Deacon William Gibson steps into priesthood | Santa Rosa Press Gazette

Increase in enquiries to join priesthood - The Irish Catholic

“There are more men enquiring about priesthood”, according to Bishop Phonsie Cullinan of Waterford and Lismore, who also serves as chair of the Council for Vocations of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference. He was speaking ahead of the annual ‘Come and See’ inquiry-day for men discerning a vocation to the diocesan priesthood which will take… The post Increase in enquiries to join priesthood appeared first on The Irish Catholic.

Deacon William Gibson steps into priesthood | Santa Rosa Press Gazette

Gibson was in seminary for eight years, double the time that the average college degree requires. He entered seminary when he was 20 years old after two years of schooling at Pensacola State College. The past 10 years of life, from 18 to 28 years old (he joked about turning 21 in seminary), revolved around learning. His work ethic for such a daunting task came from his family, he explained. When they moved to the area when Gibson was six, his fa…