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Year for Priests

Father Kyaw's vocation grew from the heart

Father Marcian Thet Kyaw, Burma, Yangon, Rangoon, St. Louis Church, Church of the Infant Jesus, MyanmarMARION—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.

The sisters and priests he saw every day in his hometown helped make the choice for him.

“The sisters followed the ‘Little Way’ of St. Theresa of Lisieux, which teaches that little things we do are always something in the eyes of God,” he said.

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Father Longenecker took a different route to Catholic priesthood

Father Dwight Longenecker, Anglican, married priest, father, author, book, The Gargoyle Code, Standing on my head, blogGREENVILLE—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.

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Carmelite Father Thalakulam’s vocation is part of the family business

Father Cherian Thalakulam, CMI, Carmelite, doctorate, teacher, India, Kerala, St. Edward Church, Murphy Village, Irish Travelers, education, travelNORTH 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.

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