Andrew Belarde

Pastoral Internship

What is your Home Parish?

St. Theodore

Where did you go to High School?

St. Dominic High School

Who are your Favorite and Patron Saints?

St. John Bosco, Sr. Clare Crockett, St. Padre Pio

What music do you like? Do you have favorite artists or bands?

Sarah Sparks/folk

What is your favorite book and movie?

Chronicles of Narnia

What are some of your hobbies?

going on walks, board games, baseball, and reading

Provide an insight into your Vocation story - what and who led you to Seminary?

When I was in high school, I went on a retreat with ICD youth and learned what it meant to be in relationship with the Trinity. God wanted a relationship with me, wanted friendship with me. It was there that I was prompted (after years of wanting to be a priest) to enter seminary in order to pursue relationship with Jesus. Since then, the Lord has only deepened my desire for spiritual fatherhood and the sacramental life of the priesthood!