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April 10, 2019

Ministering to the ministers

Fr. Stephan Kappler has embraced the mission of fostering “healthy ministers for a healthy Church.”

The vocation of serving vocations is little understood and rarely appreciated, but it’s something that appealed to Fr. Stephan Kappler like nothing else.

Published in Call to Service
October 4, 2014

Star athlete turns back on baseball for the priesthood

Former Oakland A’s prospect Grant Desme is studying to become a Norbertine priest. Desme stunned his team and the baseball community when he decided at age 23 to retire from the game to pursue a vocation.

OAKLAND, CALIF. - Bishop Michael C. Barber was able to do what general manager Billy Beane could not: Call Grant Desme to Oakland.

Published in Call to Service