Thread for all discerning priesthood and for those already studying for priests

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Hello Ladies and Gentlemen!

I’m Jon a 17 year old Brit. I’ve been discerning for the last couple of years.

Strangely, I felt the call to be a Catholic Priest even before I came back to my Catholic faith.

I see my spiritual director about once a month and I’m going to contact the bishop fairly soon.

It’s good to see so many young men discerning. Without Priests it’s nearly impossible for anyone to be saved.

JD
 
pawel15 said:
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!!!
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dobra! dobra! yay! I’m so happy, I will keep you in my prayers. After reading some of the last posts, I wish I had an overtly religious catholic mother. My mom is agnostic, n my father is anti-religion. He thinks its all one big scam to try and get people’s money. But, I cannot imagine myself being anything else other than a priest or entering some religious life. 😊
 
GandalfTheWhite said:
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. :eek:

We shall see. But in the case I will end up somewhere else I hope this journey will lead me closer to God nonetheless. 🙂

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 wish you good luck in your journey wherever it will lead you! 👍
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I really cannot see myself as a priest though. I think of it and it actually scares me and I get very nervous. But I am sure most people feel this way… right? 😛 I say it scares me because to be a priest you have to be celibate. That’s what scares me. Can I handle it? Right now I’m trying to get rid of some nasty habits that I can’t see a priest doing. It has been done though so that gives me hope!
 
Jart said:
I really cannot see myself as a priest though. I think of it and it actually scares me and I get very nervous. But I am sure most people feel this way… right? 😛
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Right! 😃 😛
Jart said:
I say it scares me because to be a priest you have to be celibate. That’s what scares me. Can I handle it? Right now I’m trying to get rid of some nasty habits that I can’t see a priest doing. It has been done though so that gives me hope!
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That’s what the discernment is about… I think one cannot join the priesthood unless he views celibacy as a gift. I will have also struggles with this, you won’t be alone :rolleyes:
 
zemi said:
Right! 😃 😛

That’s what the discernment is about… I think one cannot join the priesthood unless he views celibacy as a gift. I will have also struggles with this, you won’t be alone :rolleyes:
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Sometimes I feel comfortable with the idea and that scares me also! lol.
 
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Jart:
Sometimes I feel comfortable with the idea and that scares me also! lol.
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Well, we share often the same feelings then 😃
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Same here! 😛

Sometimes I’m like: "Wow, but that that would mean no sex with the women of my dreams for the rest of my life. And no kids (especially when I pass an very cure baby :D)!
Some other time I’m like: "Ye, whatever. I’ve managed to stay “celibate” till 21, why wouldn’t I just do that till the end of my life? 🤷 " 😃

So ye…still long time to go but I’m slowly getting there. 😃
 
Ahoy! I’m a 21 year old (male) university student discerning the life of a friar with the Order of Preachers. I am a native of Sydney, and would study for profession in the Province of the Assumption (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea etc).
 
Toribus said:
Ahoy! I’m a 21 year old (male) university student discerning the life of a friar with the Order of Preachers. I am a native of Sydney, and would study for profession in the Province of the Assumption (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea etc).
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Welcome Toribus 👋

May I ask? Why the Dominicans? 🙂 😉
 
Ahoy! I’m a 21 year old (male) university student discerning the life of a friar with the Order of Preachers. I am a native of Sydney, and would study for profession in the Province of the Assumption (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea etc).
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Yey! Welcome Toribus! Good luck on your journey! 🙂
 
zemi said:
Ok folks,

if you don’t mind, all of us could write a sentence or two about ourselves - just very briefly so that we can get to know each other a bit. It would be much more easier for everyone to know “who’s who” 👍
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From Lubbock, Texas wanting discerning my call to the Priesthood. I am a bit Tradtional and would like to find a Traditonal order, especially one that has a tradtional formation.👍
 
iviking said:
Yes, I think I am sure now. What I am discerning now is which seminary to attend.
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Well, I am glad you know you want to be a Priest. What dedication you have to God and His Church to be a Catholic for a little over a year and know already that God is calling you.
 
freudmacher said:
From Lubbock, Texas wanting discerning my call to the Priesthood. I am a bit Tradtional and would like to find a Traditonal order, especially one that has a tradtional formation.👍
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Welcome freudmacher!

Thank you for your info! 😉
 
pawel15 said:
How many times or hours do you guys pray per day/night?

Daily Mass, Rosary, Morning and Evening Prayers, Anglus, and before every meal

How important is it to leave some time in a day for personel prayer?

Very. I’m not good at hearing God unless everything I am doing (hands folded, kneeling, it’s quiet, and memorized prayers) is for Him. But that’s not for everyone I guess.

I ask this because i feel i do not pray enough, so by hearing your answers it may inspire me to pray more.
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Quick question:

Saturday I told a priest about my discernment for the priesthood during confession. He asked me if I have thought about the seminary so I told him yes. I wouldn’t have brought it up if he didn’t ask. He sounded thrilled and said he wanted to talk with me more about it. I called everyday this week and cannot get a hold of him. I left him a message on his voice mail and I talked to the woman at the front desk asking her to tell him to give me a call back. I left my number 2 times and haven’t heard anything from him. I’m sure he heard my message on his voice mail saying who I was and to give me a call back. Either he is EXTREMELY busy or remembers who I am and doesn’t want to talk to me. I wanted to talk about this with a priest and he was the one I wanted to talk to because I hear he’s a good priest. The priests at my parish are foreign and have a heavy accent sometimes I don’t understand. It sounds like he is ignoring me don’t you think? Should I give up on him and find another?? I don’t want to tell too many people about this. I know they are priests but still… It was strange enough telling him. Last year I could have never thought I would be thinking about becoming a priest.
 
Jart, I wouldn’t give up on him yet. Sometimes Priests do get terribly busy and don’t have time to return calls. Just keep checking in every few days and see if you can catch him in the office.
 
Jart said:
Quick question:

Saturday I told a priest about my discernment for the priesthood during confession. He asked me if I have thought about the seminary so I told him yes. I wouldn’t have brought it up if he didn’t ask. He sounded thrilled and said he wanted to talk with me more about it. I called everyday this week and cannot get a hold of him. I left him a message on his voice mail and I talked to the woman at the front desk asking her to tell him to give me a call back. I left my number 2 times and haven’t heard anything from him. I’m sure he heard my message on his voice mail saying who I was and to give me a call back. Either he is EXTREMELY busy or remembers who I am and doesn’t want to talk to me. I wanted to talk about this with a priest and he was the one I wanted to talk to because I hear he’s a good priest. The priests at my parish are foreign and have a heavy accent sometimes I don’t understand. It sounds like he is ignoring me don’t you think? Should I give up on him and find another?? I don’t want to tell too many people about this. I know they are priests but still… It was strange enough telling him. Last year I could have never thought I would be thinking about becoming a priest.
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Hold on a few more days, Jart. Use the time for something else. I know… easy to say…

May I ask you? Have you heard Fr. Larry Richard’s talk about God’s will?
 
zemi said:
Hold on a few more days, Jart. Use the time for something else. I know… easy to say…

May I ask you? Have you heard Fr. Larry Richard’s talk about God’s will?
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Larry Richard… no I haven’t.
 
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