Aspirants of Class 16 - January to June, 2019
Chris McCray
My prayers had been answered. My desire to follow the Lord was clear. I was a man ready to dive into the Catholic faith in a deeper way: Priesthood.
Christian Kleb
The call to be a friar, serve the outcasts of society, and be God’s presence to these people is a deep desire of my heart.
Christopher Dixon
Each morning my prayer is ‘Here I am Lord, what should we accomplish today?
Conor Maher
In my vocation I desire to preach, minister to the sick and suffering, offer the Mass, and hear confessions.
Daniel Synoski
…This simple realization came forth: Jesus is everything, and that must change my life.
David Castillo
Through the Norbertines I will be able to carry on the ministry of Christ to a new generation.
Edgar Avendano
My life changed. This perfect love, lit by the fire of the Holy Spirit, has led me on a journey to discover God’s plan for me.
Gabri MacInnes
I greatly desire to spread the kingdom of God in imitation of the beautiful and simple way of the Holy Family.
Greg Dougherty
…I am willing to go wherever the Holy Spirit leads me to proclaim the Gospel by ‘all ways and means’ necessary.
Ian Smith
Call to live the monastic life will – God willing- accentuate my lifelong search for and embrace of God’s love.
Juan Pablo Chavez
I pray that one day I can be an instrument in aiding the many demographic areas of our diocese to be united in the Body of Christ.
Luke Iyengar
I felt a calling to the priesthood awaken in me.
Maria Aldape
“I fell in love with the man who died for me. I fell in love with Jesus.”
Maria Teresa Gonzalez
I strongly believe I hear deep within me Jesus calling me to follow and love Him for the rest of my life as a Carmelite Sister of the Most Sacred Heart.
Matthew Kendrick
I would look at the people receiving Christ in the most Holy Eucharist and would be filled with an unexplainable longing to serve them.
Nicholas Martell
My reluctance to truly embrace the beauty of my faith was no match for the Holy Spirit’s persistence.
Scott Bahrke
One of the most powerful moments in my faith life came to me while I was serving as an Army officer in Iraq during the first Gulf War.
Taylor Hawkins
I grew in sacrificial love and learned to take everything to prayer.
Zachary Muñoz
Priests follow the example of Christ. They are the presence of Christ in this fallen world who pour out their lives as a beacon of hope to the lost.