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Mass said for men travelling to the Vocations Weekend from 5-7 February 2016. The Mass was said in the Lourdes chapel of the National Shrine by Fr Benedict Croell OP, Vocations Director of the St Joseph Province.
By golly, he is now in the vocation of selling water. Look at those peso notes tucked between his fingers!
We all have favorite photographers who influence our work. But ultimately, each of us must grow beyond our role models to create the art only we can make.
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There are certain phases of learning that, no matter our vocation, most all of us go through. As photographers, when we’re young, there is a tendency to emulate those that we admire. And this isn’t limited to just photographers. Painters start by emulating their favorite painters, and writers want to write like their favorite authors.
For us, those early learning stages often consist of emulating our favorite photographers. You might be thinking that you want to take photographs like Ansel Adams, Annie Liebowitz, or someone else that you look up to.
And that’s OK! There’s absolutely nothing wrong with emulating those who we look up to in those early, formative stages. After all, it’s one of the best ways for us to learn.
If we’re inspired, for instance, by Ansel Adams’ black and white photography, then we’ll go to great lengths to replicate a similar look and feel. In so doing, we learn all kinds of things. How to manipulate light to produce high contrast photographs, how to compose landscapes so that they show great depth and grandeur. We develop an eye for constructing images that feature the deepest black and brightest white. Any time we emulate a style, we learn all the mechanics that go into reproducing that style, and these skills become part of our repertoire forever no matter what we eventually go on to photograph.
All of this is fine and well but at a certain point, every photographer must break away and branch out on his or her own. You can liken it to a baby bird leaving the nest. Each of us must fly on our own someday.
So if you’re still in the early stages when you’re learning to emulate the techniques of your favorite photographers? Consider when it might be time for you to break free and be your own photographer. It doesn’t have to be now. Maybe that day is still a while in coming if you feel you need more time to learn and progress.
But the key thing to remember is this: There can only be one you. Sure, there may be techniques and styles that you favor because certain photographers inspired that in you. All of us have role models that we look up to. Even the most experienced photographers can claim a variety of influences over their own work. But that work is still their own.
Someday, you’ll need to make your work your own. It takes coming to the understanding that you are the one and only photographer in the world who can create the images that you do. No other person possesses your unique perspective, your vision, or the thoughts and feelings that motivate you to create. This means that eventually if you want to come into your own, you must leave the nest so to speak, and create the art that only you are capable of creating.
PictionID:43724784 - Title:Dassault HU-25A 2126 USCG Sacramento 6Dec85 [RJF] - Catalog:17 - Filename:17.S_000278.tif - ----Image from the René Francillon Photo Archive. This images is from a 35mm slide. Having had his interest in aviation sparked by being at the receiving end of B-24s bombing occupied France when he was 7-yr old, René Francillon turned aviation into both his vocation and avocation. Most of his professional career was in the United States, working for major aircraft manufacturers and airport planning/design companies. All along, he kept developing a second career as an aviation historian, an activity that led him to author more than 50 books and 400 articles published in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and elsewhere. Far from “hanging on his spurs,” he plans to remain active as an author well into his eighties.-------PLEASE TAG this image with any information you know about it, so that we can permanently store this data with the original image file in our Digital Asset Management System.--------------SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Mass said for men travelling to the Vocations Weekend from 5-7 February 2016. The Mass was said in the Lourdes chapel of the National Shrine by Fr Benedict Croell OP, Vocations Director of the St Joseph Province.
Tom and I outside, mid-brainstorming session circa 2:30am. Vocation is not something to be taken lightly.
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The Opéra Garnier is a national theater which has the vocation to be an academy of music, choreography and lyric poetry; it is a major element of the heritage of the 9th district of Paris and the capital. It is located on the Place de l'Opéra, at the northern end of the Avenue de l'Opéra and at the crossroads of many roads.
