Vincentian Seminarian Spends Month At NU, Serves Local Community
If you blinked, you probably missed David Serrano. The quiet-but-affable Vincentian seminarian wrapped up a 33-day stay at Niagara University on March 2.
Serrano was on Monteagle Ridge to perform one month of apostolic mission work, a requirement of the internal seminary process (formerly referred to as the novitiate) to become a member of the Congregation of the Mission.
Under the pastoral care of the Rev. William Allegretto, C.M., ’81, Serrano shared in community living in the university’s Vincentian Residence. He said that he particularly enjoyed engaging with Niagara students, opportunities that arose during meals, classes (when he would serve as a guest speaker) and after Sunday night Masses.
“I think you are awesome!” Serrano exclaimed during a 45-minute conversation on a brisk February afternoon. “Unlike the winter weather, the people here are very warm. There is something at NU, and I think it’s the people, that makes you really feel at home, really welcome. That’s what I felt right away when I came here.”