New Members - Glenmary Challenge

g l e n m a r y news & notes continuedvocationsLandmark year for vocation programFor the first time since 1987, over 20 students in formation[ohio] As the new school yearbegins, Glenmary has a total of 22students in all stages of formation,including seven new students.“This is an exciting time forGlenmary,” says Brother DavidHenley, director of Glenmary’svocation department. “Thesestudents will eventually ministerin the mission areas we currentlyserve and will help us establishnew missions in the future.”Brother David noted this is thefirst time since 1987 that Glenmaryhas had over 20 students information and the first time since1993 that five students have beenunder Oath. (See page 9.)The new students come fromAfrica, Mexico and the UnitedStates. According to Brother David,they are all truly motivatedto be home missioners.“I’m impressed by the qualityof all the students, in particularthe new students. They possessso many wonderful gifts, and I’mhappy they are choosing to sharethose gifts with Glenmary andthe home missions.”The students are as follows:• John Guice Jr., 42, of Katy,Texas, is pursuing missionarypriesthood. He is studying at St.Meinrad School of Theology.• Isaac Kariuki, 37, from Thika,Ken ya, is a student at St. Meinrad,studying for priesthood.new videos: Missioners, students, coworkers and donors were interviewedand videotaped this spring in four locations—St. Meinrad,Ind., Pontotoc, Miss., Vanceburg and Grayson, Ky.—by a crew fromSchoen Media. The goals: a new promotional video and a new vocationvideo, produced in both English and Spanish. The videos will beready for release in early autumn. Above, Michele Bertot, pastoral coordinatorof Holy Redeemer mission in Vanceburg, is interviewed asthe crew and Father Steve Pawelk look on.8 Glenmary Challenge Autumn 2010 www.glenmary.orgphoto / jean bachphoto / brother david henleynew students: Three of Glenmary’sseven new students—(fromleft) John Guice, Juan Pablo SantosRodriguez, and Jerry Wilkerson—met in early August in Hartford, Ky.• Godfrey Musabe, 24, of Nairobi,Kenya, is an aspirant preparingfor priesthood. For thisyear, he is studying at TangazaCollege School of Theology inNairobi.• Victor Okello, 24, of Kisumu,Kenya, has been accepted as anaspirant but is waiting to receivea travel visa. He wants to pursuebrotherhood.• Juan Pablo Santos Rodriguez,30, of Lagos de Moreno,Mexico, has joined Glenmary tobecome a priest. He is enteringas an aspirant and attends DivineWord College in Epworth, Iowa.• Ambrose Mbire Wanyonyi,28, of Bungoma, Kenya, is an aspirantpreparing for priesthood.For this year, he is studying atTangaza College School of Theologyin Nairobi.• Jerry Wilkerson, 21, of Jacksonville,Ark., is an aspirant pursuingpriesthood. He is attendingDivine Word College in Epworth,Iowa.“I hope the large number ofstudents in formation inspiresother young men to respond totheir call to serve the home missionsby exploring a vocation withGlenmary,” Brother David says.