At the age of 23 in 1825, V. Scheppers decided to become a priest, although it is not clear why he waited until 1830 to become a seminarist. Nimal thought it was his father who opposed to the vocation of his son; but Debroey emphasized family circumstances, especially the political situation. Under the Dutch government, Belgian seminaries remained closed for a long time.

The shutting of the seminaries was abolished by the Dutch Government in 1829. V. Scheppers belonged to the first group of seminarists who became priest after the Belgian independency, especially on April 13th,,1832. He was the first ordinand of the recently appointed archbishop Engelbert Sterckx.