Seminarian shows vocation 'cool'

	COOL CAR: High school and middle school students at St. John the Baptist Parish, Howard, flock to get a look at the Paschal Mystery Machine driven by seminarian Dan Schuster. (Laurie Mueller photo)

Editor's note: Sunday, May 7, is the 43rd World Day of Prayer for Vocations when Catholics are asked to pray for vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life.

By Laurie Mueller
Compass Correspondent

Celebrities, athletes, and rock stars have been known to drive "cool cars" ... but seminarians?

Dan Schuster, a seminarian interning at St. John Baptist in Howard, showed students at the parish the "cool car" he and his fellow seminarians drive. The brightly painted blue and orange Paschal Mystery Machine at first glance looks like the van from Scooby Doo cartoons.   Full story ...

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