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John Neumann, who was the superior of the Redemptorist community, later as Superior himself, and for three years as pastor. Philomena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-first as curate to St. Shrine of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, St Mang Basilica, Füssen, Germany American missions Īfter being ordained, Seelos worked for nine years in the Parish of St.

On December 22, 1844, after having completed his novitiate and theological studies, Seelos was ordained a priest in the Redemptorist Church of St. He was accepted by the Redemptorists on November 22, 1842, and sailed the following year from Le Havre, France, on March 17, arriving in New York on April 20, 1843.

After visiting the Redemptorists in Altötting, he decided to enter the congregation, asking to work as a missionary in the United States. Seelos was touched by the letters published in the Catholic newspaper Sion, from the Redemptorist missionaries describing the lack of spiritual care for the thousands of German-speaking immigrants. Having expressed a desire for the priesthood since childhood, he entered the diocesan seminary on September 19, 1842. Receiving his diploma in 1839, he went on to university in Munich, where he completed his philosophy studies. He attended middle school at the Institute of Saint Stephen in Augsburg. He was baptized that same day in the Parish Church of St.

Seelos was born in Füssen in the Kingdom of Bavaria on January 11, 1819, one of 12 children born to Mang Seelos and Franziska Schwarzenbach.