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Num Wa, a boston girl. She is a friend of my friend's brother girlfriend... confusing, isn't it... :-). I have met her on a trip to Florida last week.
On the way down the "Morro do Pai Inácio" during a great sunset.
Na descida do Pai Inácio durante um por-do-sol maravilhoso.
The Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption in Saginaw was packed with faithful from across the diocese who came to witness the ordination of Father Adam Maher on June 1.
The Rite of Ordination includes the candidate promising to "discharge the office of priesthood with humility and love, to hold fast to the mystery of faith, to proclaim this faith in word and deed, to embrace the celibate state and to pray for the Church and the whole world," as well as obedience to the bishop and his successors. The candidate then lies prostrate as the congregation prays the Litany of Supplication. Following the prayer, Bishop Cistone and those priests present silently impose their hands upon the candidate. The candidate is then dressed in priestly vestments, a stole and chasuble. He then kneels before the bishop, who anoints his hands with Sacred Chrism and hands over the bread and wine.
A Port Sanilac native, Father Adam completed his seminarian education at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. This July, he will become the Parochial Administrator of Our Lady Consolata Parish, which serves Cass City, Sebewaing, Gagetown and Wilmot.
Regarding his call to the priesthood, Father Adam credits the prayers of so many people to whom he says, "My vocation is the fruit of your prayers. I'm excited to lay my life down for Jesus and for all of you. Your prayers have been preparing me for this. I feel your prayers."
Elizabeth Black, principal of St. Stephen Catholic School in E. Grand Rapids, was consecrated according to the Rite of the Consecration of Virgins Living in the World by Bishop David Walkowiak during a Mass on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021 at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Grand Rapids. This vocation is for the whole Church, and all the faithful of the diocese were invited to attend.
This ancient vocation, the vocation of Roman martyrs Agnes and Lucy, among others, is a mystical espousal to Christ and a visible reminder of the union that we are all called to live with Christ in heaven. The virgin is consecrated in a solemn rite by the bishop of the diocese, and she is an image of the Church’s single-hearted love for Jesus. During the rite, the virgin receives a wedding ring as the symbol of her vocation.
To learn more about vocations to consecrated religious life, visit the Vocations section of our website at grdiocese.org.
(Photo by Emma Rolf)
Apr. 14, 2012; Office of Vocations, Congregation of Holy Cross..Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame
Collateral for an upcoming series at Church of the Resurrection: W*RK! Not Just Another 4-Letter Word.
An excellent trio from Hebden Bridge's Vocation Brewery at the Head Of Steam at Huddersfield station. Bread & Butter was seen at a number of pubs on my trip to Yorkshire. It seems a well travelled beer as it was on at a pub in Totnes in Devon on one of my visits. Passed on Vocation here as I will be in Hebden Bridge in a few months.