Mobile's Seiter professes first vows

By The Catholic Week
Joe Seiter, S.J., a product of St. Ignatius Parish and graduate of McGill-Toolen Catholic High School in Mobile, was one of four novices of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province to profess first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience Aug. 14. 
The Eucharistic celebration was held at St. Charles Borromeo Church on the campus of St. Charles College in Grand Coteau, La.
Prior to entering the Society of Jesus, Seiter was a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Mobile. As a novice, he served at Rockhurst High School Kansas City, Mo., and Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colo. He completed two years at the novitiate of St. Stanislaus Kostka and will attend Fordham University in New York.
Seiter professed first vows along with Giovanni Diaz Jimenez, Richard Joubert and Manuel Luna.
The four men entered the novitiate together in August 2019. A Jesuit’s two years at the novitiate usually include experiments in a variety of settings and locations. 
As a missionary order, each man received a cross during the First Vow Mass. Having prayed about what it means to accompany Christ crucified in the world today, each man discerns the vow cross he wishes to take, with many receiving one that once belonged to a now-deceased Jesuit.