The building is a particularly representative monument of the eclectic architecture and historicist style of the second half of the 19th century. Based on a design by the architect Charles Garnier, chosen following a competition, its construction, decided by Napoleon III as part of the transformation of Paris led by the prefect Haussmann and interrupted by the war of 1870, was resumed at the beginning of the Third Republic, after the destruction by fire of the opera Le Peletier in 1873. The building was inaugurated on January 5, 1875 by President Mac Mahon under the Third Republic.
it was a outdoor portrait activity , we invited the sweet and beautiful Taiwanese girl比比 to the nice vocation garden called Queen Town ,pretty 比比 pretended a lovely maidservant inside the restaurant of the garden , her dress was so sexy and charming to show her long legs and nice top , she is a good model , no wonder , she is welcomed and popular in Taiwanese internet portrait photo society , thank比比 , she did her best model job
PictionID:43830018 - Catalog:14_008172 - Title:Atlas 4B Details: 4B at Complex 13; Erect on Pad with Tower in Rear Date on Neg: 07/29/1958 - Filename:14_008172.TIF - --------Image from the René Francillon Photo Archive. Having had his interest in aviation sparked by being at the receiving end of B-24s bombing occupied France when he was 7-yr old, René Francillon turned aviation into both his vocation and avocation. Most of his professional career was in the United States, working for major aircraft manufacturers and airport planning/design companies. All along, he kept developing a second career as an aviation historian, an activity that led him to author more than 50 books and 400 articles published in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and elsewhere. Far from “hanging on his spurs,” he plans to remain active as an author well into his eighties.-------PLEASE TAG this image with any information you know about it, so that we can permanently store this data with the original image file in our Digital Asset Management System.--------------SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
TONY HADLEY – PROFILE
Tony Hadley, the eldest son of Josephine and Patrick, was born at The Royal Free Hospital, Islington, London on 2 June 1960. Tony attended Dame Alice Owen’s Grammar School and thought his future lay in medicine but, after winning a holiday singing competition, decided that his vocation was as a singer … the rest is history …
SPANDAU BALLET – THE 80s PHENOMENON
Pioneers of the 80s Romantic movement, Spandau Ballet formed in 1978 and had numerous chart topping singles and albums all over the world, some of the most memorable being the singles “Gold”, “Only When You Leave”, “Lifeline”, the epic “Through the Barricades” and of course the international number one “True”; the latter famously sampled by PM Dawn in 1991 and featured on Paul Anka’s Rock Swings in 2005.
As lead singer of Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley has, over the years, earned the accolade of being one of pop music’s greatest vocalists. In addition to all the band’s songs, many will remember his prominent vocal contribution to the Band Aid UK charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas” and subsequent 1985 London appearance at Live Aid. He also performed solo at the Nelson Mandela Concert at Wembley in June 1988.
A LIFE IN MUSIC
Turning the page on Spandau Ballet (after they disbanded in 1990), Tony has stuck to the same raw instincts that brought him early success. Tony is now a solo artist in his own right who has spent the past twenty five years entertaining audiences all over the world with his stunning rich voice that has lost none of its power.
He has continued to write and record, and to date has released four solo studio albums; ‘State of Play’ on EMI Records, two albums through Universal Records, a self-titled album in 1998, and ‘True Ballads’ in 2003. In 2006, on his own label, Slipstream Records, he released his swing album ‘Passing Strangers’ in 2006. He has also released three live albums, two live DVDs and has had European success with several dance music collaborations. The Live CD/DVD 'Live from Metropolis Studios' was released in 2013.
On the live music front Tony is a regular performer, delighting audiences at home and abroad with his own UK and European solo tours, also appearing at many festivals around Europe.
In 2005 Tony's contribution to the music industry was officially recognised with the award of a Gold Badge from the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.
Subsequently, in 2007 he won a new legion of fans following his critically acclaimed performance as Billy Flynn in Chicago on the London’s West End Stage. Tony’s appearances in the show gave the musical one of its most successful runs ever and earned him an invitation to perform in the 10th Anniversary Show in 2007.
A PASSION FOR SWING
Aside from his own live band, Tony also has a passion for ‘Swing’; Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Jack Jones being just a few of his personal favourites and has performed with some of the greatest jazz orchestras in Europe.
In 2006 Tony released his swing album ‘Passing Strangers. It was a personal project that had been months in the planning and truly reflects his passion for swing. The album features some of his favourite songs and was released to coincide with Tony’s first UK Swing tour, aptly-named ‘Swinging True’.
TV, RADIO AND PUBLISHING
Tony’s talents as an artist extend beyond the stage and in recent years his profile has increased dramatically in the UK. His participation in the UK reality TV show ‘Reborn In The USA’ in 2003, which saw him travelling across The US in a tour bus with eight other British artists, eventually won him the public vote and the overall “crown”.
He also became a successful Radio DJ at Virgin Radio , bringing his own brand of chat and music to the national airwaves every Friday and Saturday night. Tony left Virgin in October 2008 . He is currently a DJ on Absolute 80s every Saturday night.
