Angelus News | June 3, 2022 | Vol. 7 No. 11
On the cover: The eight men set to be ordained priests for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on June 4 are pictured outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Starting on Page 10, Steve Lowery tells their stories: where they come from, how they discerned their vocations, and what they have to say about the people they have to thank for helping them say yes to their special calling.
On the cover: The eight men set to be ordained priests for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on June 4 are pictured outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Starting on Page 10, Steve Lowery tells their stories: where they come from, how they discerned their vocations, and what they have to say about the people they have to thank for helping them say yes to their special calling.
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SERVANTS<br />
Yet, here they are, ready and excited<br />
to begin the special life God has<br />
called them to. When asked what<br />
they are most looking forward to<br />
about the priesthood, some said<br />
the opportunity to administer the<br />
sacrament of reconciliation — others,<br />
to being a source of comfort and<br />
guidance during people’s “greatest<br />
moments and their worst moments.”<br />
These new priests know well<br />
through experience the kinds of unexpected<br />
turns that life can take. But<br />
they are also witnesses that, if you<br />
remain open to God’s call, the trip is<br />
well worth it.<br />
As one said: “God has called you to<br />
be a saint, and he really means it. He<br />
wants you to reach sanctity, and it<br />
begins in the now.”<br />
And “now” has arrived for these<br />
eight men. Here’s how they got<br />
here, in their own words.<br />
Steve Lowery is a veteran journalist<br />
who has written for the Los<br />
Angeles Times, the Los Angeles<br />
Daily <strong>News</strong>, the Press-Telegram,<br />
New Times LA, the District, Long<br />
Beach Post, and the OC Weekly.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 3, <strong>2022</strong> • ANGELUS • <strong>11</strong>
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