Fr. Olszewski also traveled to Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon recently at the invitation Msgr. Joseph Betschart, Rector, and Rev. Terrence Tompkins, Vice Rector. He spoke with about 60 seminarians during a day the seminary had devoted to spiritual/human formation. The presentation traced the history of the development of the concept of charity in recent papal encyclicals and showed how the work of Cross Catholic Outreach aligns with that vision.

In the minds of these seminary leaders, presentations such as these are crucial to the overall spiritual formation of the future leaders of parish communities in the Church. According to the description contained in the Mount Angel Seminary catalog, it is crucial to provide ministerial experiences, pastoral skills training and opportunities for theological reflection for seminarians so that they can become effective pastoral ministers who model and live servant leadership. Fr. Tompkins stressed to the seminarians in the chapel that it is not enough simply to know the theological framework of the concept of charity. It is also crucial to see how that concept relates to real situations of the people of God throughout the world and the concrete response of Catholic organizations such as Cross Catholic Outreach.