In May 2004 Macmillan Books released Tony’s autobiography ‘To Cut A Long Story Short’. The book charted Tony’s youth, his early days in the school band, and the heady heights of worldwide super stardom as lead singer of Spandau Ballet.
CHARITABLE WORK
Tony likes to donate time to support charitable causes. As patron and a Vice President of Shooting Star Chase Children’s Hospice Care he has worked and performed at their fund raising events and, alongside his great friend and drummer from Spandau Ballet John Keeble, they won £64,000 on British TV’s cult quiz programme Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
Tony also has a major involvement with Action Medical Research, participating in their treks to Machu Picchu, The Lost World (Venezuela) and the Eden Trek, trekking from the Pacific to Caribbean coasts in Costa Rica, resulting in a huge sum of money being raised for the charity’s “Touching Tiny Lives” campaign, looking at research into and help for premature birth. Each autumn, Tony hosts his own celebrity golf day to raise money for this charity.
Tony is patron of the following four charities:
www.shootingstarchase.org.uk/ Shooting Star Shooting Star Chase is a leading children’s hospice charity caring for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families. It costs £9.5 million a year just to maintain their current level of care. Around 10% of that income comes from government funding.
www.lowetrust.com The Lowe Syndrome Trust is a UK Charity formed in June 2000 by parents of a Lowe syndrome child. The charity supports families and initiates and funds medical research into Lowe Syndrome. Lowe Syndrome is a genetic disorder that can occur with no family history, affecting boys and multiple physical and mental handicaps including cataracts in both eyes, muscle weakness (hypotonia or floppy baby syndrome), kidney problems, cysts, brittle bones, arthritis, poor growth, mental impairment with behaviour problems (autistic spectrum disorder) and epilepsy.
www.bibic.org.uk bibic has been transforming the lives of children and their families since 1972. Its mission is to help children aged from six months to 18 years with conditions affecting their social, communication and learning abilities to achieve their potential for a happier and more fulfilled life. bibic works with children and young people who have developmental problems such as Autism, Aspergers, ADHD, Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Delay, Downs syndrome, Dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, brain injury, and challenging behaviour. bibic is a registered charity that receives no government funding.
www.hda.org.uk The Huntington's Disease Association exists to support people affected by the disease and to provide information and advice to professionals whose task it is to support Huntington's disease families. Huntington's disease, which is often called HD, is an hereditary disorder of the central nervous system. It used to be known as Huntington's Chorea or HC. Huntington's disease usually develops in adulthood and can cause a very wide range of symptoms. The disease affects both men and women.
THE ENTREPENEUR
Aside from his life in the music industry, Tony has other business interests. In 2006 he became a co-owner of the Red Rat Craft Brewery, and became a brewer, with award-winning ales, including Hadley’s Golden Ale, Hadley’s Crazy Dog Stout, Hadley’s Gold and Hadley’s SB. Sadly this business closed and in 2013, Tony teamed up with the The Great Yorkshire Brewery www.thegreatyorkshirebrewery.co.uk/ and launched a new golden lager which is available in cask and bottled form.
He is also involved in the set up of a new satellite TV channel, featuring programmes on music, beer and sport with a light-hearted emphasis.
THE FAMILY LIFE
As father of five children, Tony likes to keep fit and keep up with the kids!! He regularly runs and exercises. He loves his annual ski holiday and savours scuba and water skiing in the summer. One of his biggest passions is football – he’s a regular at Arsenal matches – and sometimes plays for Arsenal ex-Professional and Celebrity XI team. His speciality is the “own goal”!
SPANDAU BALLET REFORMATION
2009 saw the reformation of Spandau Ballet with all the original members. With UK Arena Show dates in the Autumn of 2009 and European, Australian, New Zealand and South African dates in the Spring of 2010, the tour celebrated the band’s greatest hits and lead singer Tony once again captured audiences with his distinct style and powerful voice.
ORCHESTRA TOUR
In the Autumn of 2014, Tony toured across the UK, singing songs from the forthcoming new album, songs he loves and Spandau Ballet's back catalogue accompanied by his pop/rock band and The Southbank Sinfonia Orchestra.
SOUL BOYS OF THE WESTERN WORLD TOUR
Following the release of the documentary film Soul Boys of the Western World in September 2014, Spandau Ballet are on the road again in 2015 playing in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Germany, Spain, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai and Singapore.
WHAT'S NEXT
Tony has been back in the studio working on tracks for his new solo album due for release in 2016. He regularly takes part in music festivals around the world.
