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by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Deacons, NAC, News, Ordinations, Pontifical North American College | 0 |
Ordaining deacons on the feast of the archangels, Bishop Austin A. Vetter of Helena, Montana, told the men to be like them — “not angels but true messengers of God, proclaiming with your whole selves the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Asian-American Catholics, Burma, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky, Myanmar, News, Ordinations | 0 |
When Bishop William F. Medley was ordained the bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro 12 years ago, “I had never heard of Myanmar,” he said at the July 2 ordination of Father Martin Ma Na Ling.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2022 | Joseph Nguyen, News, Ordinations | 0 |
Deacon Joseph Nguyen’s vocation “came in gradually,” he said, with no “aha moment.” But St. John the Baptist has been a recurring figure since his fourth year of college seminary.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2022 | Deacon Michael Selenski, FOCUS, Franciscan University of Steubenville, News, Ordinations | 0 |
Deacon Michael Selenski was a college senior on the brink of graduation with plans to join a restaurant venture when he made an abrupt about-face: He instead took a job with Fellowship of Catholic University Students, known as FOCUS. Six years with the college ministry organization included stints in Colorado, Iowa and Boston, interspersed with mission trips to China, Gayana, Ireland, Peru, Russia and the Holy Land.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2022 | Deacon John Utecht, News, Ordinations | 0 |
Back in junior high, Deacon John Utecht experienced “a powerful experience of God’s love and mercy” on a day he went to adoration and confession.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2022 | Franciscan University in Steubenville, News, Ordinations, Sam Gilbertson | 0 |
Life seemed to be falling into place for Deacon Sam Gilbertson in the first months after he graduated in May 2015 from Franciscan University in Steubenville with a major in finance and a minor in economics.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 4, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Ordinations, Poll, Seminarians | 0 |
The annual report of new priests commissioned by the U.S. bishops shows that among those who responded, a shrinking number are white, a sign of the “little-C” catholic nature of the Catholic Church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 24, 2021 | Deacon Michalak, Featured, News, Ordinations, permanent deacons | 0 |
What stands out to Deacon Joe Michalak about this year’s class of deacons is how culturally diverse it is for its small size, seven. Three of the candidates are immigrants, natives of Colombia, El Salvador and southern India. Five are married, one widowed, and one never married.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 24, 2021 | News, Ordinations, Victor Susai | 0 |
Victor Susai, 63, a native of India who tests software in Eden Prairie and is a parishioner of Pax Christi, had a simple but profound response when asked what inspired him to pursue the diaconate: “Weekly adoration at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in Bloomington.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 24, 2021 | News, Ordinations | 0 |
PHILIP GRISEZ, 56, was inspired to pursue the diaconate after friends from Bible studies and the retreat ministry Cursillo suggested he consider it.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 24, 2021 | Michael Lane, News, Ordinations | 0 |
Michael Lane, 61, said after the death of his beloved wife, Tracy, he asked God what he wanted of him. “I told my children that ‘I’m your father, I could be a Father.’ Then the words that entered my head were, ‘No. A deacon.’”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 24, 2021 | Michael Engel, News, Ordinations | 0 |
Michael Engel, 49, has felt the pull of the diaconate since entering the Church at age 23 after years of trying to find happiness.
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