Vocations

Hunter LeBlanc entered seminary for the Diocese of Owensboro in fall 2021. FILE PHOTOBY HUNTER LEBLANC, SPECIAL TO THE WESTERN KENTUCKY CATHOLIC I first recognized a call to the priesthood as a sophomore in high school. This and a renewed zeal for my faith followed...

Seminarian’s summer as clinical pastoral intern showed strength in compassion BY CHRISTOPHER E. GRIEF, SPECIAL TO THE WESTERN KENTUCKY CATHOLIC Suffice it to say, spending the past summer nearly 1,000 miles away in the epicenter of the delta variant didn't sound too...

The Diocese of Owensboro's permanent deacon class of 2021. Back row, (left to right) Dcn. Bill Clark, Dcn. Tony Carmona, Dcn. T.J. Dennison. Front row (left to right) Dcn. John Knight, Dcn. Frank Bosh, Dcn. Gayle Rhodes, Dcn. Hal Jones. ELIZABETH WONG BARNSTEAD |...

BY MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH STAFF, SPECIAL TO THE WESTERN KENTUCKY CATHOLIC Nine Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph of Maple Mount, Ky., are celebrating anniversaries of religious life this year. To read more about the jubilarians and their ministries, please visit the...

It has been a privilege to serve the Church for the past eight years as Director of Vocations for the Diocese of Owensboro.

Deacon Corey D. Bruns, a seminarian of the Diocese of Owensboro, will be ordained a priest on May 22, 2021, at St. Stephen Cathedral in Owensboro.

World Day of Prayer will be observed on Sunday, April 25, 2021 also known as “Good Shepherd Sunday.”

Seminarian Martin Ma Na Ling will be ordained a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Owensboro on March 20, 2021 – and while he does not feel “worthy to receive such a blessing from God,” he knows “it is Jesus Christ who chose me.”