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For Chase Hilgenbrinck, a Professional Soccer Career Was a Dream. But Priesthood Was a Calling.
By Kathy Orton
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 20, 2008; Page E01
Chase Hilgenbrinck sat in his apartment in Chile, clutching the phone, full of nervous energy. He was about to make a call that would change his life forever. After spending more than two years agonizing over his decision in solitude, Hilgenbrinck finally decided he was ready to tell someone of his intention to become a priest.
That September 2007 day, the first person he called was not his mother, father, brother or girlfriend, but the vocations director of the Peoria, Ill., diocese, a man he had never met.
“I was nervous on the phone,” Hilgenbrinck said. “I couldn’t believe the words that were coming out of my mouth.”
LINK: washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/19/AR2008111904007.html?hpid=sec-religion
By Kathy Orton
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 20, 2008; Page E01
Chase Hilgenbrinck sat in his apartment in Chile, clutching the phone, full of nervous energy. He was about to make a call that would change his life forever. After spending more than two years agonizing over his decision in solitude, Hilgenbrinck finally decided he was ready to tell someone of his intention to become a priest.
That September 2007 day, the first person he called was not his mother, father, brother or girlfriend, but the vocations director of the Peoria, Ill., diocese, a man he had never met.
“I was nervous on the phone,” Hilgenbrinck said. “I couldn’t believe the words that were coming out of my mouth.”
LINK: washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/19/AR2008111904007.html?hpid=sec-religion