by Anne Cooke | Jan 20, 2022 | Vocations
My Name is Marc Pitson and I am a seminarian for the Diocese of Leeds currently undertaking a pastoral placement in the Parish of St John Mary Vianney, Leeds. I’m originally from Hull, I moved to Leeds in 2011 to study Theology at Leeds Trinity University. It was...
by Anne Cooke | Jan 20, 2022 | Vocations
Hello. My name is Alex Noad. I am a born and bred Leeds lad born in 1992 and training for the priesthood at St Mary’s College, Oscott. I am big Leeds United fan, a massive Batman nerd and a lover of music. My journey to this point has been quite a long and wavy road....
by Anne Cooke | Jan 20, 2022 | Vocations
My earliest memory of considering whether I might possibly be being called by the Lord to the Priesthood was around the age of 13. It was at the funeral Mass of Fr Peter Ward that the first thought of Priesthood entered my mind, inspired by the great fraternity shown...
by Anne Cooke | Jan 20, 2022 | Vocations
It was with some surprise that I arrived at the decision to request formation for the Priesthood at the age of 46. It’s not something that I thought I would do, having been convinced for many years that my vocation was to be a lay person giving my life to the Church....
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