Hey thanks Goblin_TatersI’m not discerning the priesthood at the present moment, but I had to chuckle (sorry couldn’t help myself) as I read through some of the previous posts. Fathers who don’t want their sons to become priests, “overtly Catholic” mothers – hey! that’s the exact opposite of what I grew up with. More than once I felt pressured, nudged more than a little, by my Catholic father to become a priest. I wouldn’t call him religiously Catholic, but I think he wanted me to become one, for some reason or another. My mom, raised Protestant and after a short stint with the Catholic Church having returned to Protestantism, never suggested the idea to me. Well, good luck to all of you who are discerning the priesthood. Good luck to prospective monastics as well!
I know I’m not called to the Latin priesthood or monastic life. God knows where I’ll end up.
Hi Pawel,I am finally meeting with the director of vocations next friday. This could well be a turning point in my discernment. If God wills it then i will enter a seminary after this meeting. I hope everything goes well, i will now prepare myself for any questions that may be asked. Anyone one have any idea what happens during this interview/meeting?
Plz pray for me!!!
Come back then and let us know! ) To answer some of the questions asked throughout this thread, I am 21 (like you Zemi
) and I’m hoping to start studying for the diocesan priesthood for my home diocese of St. Cloud. I’ve already gone through the process of checking out seminaries and meeting with the bishop - I’m being held up at the moment by some technical issues regarding the application process with the college! But I know there are many people praying for me 
and praying that God’s Will for me be accomplished, so there’s nothing to worry about there! Thank you for the Thread, and to all of you who are posting!! I read one thread that seemed to hint at a possible extinction of priests! I don’t believe that God would allow something like that to happen to His Church, and ya’ll are living proof… Thanks!! God Bless you all!!!
). So ye, I feel better now. Hi there, welcome here catholichivalry!Hey All,
I finally got through reading all the posts! (This is a long thread! - but that’s a good thing!!!
PS… Zemi, I checked out the “rain” link… very nice! Thanks for posting it!!!
That’s great! We all know it won’t be easy though. But could be very very interesting… imagine being a priest one day!Well, I finally spoke to a priest about my decisions about the direction I want to be taking, yay! I’m happy I didn’t have to wait 2 more months to speak to my priest. Basically I was trying to find out about the seminaries over here and I sent an e-mail to the local seminary, asking them few basic questions. The chancellor (or however you call them - basically the one in charge) wrote me back and expressed an interest in seeing me. I was so nervous but of course I agreed. He gave me some very good general advices and explained me the process a bit more. He was also very kind (and he knew my grandma’s (may she rest in peace) neighbors
In Christ,
~G
What you are describing sound like normal human impulses! Unfortunatley, as you’ve noted, getting over that is rough! I don’t have a twin brother, but I do have four brothers reletively close in age to me. I think Elliot has hit the nail on the head, the best thing to do is pray. And the most powerful prayer is that of the Eucharist!! I’d consider taking Elliot’s advise, also you might try praying for him at Mass!!! God Bless!!!
I research and get on these boards every single day learning something new. Having so little knowledge of the faith not long ago and I found it strange that I feel a calling to be a priest. I never mentioned it to anyone except for a priest I talked to for the first time in confession yesterday. I went to a different parish than my usual. He asked me if I have thought about the seminary kind of out of the blue. I told him yes and I ended up talking to him for a long time. He wants me to go talk to him again which I am tomorrow. Sometimes I feel a calling to the priesthood and sometimes to married life. I think it would be so great to have my own family. Living a life of celibacy scares me… it shouldn’t but it does.Hi there, Jart!I have been discerning the priesthood for the past few months. I just came back into my faith around November of last year. Before that I didn’t care about Catholicism at all. I hardly knew anything about it… To be honest I don’t know how that changed. Must have been prayer.
) How old are you?I’m 18. Just finished high school and moving to a University next month for EMS. Before I felt like being a Paramedic is what I am supposed to do but I feel better closer to God. That’s where I think I should be. Even if I feel that way I’m still going to the University. I will probably figure things out there!Hi there, Jart!
I’m now in a state I’d like to do sometimes both - a priest and a father (not a spiritual one
Sure! I’m there at a uni and I start thinking about various things… changing school, possible priesthood etc…
Haha, certainly. And yes, I sometimes try to imagine it but very often my imagination fails me. I simply can’t see myself behind the altar holding the Eucharist.
Sounds a lot like my case, Jart. Pretty much the same scenario…doesn’t care, changes for some odd reason, feel called, thinks that it doesn’t make sense.I have been discerning the priesthood for the past few months. I just came back into my faith around November of last year. Before that I didn’t care about Catholicism at all. I hardly knew anything about it… To be honest I don’t know how that changed. Must have been prayer.