Introducing Tristan!

Hello and thank you for the warm welcome I’ve already received from many of you. For those of you who do not know me yet, I am Tristan Schubert and I’ve just completed my first year of seminary at Mt. Angel. I have lived in Beaverton all my life and my family has attended St. Juan Diego parish since its genesis by Fr. John Kerns.
 
We’ve always been active participants with my dad and younger sister in the choir, my mom on the social justice committee, and myself helping lead youth group and confirmation classes. My parents both work in computer programming related jobs and my sister is set to graduate from college next year.
 
I attended UC Davis for college, graduating with a degree in civil and environmental engineering, but began hearing God call me in a different direction in my senior year. I was a very active member of the Newman Center, the college campus Catholic ministry, and the love and joy filling that community inspired me to seek out serving God in a more direct way.
 
After college I did begin a master’s program in renewable energy engineering, but completed just one year, leaving after I had spent more time exploring God’s will for me and determining that He was calling me to enter seminary. My first year at Mt. Angel was a fantastic experience of prayer and community and I’m excited to return when classes resume.
 
In my free time, my main enjoyment is reading — primarily fiction — and I love sharing and discussing books with friends. I also enjoy Ultimate Frisbee, cooking, playing piano, and games, especially complex board games. I’m very excited to be with you all this summer and I invite you to come and introduce yourselves to me after Mass. I may need a reminder of your name a few times, but I’m eager to get to know you and serve you and your parish in any way that I can.