It was while I was in Australia that I first began to seriously discern a call to the priesthood. I remember watching a film about the life of St. John Paul II and there was a scene where a Nazi kills a friend of St. John Paul II. During this scene something began to stir in my heart. I was crying and I was so impacted by this priest who gave his life for what he believed in. Was God calling me to be a priest? I was terrified! I can’t be a priest for a million reasons. A few weeks later I decided to talk to someone about it. This priest told me not to worry. If it was truly from the Lord, the desire would not go away, but rather, it would increase. And so it did. Over the next year and a half I didn’t think too much about it, but it was always there and over time it began to increase.

While I was in Ireland, I was talking to someone and they asked me if I had ever heard of the Companions of the Cross. I told them that I had heard about them, but that I didn’t know anything about them. The next opportunity I had, I went online to their website. Everything I read just really resonated in me. I remember thinking to myself, ‘this is amazing!’ Evangelization, community life, Eucharistic, Marian, charismatic, faithful to the magisterium. Whoa! So I contacted the vocations director and the rest is history. I feel so blessed to be part of this Community, which Jesus has called into existence for this time and place in history. He knows what He is doing. God is so good! Please pray for all my brothers and me. God bless.