Priestly Vocations

The Neocatechumenal Way had always fostered vocations. We inspire our youth to discern God's calling for them.  God can call them to a married life, a religious life, or an itinerant life.  Due to the fact that the NCW have inspired vocations among its members, it is not surprising that a seminary was also established so that these seminarians would be formed following the pattern of the Neocatechumenal Way......a pattern that encourages missionary work, a pattern in which one can develop a close relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ.  The question is.....what is our Archdiocese of Agana doing to inspire priestly vocations among Guam's faithful, especially our youth? After all, since Archbishop Byrnes has rejected the kind of priests formed by RMS, then surely he must have a plan to inspire priestly vocations among the faithful in Guam?  Otherwise, we simply borrow more priests from other countries.   

Below are stories of men who were called into the priesthood through the charism of the NCW:

The first story is of Deacon John Benson who had plans to go into filmmaking.  However, he heard God calling him to the priesthood. His story is quite remarkable.  You can find his story here.

Deacon John Benson

The second story is of a young man from Poland, who was also a member of the NCW.  It is not surprising that members of the NCW would travel to different parts of the world. Deacon Jan Pietryga's journey to the priesthood started in his native country of Poland, took shape in Italy, was confirmed in Australia and will be serving in Washington D.C. Deacon Jan Pietryga came from a family of 10 siblings.  The Way is known to have large numbers of children.  Nevertheless, it is not surprising that from those ten children, one was inspired to enter the priesthood.  You can find his story here. 

Deacon Jan Pietryga