Nineteen new and returning seminarians, as well as three members of the monastic community, have been named to the 2024-25 Saint Joseph Seminary College Schola Cantorum.

Ben Frederick, the school’s Director of Music, conducted auditions during orientation week. He announced the members of the seminary’s choir this week.

The Schola sings at the seminary mass each weekday at 7:45 a.m. and at the 11 a.m. community mass on Sundays, except academic holidays.

The 2024-25 Schola Cantorum members are:

Cesar Colon-Rivera, Diocese of Orlando
Nhat Dau, Incarnatio Consecration Mission
Michael DesOrmeaux, Diocese of Lake Charles
Colin Doering, Diocese of Charleston
Riley Edwards, Diocese of Lake Charles
Michael Falcone, Diocese of Nashville
Alex Fitzgerald, Diocese of Pensacola/Tallahassee
John Paul Grabowski, Diocese of St. Petersburg
Jaime Hernandez, Diocese of Nashville
Alex Jansen, Diocese of Fort Worth
Nathan Lirette, Diocese of Shreveport
Joshua Lynch, Archdiocese of Mobile
Robert Rodriguez, Diocese of Pensacola/Tallahassee
Ben Sloan, Diocese of Nashville
Marshall Thompson, Archdiocese of New Orleans
Zachary Sullivan, Archdiocese of Atlanta
Amaru Vasquez, Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
Luke Vina, Diocese of Fort Worth
Patrick Wallace, Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter
Br. Columba Cotton, Saint Joseph Abbey monastic community
Novice Andrew Fourcade, Saint Joseph Abbey monastic community
Br. Lazarus Gordy, Saint Joseph Abbey monastic community