At the age of twelve, I again obeyed my parents who wanted me to participate at an event with Eucharistic Adoration with confessions. Entering into the church, I almost immediately felt compelled to go to confession. Upon exiting the confessional, I looked at the Blessed Sacrament and felt God’s overwhelming goodness. This experience prompted me to attend Mass daily, which became a regular practice.

Years later, I began medical school at the Charite University in Berlin. Through a Catholic young adult group, I joined a student house run by the Chemin Neuf Community. Over the years, I felt drawn to the spirituality of the Chemin Neuf Community. During a silent retreat, I realized that, no matter what path I chose, holiness could be found in either vocation: as a doctor, husband, and father; or as a religious. I pursued God’s calling to religious life within the Chemin Neuf Community, and have since sensed a possible call to the priesthood as well.