Please include in your prayers that those that the Lord is calling to serve the Church through the priesthood may respond to his call! Here are some stats on those God has called or is calling to the priesthood:
BISHOP MARCEL DAMPHOUSSE (Bishop of Sault Ste. Marie) ► Studied at St. Paul University Seminary in Ottawa. Ordained to the Priesthood June 28, 1991 in the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface, Manitoba. Ordained a Bishop on September 2, 2012 ► Bishop’s Motto: Ut Vitam Habeant (John 10:10) translated as “That they may have life”.
FR. DANIELE MUSCOLINO (Our Pastor) ► Studied at St. Peter’s Seminary in London, Ontario. Ordained to the Priesthood May 20, 2016 in Sudbury. New Director of Vocations and Director of Youth & Young Adults for the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie. ► Scripture quote: “By the grace of God, I am what I am.” (1 Cor. 15:10)
TIM SILVER (Studying for the Priesthood) ► Parishioner of Holy Name of Jesus Church, North Bay. Studies at Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit, Michigan. ► Is currently studying with the Companions of the Cross, a religious order based out of Ottawa. ► Scripture quote: “Through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir.” (Galatians 4:7)