Finding and answering “a call within a call” is really the result of more than a decade of “constant conversation with God,” said Deacon Koehr, who will be ordained a priest by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington June 8.
Deacon Blank looks forward to diving into parish life with the support of his friends and family.
Deacon Edouard Guilloux, a seminarian who dreamed of becoming a priest since childhood, will be ordained a priest at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington June 8.
Each year, the event raises money to educate diocesan seminarians, but it’s also an opportunity for the students to get to know their future priests, and vice versa.
A diocesan priest inspired Joseph Moschetto to dive into his faith.
Quarles Gas Station in Front Royal was one site among many in Peter M. McShurley’s path to the priesthood. Only 16, it was his first job, and his boss put him in an awkward position when he asked him to work on a Sunday.
At its center, the consecrated life is always about seeking a profound union with God in a community valuing the same goals and ideals.
Chances are that if you are reading a Catholic newspaper you do want to become a saint, or you are at least trying to develop a healthy relationship with God.
Tucked in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, down a lengthy stretch off Route 250, Our Lady of the Angels Monastery sits perched on the hillside. Inside, the sisters live a self-sustained lifestyle filled with prayer, devotion … and cheese-making.
Several priests in the Diocese of Arlington will celebrate ordination jubilees this year, including two marking 65 years in the priesthood. Meet the jubilarians.
