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​Dear family,
 
THE "CALLED BY NAME" CAMPAIGN:  VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD
 
For two weekends, you have heard my homilies on vocations to the priesthood.  I have shared my own initial call to serve the Lord and you as a priest.  Thank you for listening!
 
This is part of a four-week campaign across the Diocese of Albany.  The goal of this campaign is not electing someone to a public office.  Instead, we are praying that God may reveal something to us.  We are asking the Lord together to inspire men to ponder the possibility of the priesthood.  The priesthood is a joyous life filled with many blessings.  It is not only the priest who needs to search for future priests.  This responsibility falls on all Christ's faithful.
 
We will have small cards to distribute to everyone.  Inscribed on these cards will be the names of men you believe would be great priests.  I will invite the men who are "called by name" to join me next month at a gathering of all the men across the diocese.  We will hear more about the cards in these final two weeks of the campaign.  Please begin to pray over this question:  Whom in my family or community would be a great priest?  May the Holy Spirit guide us to the answers.
 
MR. ANTHONY LEO
 
Thinking of vocations, I now need to share some good news and bad news with you.  Mr. Anthony Leo is a parishioner of St. Paul the Apostle Parish.  Praise God, Anthony is discerning a call to serve as a priest.  You may have noticed him in the sanctuary serving next to me in church.
 
Anthony is continuing his journey of discernment to ponder the Lord's call for him.  On Saturday, September 14, 2024, Anthony will be moving into the house of discernment.  The house of discernment is the Holy Trinity Rectory in Cohoes.  This diocesan house receives its funding from you and me through the Diocesan Appeal.  Our offerings support the room and board of the men who live in the house during their discernment.  Our donations also maintain the building for our future priests.  (Thank you again for your Diocesan Appeal support.)
 
This is a major step for any man pondering this service for the Lord.  The candidate moves away from his home environment and into a seminary-like setting.  This is the first time the man experiences what life will be like as a priest.  It is a challenging movement in a man's life.  Those who live in the house of discernment enroll in academic courses.  They also have ministerial assignments at local parishes. 
 
While this is good news for Anthony, it is "bad news" for us because we will miss Anthony not being with us.  Let us pray together for him on this next phase of his journey.  God's peace to you, Anthony, and thank you for taking this courageous step to listen to God's call.  Let us keep praying for vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life.
 
God's peace,
 
Fr. Frisoni
 
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Mr. Anthony Leo
122 Vliet Boulevard
Cohoes, New York 12047