* white chiffon blouse from Ratchada night market
* floral chiffon scarf from Chatuchak market (for 4 years ogo)
* short denim from thrift market
* green stripes bag '5cm'
TONY HADLEY – PROFILE
Tony Hadley, the eldest son of Josephine and Patrick, was born at The Royal Free Hospital, Islington, London on 2 June 1960. Tony attended Dame Alice Owen’s Grammar School and thought his future lay in medicine but, after winning a holiday singing competition, decided that his vocation was as a singer … the rest is history …
SPANDAU BALLET – THE 80s PHENOMENON
Pioneers of the 80s Romantic movement, Spandau Ballet formed in 1978 and had numerous chart topping singles and albums all over the world, some of the most memorable being the singles “Gold”, “Only When You Leave”, “Lifeline”, the epic “Through the Barricades” and of course the international number one “True”; the latter famously sampled by PM Dawn in 1991 and featured on Paul Anka’s Rock Swings in 2005.
As lead singer of Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley has, over the years, earned the accolade of being one of pop music’s greatest vocalists. In addition to all the band’s songs, many will remember his prominent vocal contribution to the Band Aid UK charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas” and subsequent 1985 London appearance at Live Aid. He also performed solo at the Nelson Mandela Concert at Wembley in June 1988.
A LIFE IN MUSIC
Turning the page on Spandau Ballet (after they disbanded in 1990), Tony has stuck to the same raw instincts that brought him early success. Tony is now a solo artist in his own right who has spent the past twenty five years entertaining audiences all over the world with his stunning rich voice that has lost none of its power.
He has continued to write and record, and to date has released four solo studio albums; ‘State of Play’ on EMI Records, two albums through Universal Records, a self-titled album in 1998, and ‘True Ballads’ in 2003. In 2006, on his own label, Slipstream Records, he released his swing album ‘Passing Strangers’ in 2006. He has also released three live albums, two live DVDs and has had European success with several dance music collaborations. The Live CD/DVD 'Live from Metropolis Studios' was released in 2013.
On the live music front Tony is a regular performer, delighting audiences at home and abroad with his own UK and European solo tours, also appearing at many festivals around Europe.
In 2005 Tony's contribution to the music industry was officially recognised with the award of a Gold Badge from the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.
Subsequently, in 2007 he won a new legion of fans following his critically acclaimed performance as Billy Flynn in Chicago on the London’s West End Stage. Tony’s appearances in the show gave the musical one of its most successful runs ever and earned him an invitation to perform in the 10th Anniversary Show in 2007.
A PASSION FOR SWING
Aside from his own live band, Tony also has a passion for ‘Swing’; Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Jack Jones being just a few of his personal favourites and has performed with some of the greatest jazz orchestras in Europe.
In 2006 Tony released his swing album ‘Passing Strangers. It was a personal project that had been months in the planning and truly reflects his passion for swing. The album features some of his favourite songs and was released to coincide with Tony’s first UK Swing tour, aptly-named ‘Swinging True’.
TV, RADIO AND PUBLISHING
Tony’s talents as an artist extend beyond the stage and in recent years his profile has increased dramatically in the UK. His participation in the UK reality TV show ‘Reborn In The USA’ in 2003, which saw him travelling across The US in a tour bus with eight other British artists, eventually won him the public vote and the overall “crown”.
He also became a successful Radio DJ at Virgin Radio , bringing his own brand of chat and music to the national airwaves every Friday and Saturday night. Tony left Virgin in October 2008 . He is currently a DJ on Absolute 80s every Saturday night.
In May 2004 Macmillan Books released Tony’s autobiography ‘To Cut A Long Story Short’. The book charted Tony’s youth, his early days in the school band, and the heady heights of worldwide super stardom as lead singer of Spandau Ballet.
CHARITABLE WORK
Tony likes to donate time to support charitable causes. As patron and a Vice President of Shooting Star Chase Children’s Hospice Care he has worked and performed at their fund raising events and, alongside his great friend and drummer from Spandau Ballet John Keeble, they won £64,000 on British TV’s cult quiz programme Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
Tony also has a major involvement with Action Medical Research, participating in their treks to Machu Picchu, The Lost World (Venezuela) and the Eden Trek, trekking from the Pacific to Caribbean coasts in Costa Rica, resulting in a huge sum of money being raised for the charity’s “Touching Tiny Lives” campaign, looking at research into and help for premature birth. Each autumn, Tony hosts his own celebrity golf day to raise money for this charity.
