Dallas Diocese Chapter 2024-2025 RSVP Seminarian Report
Worthy Officers, DDs, GKs, FNs, and Brothers (and Rev. Bishops Burns and Kelly and Fathers Mark, Zach, Vincent, Luca, Alan, and Michal):
I hope you are all enjoying a blessed Advent as we prepare for Christmas.
I am attaching my 3rd set of RSVP reports for this fraternal year concerning our Diocesan RSVP Program for seminarian support.
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 have 49 seminarians in formation for the Dallas Diocese this year (6 of them are new). We recently had one seminarian (John Cavanna) leave formation, and we added a new seminarian (Xavier Rendon) at Redemptoris Mater.
I’m happy to say we are making great progress toward meeting out goals. 30 Councils, 4 Assemblies and 1 Squire Circle have pledged 172 sponsorships, and have already funded 152 of those sponsorships (that’s $76,000).
We do have an issue with getting the sponsorships spread out evenly! We have 7 seminarians who have already received 5 (or more) pledges (they are highlighted in RED in the attached reports). Until further notice, those 7 men are not eligible for further sponsorships. We have 12 men who have received 4 pledges (they are highlighted in ROSE in the attached reports). Those 12 men are also not eligible for further sponsorships.
We have 16 men who have received 3 pledges (they are highlighted in orange in the attached reports). They each need an additional sponsor to reach our goal of 4. We have 14 men with 2 pledges. They appear on the white lines in the attached reports.
To reach our goal, we need an additional 44 sponsorships, properly allocated among the men who have not yet reached 4 sponsorships.
There are a number of Councils and Assemblies that I have not yet heard from that typically participate in this program. I have listed them below, by District, along with the (number) of sponsorships each provided last year. If your Council is on this list, please let me hear from you:
- District 103: 12300 (2), 16546 (1)
- District 105: 4370 (1)
- District 106: 7438 (1), 11169 (3)
- District 107: 6887 (1), 11721 (2), 13133 (4)
- District 108: 18262 (2)
- District 109: 17111 (1)
- District 110: 5656 (3), 11716 (6)
- District 113: 16665 (4)
- District 114: 12153 (2)
- Assemblies: 2799 (1), 3004 (2 + 4 military), 3786 (1)
That’s a total of 41 sponsorships that were funded last year that – properly allocated – could easily get us very close to our Diocesan goal of getting 4 sponsorships for every seminarian!
The process of supporting a seminarian is simple:
First, identify the seminarian(s) your Council or Assembly would like to support (and let me know which seminarians you plan to support). As noted above, there are some seminarians that have already reached or exceeded our support goal, so we need to support those who have not.
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.
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 were supported by Councils or Assemblies last year.
The second report attached to this email summarizes how we are doing as a Diocese. As noted above, we’re off to a great start.
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.
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
(214) 573-2307
(214) 394-8658 (cell)
john@johnjlittlelaw.com