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Teaching
About Vocations
In fifth grade, I started thinking about
priesthood but decided not to tell anyone. Word can
get around, and I sure didn’t hear any of my peers
talking about becoming priests. Then, in seventh grade,
my teacher called me aside and asked me if I had ever
thought about priesthood. I denied everything. That
same day, however, I went home and approached my dad,
saying, “Can you believe what my teacher said
to me today?”
If my dad had laughed or put me
down or scowled when I told him, I think that would
have been the end of it. Instead, my dad replied, “What
do you think?” As the story turns out, I have
now been a priest for over 25 years. Who knows if I
would have had the courage if not for a teacher who
saw some positive qualities in me and decided to get
me thinking!
Fr.
Bob Stiefvater, Former Vocations Director
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