This Week's Note from Fr. Dick

May 20, 2012

Every year around this time I look forward to seeing who is going to be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese. This year there will only be one ordained. His name is Jose Alvarez. He will be ordained on June 9th at the Cathedral. Next year there will not be any priests ordained for the Archdiocese. But after that, there is a steady stream of those who will be ordained. It is a far cry from my day when I was ordained. There were eleven of us ordained that year. That was the biggest class for the Archdiocese up to that time. Three years later there was a class of 15 or so ordained. But times have changed. We are lucky that we have a good number of seminarians who are studying to be ordained for the Archdiocese of Seattle.

Most of my class are now retired or are inactive. One died this past year. Besides myself there is one other who is still an active pastor and another who is a parochial vicar in a parish. Those who are retired but still active are helping out in parishes. Fr. Angelovic is one of those. We are getting old. When we get together we talk about our latest physical ailments and reminisce about the good old days in the seminary and our early priesthood. Sounds like an old folk’s home. Keep us in your prayers and pray for vocations for all the ministries of the Church.

...Fr. Dick


QUO VADIS DAYS
Attention all Catholic young men ages 13-18! Do you know where your life is going? The Lord Jesus has a great plan for you! You are invited to attend Quo Vadis Days camp to spend time with other young men your age looking at the Lord’s call in your life while having a great time. QVD is led by priests and seminarians of the Archdiocese and is supported by the Archdiocesan Office of Vocations. QVD will be held from Sunday, June 24-Wednesday, June 27 at Camp Don Bosco near Carnation, WA. The cost of the camp will be covered by the Serra Club and the Knights of Columbus. Check us out at www.qvdays.org if you are interested. All registration is online!