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Summer Discernment: Growing in Christ During the Summer Months Here's a draft that would work well for a parish website, Called East, or an eparchial vocations page:

Could God be calling you to the Eastern Catholic priesthood or diaconate?

Fr. Deacon Andrew Kurzawski shares a brief invitation to men who may be discerning a vocation.

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Vocations do not begin in seminary. They begin at home.

One of the greatest gifts a father can give his son is to teach him how to pray, how to serve, and how to love Christ and His Church. Long before a young man hears a call to the priesthood or diaconate, he is watching his father.

Bring your boys to Divine Liturgy. Encourage them to serve in the altar. Let them stand close to the Holy Mysteries. Let them see that faith is not something we do for an hour on Sunday, but a way of life.

Many priests, deacons, and seminarians first discovered their vocation as altar servers. They learned to love the Church not from a textbook, but by serving at the altar and seeing their fathers take the faith seriously.

The future of the Church is being formed today - in our homes, in our parishes, and in the hearts of our children.

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6)

Family and Vocations: The Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma Held Its Clergy Days Family and Vocations: The Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma Held Its Clergy Days The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma held the Clergy Days on April 27-30, 2026 at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Parma, OH. The annual event, led by the eparchy’s Ordinary, Bishop Bohdan J. Danylo,...

Pray for our Bishop & priests as they are meeting in Parma, Ohio for our annual Eparchy of St. Josaphat Clergy Days.

If you are discerning a vocation please contact our vocation office: 📨 calledeast.org & either Father Sal or Fr Deacon Andrew will follow up with you.

Lyndora church archpriest continues preaching past retirement age There are a number of firsts in Douglas Lorance’s life, but retirement is not one of them. Lorance was the first priest ordained in the eparchy of Parma, Ohio, the first to stay at St. Michael The…