A Catholic Life Pages

Born in the Polish city of Gdansk, Rev. Robert Marczewski first came to the United States while a seminarian. “I came to Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, Michigan, the Polish-American seminary,” he recalls.

Growing up in a non-practicing Catholic home in Southern California, Rev. David Gonzalez, O.Praem., remembers entering a Catholic church only once during his childhood — for a wedding. Yet when he was in high school, his mother stumbled upon a flier for the confirmation program at the local parish and, for whatever reason — the Blessed Mother’s intervention, he surmises — she insisted that he enroll. His life would be forever changed.