From the October 2009 NC Catholics - "Meet Six New Seminarians"

Ian C. Van Heusen was an English Teacher at Terry Sanford High School before entering the seminary.  He also taught at Saint Patrick’s Catholic School in Fayetteville. A Corning, New York, native, Ian is a member of St. Michael's Maronite Catholic Church in Fayetteville. He says that the Maronite Monks of the Most Holy Trinity inspired him to seek the Priesthood.

His hobbies are soccer, painting and writing, and he admires Saint John of the Cross and Saint Ephraim. “Both of them are great poets,” he says. His advice to youth discerning religious vocations: “If today you hear His voice, harden not your heart.”