Vocations Diocese of Wilmington

11/19/2022

We joined Bishop Koenig at the Bishop's 5K today to support Catholic Charities!
Deacon John Enemuo, James Kimmel, Deacon Walt Ferris, Brooks Jensen, Bishop Koenig, Dennis Stameza, Patrick Klous, Fr. Carroll and Deacon Justin Pollio.

11/17/2022

James Gebhart will celebrate his Candidacy for Ordination tonight at St. Mary's Seminary. This Rite celebrates his commitment to formation for ordination as transitional deacon and then priest. James has been a seminarian for the diocese for 6 years. He attended the College Seminary of the Immaculate Conception at Seton Hall University beginning in his Sophomore year. He entered St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore 3 years ago in 1st Theology. He has had pastoral experiences in the diocese at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Corpus Christi/St. Matthew. He just completed his pastoral year at St. Ann in Wilmington. St. Mary of the Assumption is his home parish.

Keep James in your prayers today!

11/05/2022

It starts in parishes that bring the Gospel to life, a focus on the Eucharist and support from those around you!

By Father John J. Mink Pastor, St. Ann Parish On October 11, the universal Church commemorated the opening of the Second Vatican Council by Saint Pope John XXIII. One of the principal documents of the council was Lumen Gentium (A Light to the Nations) The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, which w...

11/05/2022

Reflection from Mark after 4 years of formation.

Mark Donohue, 32, has been a seminarian in the Diocese of Wilmington the last four years. Beginning his pastoral year last summer, he made the decision to discern out of formation and explore other yearnings in his heart. As we observe National Vocation Awareness Week, Father Norman Carroll, directo...

11/05/2022

A window into Anthony - our only college seminarian.

WASHINGTON — “Overwhelmed with joy” is how Anthony Miranda described his parents’ reaction when he told them he felt God calling him to the priesthood. He is now in the process of discerning his vocation at St. John Paul II Seminary and Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Miranda, 19, is...

10/31/2022

09/24/2022

Say a prayer this Sunday for your priest/priests!
Say a prayer for our seminarians!
Encourage someone to consider the priesthood.

In persona Christi the priest brings the Real Presence of Christ
to our world inviting us to encounter Him.

06/15/2022

Great article featuring Wilmington Seminarian Mark Donohue now on Pastoral Year at Holy Family in Newark.

Pastoral formation is one of the four core disciplines of a seminarians’ education along with human, intellectual and spiritual formation.

05/24/2022

WILMINGTON — Father Brennan Ferris was ordained a priest May 21 at the Cathedral of St. Peter. The Mass began at 11 a.m. and lasted just under two hours. It was the first priestly ordination conducted by Bishop Koenig since he was installed as the 10th bishop of Wilmington last year. Bishop Malool...