Seminarian
BENJAMIN REINHART
Finds True Vocational Calling
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“God Had a Plan for My Life”
hen asked to describe his road to the seminary, Benjamin Reinhart recalls that it was a long and bumpy one. “I floundered around until about the age of 30, like a ship without a rudder,” Benjamin says. But he now feels like he is living out his calling, as he enters into his second year at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, Colo., having spent the past month in a pastoral assignment here at Queen of the Holy Rosary. Benjamin is a seminarian of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kan. As far as seminarians go, Benjamin is on the older side, at 41 years old. He is so happy to be where he is now, living out his vocation. “I dabbled in everything, from underwater welding school to broadcasting, but nothing ever really stuck,” he says. “I had a conversion, and realized I was supposed to be doing something with my life.” The first step in Benjamin’s return to the Catholic Church was through two women who told him of God’s love for him when he was attending the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. At that time, he had been away from the Catholic faith for 15 years. “When they prayed for me, I felt love — God’s love,” Benjamin says. “They proceeded to tell me that God had a plan for my life. This started the road to continued on back cover
May our Queen of the Holy Rosary family keep seminarian Benjamin Reinhart in our prayers through the coming years!
“When they prayed for me, I felt love — God’s love. They proceeded to tell me that God had a plan for my life. This started the road to conversion. God intervened in my life. I didn’t know what He wanted, but I knew He was real in that moment.” — SEMINARIAN BENJAMIN REINHART
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