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Vocation Journeys

 

Cardinal John Dew

 When I went to the Seminary  in 1970 it was really the last thing I wanted to do… but somehow I knew that it was the only thing, and the right thing, for me…. the main reason for not wanting to go to the Seminary was that I didn’t think I was worthy. I didn’t think I was good enough to be a priest, for the first couple of years, I kept asking, “why me?”  

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Fr David Dowling 

“To be an instrument of God’s love  in this way is a gift and privilege beyond words. When I stand at the altar and see the faith of the people of God, gathered to be nourished by the word of God and the Eucharist, I am humbled to be called to priesthood.” 

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Fr Andrew Kim

“All of us are on the journey towards God. Sometimes we lose the way and we do not know where we are supposed to go. But if we just stop what we are doing and listen carefully with our heart, we can hear Jesus whisper to us deep in our heart. And this whisper will lead us in the right direction. We just need to trust him and remember his words, “Come follow me.””

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Seminarian Alfred Tong 

“We had an ordinary conversation , until something made her say to me “I don’t know, you probably will make something great out of your pharmacy career, but have you ever considered ‘The Vocation’”…..  it wasn’t until I attended a Chrism Mass in Wellington a few years later, that the notion of priesthood felt tangible….”   

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Fr Alan Roberts

“When I look back at how it all happened, I understand that we do influence one another… I am truly grateful  for the influences on me from people who belong to the Lord. What a world it would be if we handed it on.”   

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Seminarian Nicholas Lye 

 “Priesthood was the last thing on my mind  in my younger days. Yet even with all the boxes ticked in my life, I soon found that it wasn’t enough…. I was feeling restless…  what I have learnt thus far is that God’s ways and plans for me are far greater and better than what I can imagine them to be….”    

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