Every year, they renew their engagement, until they reach major orders, at which time they make their permanent, or final, engagement to the Society.īefore Fr. Seminarians make their first engagement into the Society, a true fraternity (family of priests), before they are tonsured. Within the Society, membership in a priestly community is done through a process of engagements. The more completely we are incorporated into the Mystical Body of Christ, the more fully we participate in its life of grace.” “The desire of the Church that her clergy be firmly planted in one of her dioceses or religious families flows from the doctrine of the Mystical Body. A priest must either serve in a diocese or a priestly community for him to be faithful to his vocation as a member of the visible hierarchy of the Church. Without priests, it would be impossible to “restore all things in Christ" (Eph. Priests are integral to the life of the Church. It was a visiting priest who asked him if he wanted to be a priest. He discerned his vocation in high school, and in his Junior year, he decided to go to the Seminary. McMahon, the seed of the priesthood was planted and nourished in his soul. Encouraged to serve Mass by his parents and inspired by the faithful witness of the priests he had contact with, specifically Fr. McManus had access to a weekly Mass served by the SSPX. By age 10, the family had moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan and Fr.
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It was a challenging time to be a faithful Catholic, yet God was preparing him by a trial of perseverance for the mission He had set for him from all eternity. McManus first experienced the Catholic Faith through sporadic masses said by an independent priest. Paul Robinson, his parents, and 400 faithful.īorn in Tucson, Arizona, Fr.
Isidore’s Church in Denver, in the presence of his prior, Fr. Nicholas McManus made his final engagement into the Society of St.
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