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Catholics urged to pray for vocations

All Catholics can encourage an increase in vocations to the priesthood in two ways, said Father Anthony Chandler, director of the Archdiocese of Louisville’s...

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2020-08-28T15:23:26-04:00August 27th, 2020|Archdiocesan News, priest formation, priesthood, seminarian, seminary, vocation|

Fund benefits seminarian formation

The three men ordained as priests of the Archdiocese of Louisville May 25 each expressed a desire recently to serve the people of the...

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Deacon Reeves wants to serve people

Even before converting to the Catholic faith, the idea of the priesthood intrigued Deacon Steven Reeves. Now less than a decade after joining the...

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Deacon Minh Vu to be ordained a priest

By Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer The idea of becoming a priest has been prominent in Deacon Minh Vu’s mind all his life. His mother...

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Deacon Farrell will be ordained a priest

By Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer Spending time in prayer each day is central to Deacon David Farrell’s life. In fact, the soon-to-be-priest said it’s...

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2018-05-11T15:37:10-04:00May 10th, 2018|Archdiocesan News, priest ordination, priesthood, seminarian, vocation|

Aided by CSA, seminarian aims to give back

By Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer With just five weeks to go until the end of the calendar year, the 2017 Catholic Services Appeal (CSA)...

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Five seminarians to be ordained deacons

By Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer Five seminarians who are in formation for the priesthood will be ordained deacons by Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz on...

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2017-10-13T15:52:16-04:00March 23rd, 2017|Archdiocesan News, deacon ordination, diaconate, priesthood, seminarian, vocation|

Seminarians ‘bring joy’ to their vocation

By Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer Eighteen men in formation to be priests of the Archdiocese of Louisville were among the multitudes of students returning...

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2017-10-13T15:52:35-04:00September 21st, 2016|Archdiocesan News, seminarian, vocation, vocation office|

Presence of global church felt in archdiocese

By Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer Foreign-born priests are not new here in the Archdiocese of Louisville — the first priests to serve the...

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2017-10-13T15:52:43-04:00June 23rd, 2016|Archdiocesan News, foreign priest, mutuality, priesthood, vocation|

Local priest numbers called ‘tight,’ not dire

By Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer The Archdiocese of Louisville welcomed two new priests to its fold Saturday — Fathers Sean McKinley and Wilfredo...

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2017-10-13T15:52:45-04:00May 31st, 2016|Archdiocesan News, priest ordination, vocation|