DOS Chancellor Students at SVOTS

January 22, 2013 VRev Fr Marcus C Burch, Chancellor of the Diocese of the South visited SVOTS students from the DOS on Friday, January 18 through Sunday, January 20.  Accompanying Fr Marcus was VRev Fr Thomas Moore, the Dean of the Carolinas' Deanery of the DOS. In addition to meeting with DOS Students Frs Marcus and Fr Thomas Moore attended the Fr Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture on Friday evening.  During the visit Fr Marcus met those students and their wives who are finishing SVOTS this year to discuss placement possibilities.  He also met with 2nd year students who are petitioning for ordination to begin discerning placement potential.  Before Vigil on Saturday afternoon he met hosted a luncheon with all of the students. This provided an opportunity to meet with the first year students, all the spouses, and children.  While there they discussed the following:  1) Process for placement within the DOS, 2) desire for all rising seniors to do a summer internship in a parish in the DOS between 2nd and 3rd year, 3) making assignment as a 2nd/Assistant for 1 to 3 years for all DOS graduates, 4) DOS Seminary Debt Service Program (DOS will service the student loans for seminarians who are assigned in the DOS during the duration of their assignment). Additionally, Fr Marcus met with Frs Chad Hatfield and Fr John Behr to discuss these programs and desires. While at SVOTS, they attended the Pahikhida for Fr Jacob Myers that was served Saturday afternoon before Vigil Saturday evening, and concelebrated with Seminary Clergy at Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning.

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