Redemptorist Seminarians

We will have three Redemptorist seminarians with us this summer. They will be with us to experience various ministries at St. Alphonsus Parish. Fr. Chung shares a brief biography of each seminarian. We welcome them all to our parish family!

Huan Le, C.Ss.R

Huan is from Vietnam and growing up in Bao Loc, a small city north of Saigon, Vietnam. Huan is the second child of the four children in his family. His family is a cradle Catholic for more than five generations.

After Huan graduated from high school, he met the Redemptorist, and they came to my parish to preach a Lenten retreat. His attention drawn to The Redemptorist mission preaching and community living. Huan wants to be like one of the Redemptorist to preach the Good News to the poor and most abandoned in rural areas of Vietnam. However, God had another plan for Huan. The Provincial sent Huan to America after his first temporary vows and two years of study philosophy at Vietnamese Redemptorist Theologate House. He came to Boston in 2015, studied English, and the first year of Theology in Boston. In 2017, theologate house in Boston moved to San Antonio, and Huan continued his study at Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio.

Huyen Nguyen, C.Ss.R

Huyen is from Vietnam, and he grew up in a small village. He is the youngest in a family of five brothers and two sisters. Huan’s family is still in Vietnam.

Huan joined in Redemptorist in 2007. He took temporary vows in 2012 and final vows in 2017. Huan has been in America since 2015. He studied English and the first year of Theology in Boston two years before he moved to San Antonio. Currently, Huan is studying at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio. He just finished his third year of Theology.

John Nguyen

John Nguyen is originally from Portland, Oregon, and after graduating from high school, he attended the University of Dallas. He went to the University of Dallas for a year and a half and transferred to St.John's University where he joined the American Redemptorists of the Denver Province. John currently resides in The Bronx, where he studied Philosophy. Some of his hobbies are playing basketball, going camping or golfing with a few friends, and praying. Ever since he lived in New York, he would say that his new hobby is hanging out with his fellow seminarian brothers in Time Squares. Huan's favorite quotation, which motivates him in life, is "Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love" (St. Mother Teresa).