MARION—As a boy in Burma, Father Marcian Thet Kyaw considered two careers: the military or the priesthood. Each night, he asked God to help him choose.
Written by Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Micellany Thursday, 04 February 2010 10:17
GREENVILLE—Father Dwight Longenecker is never alone on his daily drive to work as chaplain at St. Joseph’s Catholic School. His sons, Benedict and Theo, and daughter Madeleine, all students there, are along for the ride.
Father Longenecker is a former Anglican priest who is married with four children. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 2006.
His journey to the priesthood was long and spiritually diverse.
Read more: Father Longenecker took a different route to Catholic priesthood
Written by Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Micellany Thursday, 14 January 2010 14:04
NORTH AUGUSTA—Carmelite Father Cherian Thalakulam has one simple motto that has carried him through the many assignments he has had in 33 years of priesthood: “Bloom where you are planted.”
He was a history professor, college principal and editor of a Catholic newspaper in his native India. In the Diocese of Charleston, he served parishes in Florence, Marion and Dillon before becoming pastor of St. Edward Church in Murphy Village, where he serves a parish made up almost exclusively of Irish Travelers.
Read more: Carmelite Father Thalakulam’s vocation is part of the family business
