We are very pleased to announce we will be hosting a seminarian for the next few months. 

Eric Patrick was born in Escondido California, the second of five children. When he was two years old, he moved to Whitmore, a small town 30 miles outside of Redding. His home parish is Our Lady of Mercy in Redding. When he was in his early teens he begin to discern the call to religious life but chose to attend Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula. After college he returned home where he was active in his Parish, teaching CFF (Children’s Faith Formation), ushering at Mass, Altar Serving, and Knights of Columbus.

After several years Eric  heard God’s call, and applied to the diocese to begin formation as a seminarian. Eric just completed his third year at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park and is assigned here to live and serve at Saint Peter – All Hallows` Parish. In the Fall Eric will go on his Pastoral year where he will live and serve in a parish in our diocese until next May.