
New deacons a step closer to priesthood
There was cause for much celebration as seminarians Anthony Beltrame and Olek Stirrat were ordained to the diaconate by Archbishop Patrick O’Regan on Saturday December 19.
There was cause for much celebration as seminarians Anthony Beltrame and Olek Stirrat were ordained to the diaconate by Archbishop Patrick O’Regan on Saturday December 19.
I suspect that most Catholics at some point in their lives have had a thought cross their minds: ‘what if I’m called to be a priest or a nun’. I’m guessing it’s probably happened during a boring homily alongside the thought, ‘I bet I could do better than this’.
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When Sr Elena Marie Piteo OP attended World Youth Day in Sydney in 2008 it was the first time she had seen a young Sister in a habit and she was “struck by her joy”.
Sr Elena Marie Piteo has covered a lot of ground since embarking on her journey to a religious vocation with the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia in Nashville.
In the final of our series on deacons in the Adelaide Archdiocese, LINDY McNAMARA chats with Nick Kerr about his new leadership role in an international representative body and his long-held desire to serve the Church.
At age 18, surrounded by hundreds of other like-minded Catholics, Andrew Kirkbride had a watershed moment… he knew he wanted to use his talents to serve God but just didn’t know how that would unfold.
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