VATICAN INSIDER: FR. DAVID HULSHOF, APOSTOLIC FORMATION IN THE LIFE OF A SEMINARIAN
My special guest this Pentecost and Memorial Day weekend on Vatican Insider’s interview segment is Fr. David Hulshof, director of Apostolic Formation at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
There are a number of apostolates that are mandatory for all seminarians during their formation years such as working with the poor and homeless, with refugees, visiting patients in hospitals, being a guide in St. Peter’s Basilica and working in an Italian parish. Fr. David explains the apostolates offered at NAC, and you will revel in his passion and joy for the priesthood, the apostolates and especially for the current class of seminarians.
You’ll come away with a great feeling of hope – even joy – for the future of the Church in America and astonishment at the training that seminarians have – it is not just theology and philosophy! His wonderful stories will put a big smile on your face!
In this photo, Fr. David is with one of NAC’s newly-ordained priests talking with young men in a confirmation program.
Here, Fr. David is standing with men from NAC after having just celebrated Mass at Saint Mary Major Basilica. The tallest young man is now a priest in Kansas City, Missouri.
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POPE FRANCIS, WITH SLIGHT FEVER, SPENDS QUIET FRIDAY
Pope Francis Friday did not receive any visitors or hold any audiences on Friday due to a fever, according to a brief statement by the Holy See Press Office.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, however, speaking on the sidelines of a book presentation today, said, “The Pope was tired. Yesterday he had a very intense day. I was told last night that he met many people and, in the context of the meeting with Scholas Occurrentes he wanted to greet everyone and probably at some point, his resistance failed.”
In fact, Thursday morning the pope had individual audiences with Archbishop Giampiero Gloder, apostolic nuncio in Cuba; Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, apostolic nuncio in Albania; Ignasius Jonan, Minister for Energy of Indonesia, with his family; and Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization.
He also met with several groups, including officials of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development; newly-ordained priests and deacons of the diocese of Rome; participants in the General Chapter of the Little Missionary Sisters of Charity and participants in the national meeting of diocesan representatives of the Italian Synod path.
In the afternoon, starting at 4 pm, he spent some time with participants attending the conclusion of the Scholas Occurrentes first World Congress of “Eco-Educational Cities” at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute.
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