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Formation Stage: Propaedeutic Diocese: Austin Hometown: College Station, TX Home Parish: St. Thomas Aquinas, College Station Luke Tanner McClure I first received the call in 2020 but spent three years running from it. The Lord made it clear and obvious after a confession early in 2023. Now, I strive to do His will every day and am excited for the…

Formation Stage: Propaedeutic Archdiocese: Galveston-Houston Hometown: Houston, TX Home Parish: Christ the Redeemer, Houston Warren Vincent Maness My vocation story began when I was very young. Around the age of 9 I wanted to know my purpose in life. Unsure of how to go about discovering this, I decided to take it to prayer. Every night for about a year…

Formation Stage: Propaedeutic Diocese: Tyler Hometown: Hallsville, TX Home Parish: St. Mary's, Longview John Anthony Larry My first attraction to and desire for the priesthood came when I was going into the eighth grade. I was blessed to witness a priest sacrifice and love others in a manner that was purely by the grace of God. Seeing his witness, I…

Formation Stage: Propaedeutic Diocese: Tyler Hometown: Winona, TX Home Parish: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Tyler Steven Michael Kirk I was born into a Protestant family as the youngest of three. When I was seven years old, my mother converted to Catholicism, so it was then that I had my first exposure to the priesthood. Being drawn to the priesthood…

Formation Stage: Propaedeutic Diocese: Dallas Hometown: Irving, TX Home Parish: St. Ann, Coppell John Paul Jacob I grew up Catholic, following after a long line of both German-American and Indian Catholics in my family. As a child, I attended many different schools until I finally settled at Cistercian Preparatory School here in Irving. At Cistercian, I found a place where…

Formation Stage: Propaedeutic Diocese: Tyler Hometown: Nacogdoches, TX Home Parish: Sacred Heart, Nacogdoches Nathaniel Austin Hoey I am the oldest of 8 kids in a Catholic family which has always been involved in the Church. At fifteen, I was invited to spend a week in prayer on a retreat called Monk Week. It was there I first received the call…

Formation Stage: Propaedeutic Archdiocese: Galveston-Houston Hometown: Cypress, TX Home Parish: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Houston Mateo Fidel Hernandez My story begins when I was a 7-year-old boy. After my first Communion I started to altar serve and do “pretend” Eucharistic exposition at home. After hearing an inspiring seminarian testimony about the Rosary at a Life Teen retreat I attended as…

Formation Stage: Propaedeutic Archdiocese: Galveston-Houston Hometown: Conroe, TX Home Parish: Sacred Heart, Conroe Luke Oren Hammond My earliest memories were spent thinking that I would be a Baptist preacher, but God had a different plan. When I became Catholic in high school, I thought that I would never become a priest, but once again God had a different plan. He…

Formation Stage: Propaedeutic Diocese: Lafayette Hometown: Breaux Bridge, LA Home Parish: St. Bernard, Breaux Bridge Cameron Michael Gary My vocation story begins in the winter of my junior year of high school, amidst preparations for receiving the sacrament of Confirmation – which included a catechetical Mass. At the elevation of the Sacred Species, I became entranced, in awe at the…

Formation Stage: Propaedeutic Archdiocese: Galveston-Houston Hometown: Kingwood, TX Home Parish: St. Martha, Kingwood Philip William Gardner I grew up in a Catholic household but never took my faith seriously. It wasn’t until a retreat in the summer of 2021 that I encountered the Lord and began pursuing sanctity. Through the influence of holy priests and seminarians, the Holy Rosary, and…