May 2023 Making a gift of myself: From the introspection of formation to offering the Eucharist By Deacon Jacob Zemaitis When I was studying at Grand Valley State University, my dad told me something that I haven’t forgotten. While I…
April 1, 2023 A Priest who lives it. By Fr. Steven Durkee, Director of Priestly Vocations Jesus’ demand to us is simple, we must take up our cross, deny ourselves and follow him. We hear these words, and we think…
March 2023 ‘I’ve been praying for you every day …’ Remembering Father Fekete When I planned out my articles for FAITH magazine this year, I made a list of priests I admired – priests who had encouraged me on my…
Jan/Feb 2023 Two weeks, eight funerals and lessons learned. By Fr. Stephen Durkee, Director of Priestly Vocations I pulled up to the conference center at Mundelein Seminary to pick up Father Mark Peacock. We did not know each other well…
A Priest’s Priest December 2022 By Fr. Stephen Durkee, Dir. Priestly Vocations “You are going to be one beloved priest because you have the faith, prayer life, social skills, good humor and humility that attracts. I love you, too, my…
'Really? You too?'November 2022 Picture on left: Childhood friends Father Colin and Father Stephen began their journey to priesthood at a youth conference. Grateful for friendship and a shared vocation, I was sitting in a gymnasium filled with more than…
Meet our new seminariansOctober 2022 Last year, we were blessed to have seven men enter seminary formation. It was a good year for us! People were very excited about it, and I remember saying to them, “We shouldn’t expect that…
‘A lesson in the power of prayer’ September 2022 Last month I wrote about Father Mark Bauer and how he helped me in my journey toward the priesthood. In that article, I told the story of a woman I encountered…
God’s messengers July/August Faith Magazine It was a typical summer day at D&W Fresh Market in Caledonia. Since I was only 17 at the time, I worked most often as a service clerk or, more colloquially, a “bagger boy.” That…
June 2022 ‘OK, God ….Embracing the call to priesthood By Fr. David Jameson I never set out to fall in love with Christ through his Church and sacraments. The path into the Catholic Church was, for me, paved with a…