Tony is patron of the following four charities:
www.shootingstarchase.org.uk/ Shooting Star Shooting Star Chase is a leading children’s hospice charity caring for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families. It costs £9.5 million a year just to maintain their current level of care. Around 10% of that income comes from government funding.
www.lowetrust.com The Lowe Syndrome Trust is a UK Charity formed in June 2000 by parents of a Lowe syndrome child. The charity supports families and initiates and funds medical research into Lowe Syndrome. Lowe Syndrome is a genetic disorder that can occur with no family history, affecting boys and multiple physical and mental handicaps including cataracts in both eyes, muscle weakness (hypotonia or floppy baby syndrome), kidney problems, cysts, brittle bones, arthritis, poor growth, mental impairment with behaviour problems (autistic spectrum disorder) and epilepsy.
www.bibic.org.uk bibic has been transforming the lives of children and their families since 1972. Its mission is to help children aged from six months to 18 years with conditions affecting their social, communication and learning abilities to achieve their potential for a happier and more fulfilled life. bibic works with children and young people who have developmental problems such as Autism, Aspergers, ADHD, Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Delay, Downs syndrome, Dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, brain injury, and challenging behaviour. bibic is a registered charity that receives no government funding.
www.hda.org.uk The Huntington's Disease Association exists to support people affected by the disease and to provide information and advice to professionals whose task it is to support Huntington's disease families. Huntington's disease, which is often called HD, is an hereditary disorder of the central nervous system. It used to be known as Huntington's Chorea or HC. Huntington's disease usually develops in adulthood and can cause a very wide range of symptoms. The disease affects both men and women.
THE ENTREPENEUR
Aside from his life in the music industry, Tony has other business interests. In 2006 he became a co-owner of the Red Rat Craft Brewery, and became a brewer, with award-winning ales, including Hadley’s Golden Ale, Hadley’s Crazy Dog Stout, Hadley’s Gold and Hadley’s SB. Sadly this business closed and in 2013, Tony teamed up with the The Great Yorkshire Brewery www.thegreatyorkshirebrewery.co.uk/ and launched a new golden lager which is available in cask and bottled form.
He is also involved in the set up of a new satellite TV channel, featuring programmes on music, beer and sport with a light-hearted emphasis.
THE FAMILY LIFE
As father of five children, Tony likes to keep fit and keep up with the kids!! He regularly runs and exercises. He loves his annual ski holiday and savours scuba and water skiing in the summer. One of his biggest passions is football – he’s a regular at Arsenal matches – and sometimes plays for Arsenal ex-Professional and Celebrity XI team. His speciality is the “own goal”!
SPANDAU BALLET REFORMATION
2009 saw the reformation of Spandau Ballet with all the original members. With UK Arena Show dates in the Autumn of 2009 and European, Australian, New Zealand and South African dates in the Spring of 2010, the tour celebrated the band’s greatest hits and lead singer Tony once again captured audiences with his distinct style and powerful voice.
ORCHESTRA TOUR
In the Autumn of 2014, Tony toured across the UK, singing songs from the forthcoming new album, songs he loves and Spandau Ballet's back catalogue accompanied by his pop/rock band and The Southbank Sinfonia Orchestra.
SOUL BOYS OF THE WESTERN WORLD TOUR
Following the release of the documentary film Soul Boys of the Western World in September 2014, Spandau Ballet are on the road again in 2015 playing in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Germany, Spain, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai and Singapore.
WHAT'S NEXT
Tony has been back in the studio working on tracks for his new solo album due for release in 2016. He regularly takes part in music festivals around the world.
[FR] Le EnjR HARPY est un avion d'un nouveau genre. Cet avion de chasse n'a pas pour vocation la domination aérienne et n'est pas fait pour concurrencer les 5th gen ( F-22, T-50 PAK-FA, J-20) ni même les 4++ (Rafale, Typhoon, F-35 ou JAS 39 Gripen). Cet avion répond à un besoin spécifique qui n'aurait jamais pu être celui d'acteurs militaires publics tels que les états.
Le HARPY est un hybride entre l'avion de chasse et la navette spatiale. Ce jet effectue des allers retours entre sa base, à terre, et l'orbite terrestre basse. Ces trajets permettent de placer et frapper depuis l'espace, n'importe où sur Terre.
[EN] The EnjR HARPY is an aircraft of a new kind. This fighter is not intended air superiority and is not meant to compete with the 5th gen (F-22, T-50 PAK-FA, J-20) or even 4++ (Rafale, Typhoon , F-35 or JAS 39 Gripen). This aircraft meets a specific need that could never be that public military actors such as states.
