Andrew Degele

Seminary: St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, Boynton Beach, Florida

Birthdate: June 4 

Home parish: Holy Infant Catholic Church, Durham, NC

High school: Cardinal Gibbons High School, Raleigh, NC

Hobbies: Ultimate Frisbee, reading, visiting new places 

Who influenced / inspired you to priesthood? The Conventual Franciscan friars at the UNC Newman Center and the witnesses over the years of my pastors

What would you say to a young man who thinks he may have a vocation? Continue to pray and grow in your spiritual life, but also don’t be afraid to talk to trusted spiritual mentors about it. And apply! Contemplate, but then act!

Favorite Scripture passages: John 1:35-42, Romans 8

Favorite Saint: St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, St. Martin de Porres