Dallas Diocese Chapter, 2024-2025 RSVP Report on Seminarian Support

Dallas Diocese Chapter, 2024-2025 RSVP Report on Seminarian Support

Worthy Officers, DDs, GKs, FNs, and Brothers (and Rev. Bishop Burns and Fathers Joseph, Mark, Zach, Vincent, Luca, Alan, and Michal):

We have four new priests and one new deacon to celebrate. On May 24, 2025, Fathers Bryce Baumann, Allen-Michael Muench, David Piquer Sales and Peter Whitfield were ordained to the priesthood. On May 1, 2025, Deacon Matthew Biaggi was ordained to the transitional diaconate. Please continue to keep these men in your prayers!

In advance of our next DDC meeting (this Saturday), I am attaching my Final set of RSVP reports for this fraternal year concerning our Diocesan RSVP Program for seminarian support.

1. As a reminder, our new and improved Diocesan goal is to provide each of our Diocesan seminarians with at least 4 sponsors of $500.00 each. We had 50 seminarians in formation for the Dallas Diocese this year.
2. I’m happy to say we met and exceeded our goal!! All of our 50 Diocesan seminarians have received 4 checks ($2,000); 16 of them have received 5 or more. 47 Councils, 7 Assemblies and 1 Squire Circle pledged 241.80 sponsorships, and have funded 238.80 of those sponsorships (that’s $119,400). 6 Districts (103, 107, 111, 114, 116, and 117) had all Councils participating in the program! Two of the unfunded sponsorships will remain unfunded because they were pledged to a seminarian who left formation.
3. For the remainder of the fraternal year, we need to focus on one critical item. If you have issued your RSVP checks, please get your Form 2863 completed and submitted as soon as possible. The waiting line to get RSVP requests processed at Supreme gets longer the closer we get to June 30!
4. As we look to the next fraternal year, the process of supporting a seminarian is simple:
   As promptly as possible after the start of the new fraternal year, be sure to include seminarian support as a line item in your Council (or Assembly) Budget.
   In thinking about your budget, can you increase your level of support? If you supported 2 seminarians this year ($1,000) and received a refund from Supreme ($200), it will only take an additional $300 to support 3 seminarians next year.I will receive a list of the 2025-2026 Diocesan seminarians at some point in late August or early September. I will distribute that information to the Councils, Assemblies and Squire Circles.Once you’ve got that information in hand:
   1. First, identify the seminarian(s) your Council or Assembly would like to support (and let me know which seminarians you plan to support).
   2. Second, issue checks in the amount of $500.00 to your seminarian(s). Mail the checks to:
      Father Zach Webb
      Director of Seminarians
      3725 Blackburn
      Dallas, Texas 75219
      
      Send me copies of the checks.
      
      Third, once the check has cleared your bank, complete Form 2863 (to which you must attach a copy of the canceled check, front and back) and submit it to Supreme.

      Fourth, collect your $100.00 refund for every check you write.

      Remember – our goal next year will be to get each seminarian at least 4 sponsorship checks, with at least one check arriving in September 2025 and one check arriving in January 2026 (at the start of each semester)!

5. The first report attached to this email is the current list of Diocesan seminarians for this fraternal year. It also shows which Councils/Assemblies supported these men last year, and identifies our 6 new seminarians with the word NEW. It also includes the seminarians in formation outside of our Diocese that are supported (or were supported) by Councils or Assemblies this year or last year.
6. The second report attached to this email summarizes how we are doing as a Diocese. As noted above, our overall progress is very good – our goal for the fraternal year is within sight.
7. The third report attached to this email is organized by District (for Councils), Assemblies and Squire Circles. If you want to see how your particular Council, Assembly or Circle is doing, this is the place to look. It is also the place to check to be sure that your plans have been communicated to yours truly.
8. If anyone prefers to receive these reports in their native Excel form, send me an email and I’ll send them along.

Vivat Jesus!! Viva Cristo Rey!!

SK John J. Little, PGK
RSVP Chairman
Dallas Diocese Chapter

8150 N. Central Expressway, 10th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75206
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