The HARPY is a hybrid between the fighter and the space shuttle. This jet carried back and forth between its base on the ground and the low Earth orbit. These trips allow you to place and strike from space, anywhere on Earth.
Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley ordained five men to the Priesthood on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston.
Cardinal Seán said, “The priesthood is a gift from Christ. We are grateful for the generosity these men have given to the Lord’s call to service. They will join their brother priests, dedicated religious women and men and the faithful ministering in our parishes, working to build strong faith communities. We pray that these newly ordained priests inspire the current generation of young men to consider the possibility of a vocation and, as they are called, to join those in formation at our seminaries.”
The priests ordained are:
Father John Augustine Cassani
One of the three sons of Richard and Mary Ellen (Pumphrey) Cassani, Father Cassani was born on June 7, 1980. A son of St. Jerome Parish in North Weymouth, he is an alumnus of Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood and graduated from Holy Cross in Worcester in 2002. Father Cassani completed his seminary studies at St. John’s in Brighton and spent his deacon year working at Sacred Heart Parish in East Boston. Before seminary, he was a financial analyst for South Shore Savings Bank in Weymouth. Father Cassani will celebrate his first Mass at his home parish of St. Jerome’s in Weymouth on May 26 at 11:30 a.m. He will also be the homilist.
Father Thomas Keith Macdonald
An alumnus of Rome’s Pontifical North American College and a native of Westford, Father Macdonald is one of the three children (one sister, one brother) of Thomas and Kathleen (Verfaillie) Macdonald. He was born on July 9, 1984. This avid hiker is a fan of reading Catholic writers G.K. Chesterton and Joseph Pieper. Father Macdonald, a son of St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish, Westford, graduated from local schools before attending UMass Amherst. Father Macdonald spent his deacon year at St. Paul Parish in Cambridge. Father Macdonald will celebrate his first Mass at St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Beverly on May 26 at 10:30 a.m. The homilist will be Bishop Arthur Kennedy.
Father Jacques Antoine McGuffie
A native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he was born on June 18, 1946 to the late Dickens and Leonie (Jean-Philippe) McGuffie, Father McGuffie is one of 7 children — five sisters and one brother. He attended high school at Lycée Alexandre Pétion in Port-au-Prince. He received his BA from Northeastern University in Boston and his MBA from Boston University. Before entering and completing his seminary studies at Blessed John XXIII Seminary in Weston, he worked for the Massachussetts Department of Social Services. Father McGuffie spent his deacon year at St. Catherine of Alexandria in Westford. He will celebrate his first Mass on May 26 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick Church in Roxbury; Father Walter J. Waldron will be the homilist.
Father Gerald Alfred Souza
This son of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Plymouth was born Nov. 3, 1985 to Paul and Donna (Urquhart) Souza. He has one brother. Father Souza attended Sacred Heart School in Kingston for elementary and high school. Father Souza attended St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia for the first three years of college, before graduation from Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio in 2008. He completed his seminary formation at St. John’s in Brighton. His deacon assignment was spent at St. Mary Parish in Lynn.
Father Souza’s first Mass will be at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish on May 26 at 2:00 p.m. He will be the homilist as well.
Father Christopher William Wallace
One of two sons of William and Kathleen (Moran) Wallace, Father Wallace was born Jan. 19, 1983. This native of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Methuen, attended local schools before matriculating at Merrimack College in North Andover. Father Wallace completed his seminary studies at St. John’s and spent his deacon year at St. Joseph Parish in Needham. He is an avid Boston sports fan and also supports the Archdiocesan Serra Club for encouraging vocations. Father Wallace will celebrate his first Mass at St. Theresa Church in Methuen on May 26 at 10:30 a.m.
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"“Lord Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd of our souls, you who know your sheep and know how to reach the human heart: Stir the hearts of those young people who would follow you but who cannot overcome doubts and fears. You who are the Word of the Father, the Word which enlightens and sustains hearts, conquer with your Spirit the resistance and delays of indecisive hearts. Arouse in those whom you call the courage of Love’s answer: “Here I am, send me”."
– Prayer for Vocations inspired by the writings of Pope Blessed John Paul II.
Today, the 4th Sunday of Easter, is Vocations Sunday. My sermon for today can be read here.
This prayer was used in the prayer card produced by the National Vocations Office of England & Wales