Strong witness to vocations in the Diocese of Madison
As the school year begins anew, the Diocese of Madison recognizes its seminarians and transitional deacons in preparation for ordination to the priesthood. Above, Bishop Robert C. Morlino, center, and Fr. Paul Ugo Arinze, diocesan vocation director (second row, left), pose with the men studying for the priesthood for the Diocese of Madison, from left, first row: Paul Schultz, Andrew Showers, Daniel Bayer, Andrew Teeter, Chahm Gahng, Luke Syse, and Peter Lee; second row: Peter Carey, Phil Klaas, Deacon Vincent Brewer, Deacon Garrett Kau, Steve Petrica, and Richard Hess; third row: Tyler Dickinson, Daniel Button, William Van Wagner, Scott Jablonski, Tafadzwa Kushamba, Chris Gernetzke, and Jared Holzhuter; fourth row: John Winkowitsch, Vocations Office Summer Intern Michael Wanta, John Paul Schiedermayer, Aaron Downing, James Leeser, Matthew Schumacher, Austin Steffen, and Grant Theis. Pictured at right are seminarians who could not make it to the summer gathering: Joseph Baker, Scott Emerson, Gabriel López-Betanzos, Clint Olson, and Drew Olson. For more on vocations to the priesthood and religious life, see the Vocations special pull-out section in the print edition of the Catholic Herald.
(Catholic Herald photo/Kat Wagner)
