Bishop Philip McDevitt accepted him into the diocese’s seminarian program, and he entered St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, where he spent two years in college in preparation for the seminary.
Askofu Philip McDevitt alimpokea katika mpango dayosisi ya seminarian, naye akaingia St. Vincent Seminari katika Latrobe, ambapo alitumia miaka miwili katika chuo katika maandalizi kwa ajili seminari.