On Sunday, February 28th, approximately 15 seminarians from Conception traveled to Denton, NE to visit Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, one of the two international seminaries of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter. The seminarians left Conception at 6:30 am in order to arrive in time for a Solemn High Mass with the seminarians of the Fraternity.

After Mass, the CSC seminarians were treated to brunch with the Fraternity seminarians and a tour of the seminary's facilities. Currently the seminary uses a temporary chapel which it has used since its opening in 2000. On March 3, 2010, the new chapel will be dedicated in the Extraordinary Form and will mark the completion of the $14 million seminary. After the tour there was a brief Q & A session before the CSC seminarians headed back to Conception.

February 12-14 was Hispanic Weekend for the Junior class and Pre-Theology I students, 32 in all. The seminarians traveled to Kansas City, KS to All Saints Parish, a former Polish parish now a predominantly Hispanic parish. The students attended a traditional Mexican/Catholic wedding mass and the reception following. The seminarians were then introduced to their host families for the weekend, in many cases two seminarians to a family, but in some cases three or four.

On Saturday the seminarians were given a brief history of All Saints Parish and then spent the morning with their families. In the afternoon the seminarians had the opportunity to go to the Savior Pastoral Center and play volleyball, soccer, and basketball with Hispanic youth groups. Saturday night included a fiesta with both festive and religious dances along with presentations from different Parish organizations.

The weekend concluded on Sunday with seminarians sitting in on religious education classes at All Saints School and then Mass. During the Mass, three seminarians were invited to the ambo to say a few words about their experiences that weekend. After lunch following Mass, the seminarians said goodbye to their host families and headed back to Conception.

On Thursday, February 11th, the Conception student body along with the brothers from the Congregation of our Mother Coredemptrix based in Carthage, MO celebrated the Vietnamese New Year, known as Tet. The celebration began with Mass in the student Oratory said by Fr. Francis, CMC. The Mass was in English but included Vietnamese hymns sung by both the brothers and the diocesan Vietnamese students from the Diocese of Cheyenne, WY, and the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, OK.

After Mass, the students congregated in the Alumni Union for a dragon dance performed by the brothers with firecrackers going off in the outside stairwell. Then dinner was served in the refectory with traditional Vietnamese appetizers. It was a wonderful opportunity for the seminarians to experience the Vietnamese culture which makes up a good portion of the student body. Tet was on February 14th this year, but was celebrated at Conception the previous Thursday because the brothers and Fr. Francis traveled to their community in Carthage, MO for the celebration on the 14th.