Jean-Claude Duncan was ordained to the priesthood on Dec. 9 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Cloud. He said of his faith journey, “My story might be atypical, but it is nothing in comparison to the work of God in the lives of each of us every day. Conversion is the process of trust we all must live daily.”
Founded in 1935, the Serra Club is mostly a lay organization whose focus is to foster and affirm vocations to the priesthood and to consecrated religious life in the Catholic Church.
With the ceremonial opening of doors at the new chapel at St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul, hundreds got their first look at the place where 92 men from 16 dioceses across eight states will pray daily both to encounter Christ and discern their vocational calling.
The twins both say they hope to put their criminal justice backgrounds to work in their future priesthoods.
Neal Anderson is a new seminarian on the path to priesthood for the Diocese of St. Cloud. A native of Albany and parishioner of Seven Dolors Church, the 24-year-old is currently in his “propaedeutic year,” a new formation year for men discerning the priesthood at St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.
In a statement published on its website, Caritas Ukraine said several people “were hiding from shelling and looking for a safe haven” in its Mariupol office when a Russian tank fired on the building.
The Vatican City State criminal court accepted a motion to allow the alleged abuse victim to seek damages from the seminary in the trial against Father Gabriele Martinelli and Msgr. Enrico Radice.
Sometimes a lecture at St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul is so intense that Deacon Patrick Hoeft, from Paynesville, carries his notes straight to the chapel to pray and process them.
