Priesthood / Religious Life

“Jesus Christ promised great rewards to the disciples who would leave all things, including marriage and the family, in order to follow Him,” says Rev. Gary B Selin (’89). “Jesus Himself was poor, celibate and obedient to the Father’s will.

The College has just received the joyful news that on April 9, Sr.

On June 6, 1991 — the Solemnity of St. Norbert — Rev. Francis Michael Gloudeman, O.Praem. (’84), received the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Twenty-five years later, this Norbertine priest of St.

In April, this blog reported that Deneys Williamson (’10) had requested prayers for his upcoming ordination to the transitional diaconate. Now, in a new letter to the College, he writes, “Thanks for all your prayers!”

Whenever the matter of mandatory priestly discipline arises, the arguments put forth in its defense are typically practical in nature, touching on matters pastoral or even financial, but seldom theological. Recognizing this shortcoming in the ongoing discussion, Rev.

“After five intense, happy years of seminary,” writes Deneys Williamson (’10), “I will be ordained to the diaconate, in view of the priesthood!” The ordination will take place on May 1, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, at the Basilica of Saint Apollinaire in Rome.