Bishop Philip McDevitt accepted him into the diocese's seminarian program, and he entered St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he spent two years in college in preparation for the seminary.
ອະທິການ Philip McDevitt ຮັບການຍອມຮັບໃຫ້ເຂົ້າໄປໃນໂຄງການ seminarians diocese ຂອງ, ແລະໄດ້ເຂົ້າໄປໃນ Seminary St. Vincent ໃນ Latrobe, ບ່ອນທີ່ທ່ານໄດ້ໃຊ້ເວລາສອງປີໃນວິທະຍາໄລໃນການກະກຽມສໍາລັບສາດສະຫນາໄດ້.