Priesthood

Society already makes it hard enough for a young person to hear their call today; shouldn’t we as a church be doing all we can to make it easier?

For this year’s commemoration of National Vocation Awareness Week, the Vocation Office picked the theme, “The Priesthood: Offering Hope and Healing.”

Sgt. Louis DeSimone, a 22-year-old translator of Italian attached to the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Army experienced all the tragedies of WW II to become a priest and then bishop for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Q. Is it true that men born out of wedlock cannot enter the priesthood? (Philadelphia) A. No, that is not true. But your question does reflect […]

All priests share a common brotherhood in their deep bond of ordained life and ministry. Fathers Anthony and John Hollowell, David and Doug Marcotte, and Andrew and Benjamin Syberg experience it at an even deeper level as brothers. And they hope their witness will deepen the faith of archdiocesan Catholics, and encourage them to make their families the seed bed of future vocations.

Father Vogel’s vocation story began in his home town of Wiesbaden, Germany, and was very much influenced by the events of World War II.

The bishop ordained Matthew Langager and Douglas Liebsch June 18 at St. Mary’s Cathedral.