, attending young adult events in the diocese after graduating, Exodus90 with priest and lay friends.