Preston Quintela

Preston Quintela

Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston

Saint Francis de Sales—Houston, TX

Pre-Theologian I

For the past four years, I have been teaching/coaching both in the public and Catholic schools—having the opportunity to work in the Catholic schools has deeply and profoundly strengthened the conviction that Christ was calling me to make a total, complete, and sacrificial gift of myself for the sake of the Kingdom of God. As a coach, I was involved with volleyball, basketball, track, and high school football at Strake Jesuit in Houston. God had given me everything I wanted; but I still lacked a sense of fulfillment and excitement in my life. A void where I could only find myself by living for others, and I discovered that fullness once I was accepted into the seminary in order to share this gift with the whole world. Every day I continue to discern the will of God which is ultimately the joy of my soul as well as the good of the community.

“The body and it alone makes visible the invisible: the spiritual and the divine.” – Pope John Paul II