CHARLOTTE— Nine men are graduating from St. Joseph College Seminary this year. Pictured are (from left): Robert Bauman, Clement Akerblom, John Cuppett, Michael Lugo, Maximilian Frei, Bryan Ilagor, Peter Townsend, Michael Camilleri and Bradley Loftin.
They are pictured with their rector, Father Matthew Kauth, at St. Ann Church in Charlotte after a May 8 matriculation Mass celebrating the completion of their studies.
Akerblom, Bauman, Frei and Townsend are members of St. Ann Parish; Camilleri is a member of St. Elizabeth Parish in Boone; Cuppet is a member of St. Leo the Great Parish in Winston-Salem; Ilagor is a member of Our Lady of the Americas Parish in Biscoe; Loftin is a member of St. Mark Parish in Huntersville; and Lugo is a member of Immaculate Conception Parish in Forest City.
This fall, the men move on to major seminary, where they will continue their formation for the priesthood for the Diocese of Charlotte.
— Photo provided by Fredrik Akerblom