Guided by our overall diocesan goal to nurture and develop holy and well-formed priests, great care is taken to ensure a careful and thorough assessment and application process for all potential …

Transitional deacons are those in formation to become priests, and are normally ordained to the diaconate six months to a year prior to their priestly ordination.

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Currently there are 432,700 registered Catholics and over 295 priests in the Diocese. On December 6, 2016, the Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge was installed as the fourth bishop of the Diocese, …

Jun 9, 2018 · Please Kneel LITANY OF SUPPLICATION selves and the Litany of the Saints is sung. This prayer asks for the intercession of the Saints in order that God y look favorably upon those to be …

The Diocese of Arlington invests a great deal in its seminarians to ensure they become well-formed priests. Their formation, including human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral, requires a commitment …

See below and on the menu at left to get to know our new priests and deacons: the paths they’ve followed to this point, as well as all that goes into the ordination ceremonies.

he joined, becoming ordained a priest. He became the greatest missionary since St. Paul, preaching and converting housands in India, Indonesia and Japan. Like many other Catholic saints, his dead body …

This booklet is a response to the annual survey of men being ordained to the priesthood. Consistently, 80 to 88 percent of newly ordained priests report that they first considered the priesthood upon the …

He calls each of those whom he wills to become priests. Perhaps there are some young men present here who have heard this call in their hearts, the aspiration to become a priest, the desire to serve …