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Rev. Mr. Wade Bjerke

Rev. Mr. Wade Bjerke

Theology IV

 

Home Parish:

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Mill Valley

 

 

 

Personal Background

What town (and state if not CA)did you grow up in?

Mill Valley and Kensington

 

Do you have any brothers and sisters?

1 sister

 

Educational Background

What high school did you attend?

Graduated from Salinas High School, Salinas, CA

 

What year did you graduate from high school?

1973

 

What co-curricular activities were involved in?

None, I was working to help the family


What college did you go to?

UCLA


What year did you graduate from college?

1993


What did you major in?

Political Science


Did you play any sports in college?

No, I was working to pay my way

 

 

Religious Background

How do you most like to pray?

To God

 

How did you know God was calling you to the priesthood?

Through prayer

 

Were you ever an altarboy?

Yes

 

 Who did you talk to about your calling?

God

 

What was your parents reaction?

Positive

 

What was your friends reaction?

Negative

 

Who was the priest(s) that influenced your vocation?

Msgr. George Parnassus

 

How familiar were you with seminary before applying?

Very little

 

What do you like about the seminary the most?

June, July and August

 

Who is your favorite Saint?

St. Edmund Campion, S.J.

 

My Story:

This is impossible to describe briefly. Suffice to say that after long periods of prayer, one just “knows”