Bruce Wilkinson, a first year theology student at St. Meinrad’s Seminary, Indiana, was elected president of the Atlanta Seminarian’s Association (ASA) at that group’s annual retreat at the Trappist monastery in Conyers, June 2-4, 1977.

The ASA was formed several years ago to improve the cooperation among students from the different seminaries in the United States that were studying for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. This cooperation has included an annual retreat, a quarterly newsletter and the election of a president to represent the group with the vocations director and the archbishop.

Aside from business affairs (the election of a president, reports on seminarian financial policy and plans for the Summer With A Purpose program) the group gathered for prayer and the Eucharist daily.