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.
Bishop Philip McDevitt tinanggap siya sa seminarian program diyosesis, at siya ipinasok St. Vincent seminaryo sa Latrobe, kung saan siya na ginugol ng dalawang taon sa kolehiyo sa paghahanda para sa seminaryo.