Actor Mark Wahlberg’s video praising “good and holy priests” – created for the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors – has been viewed over 560,000 times on Facebook.
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Ten New Priests (with slideshow)
Bishop DiMarzio ordained the 10 men on Saturday, June 4, in a two-and-a-half-hour ceremony at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights. The new priests are Fathers Gesson Agenis, Yvon-Hector Aurelien, Victor Manuel Bolaños, Mark Charlton Mendelsohn Bristol, Ralph Edel, Lukasz Kubiak, Uririoghene Melchizedek John-Baptist Okrokoto, Ambiorix D’Jesus Osorio Torres, Jaroslaw Szeraszewicz, and Marcial Thomas.
Stats on Priests Are Reasons for Hope
It’s ordination season and Catholics have reason to be pleased with the numbers of priests who will serve the Church well into the future. In recent years, the numbers of priestly ordinations have given Catholic Church observers reason to believe there is not a global vocations crisis, but they acknowledge there is still a need for more.
Seminarians on Pilgrimage
Twenty-four college seminarians from the Cathedral House of Formation, Douglaston, and four priests participated in a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi.
Frassati Vocation Group
Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary, Elmhurst, has a group where young men meet to speak about the call to the priesthood. The Vocation/Discernment group is named after Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who is known as “a man of the beatitudes.”
Information Sessions for the Permanent Diaconate
The deacon is a man of faith called to serve God and God’s people as an official representative of the Church in service to others. Information sessions are being held for those interested in the Diaconate Formation Program’s admissions process.
Project Andrew in Elmhurst
On Thursday, Jan. 7, 23 men from Cathedral Prep School and Seminary, Elmhurst, and three men from Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, were moved after experiencing Project Andrew, an opportunity for young men to learn about the priesthood.
Pope Francis Encourages A Culture of Vocations
Many consider Pope Francis a great reformer in the life of the Church today. His visit to the United States will put the Catholic Church in the center of American media. He will be speaking to Congress, the United Nations, priests and religious, people from different faith traditions, families, the poor and the imprisoned. His speeches and homilies will be heard by millions of people worldwide!
Newly Ordained Celebrates His Family’s Irish Roots
Last month, newly ordained Father Christopher Heanue had the opportunity to travel with his parents to Ireland, the place of their birth, to celebrate Masses of thanksgiving for family members who still living there.
Knights Support Vocations By ‘Adopting’ Seminarians
For seminarians, God’s providence came by way of the Knights of Columbus. The Refund Support Vocations Program (RSVP) is an initiative in which councils provide seminarians with financial assistance and moral support.