“Imagine what I felt, at the end of the class, when I read this feedback: ‘I was going to abandon ship, but I’m staying in the program and continuing to discern.’” – Dan Burke
“We know that in the harshness of our cultural climate, each priestly vocation, and each young discerner’s heart, is a fragile thing that must be loved and held sacred and formed into maturity. It must stay anchored to an unflinching branch in order to become fully itself: healed, restored and radically free.” – Claire Dwyer
“No one on earth has the power to remove the Eucharist altogether from the face of the earth. Down through the centuries, many tyrants and totalitarian systems have tried, but they have never succeeded.” – Fr. James Brent
“It’s so encouraging to see these seminarians, all full of hope and desire, ready to pick up the Cross of Christ and bear it into the world with their ‘yes.’” – Dr. Joseph Hollcraft
“This year’s Crusade will be with seminarians from around the United States. We’ll pray with them—and for them—as they lead us in the mysteries of the Holy Rosary.” – Dan Burke
It was July 2, 1945, at eight o’clock in the evening. It was time to lock the doors of the shrine for the night, and
“Believers have more of a sense of being caught behind enemy lines. It seems time for fathers to man up and engage the fray.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
“When you give to the Avila Foundation, these men receive a gift not unlike the one God offered me so long ago: they receive the companionship of fellow discerners, the spiritual fatherhood of holy priests, and the knowledge that people like you care.” – Joseph Hollcraft
After prayer and the administration of the sacraments, preaching is the most important work that a priest is called to do. Preaching may be understood
“Priests have special graces of protection from the evil one, but they are also special targets.” – Monsignor Stephen Rossetti