The brothers encourage other men and women who feel they have a calling to serve, to trust that calling, as they did.
It’s just on a different level,” added Father Gary.
“It’s a nice way to break the ice as priests, and people can relate to you. “People just generally love it,” said Father Todd. Having been priests a little less than two weeks hasn’t given the Koenigsknechts time to create their own unique styles, but they say the fact they are twins has definitely connected them with their parishioners right away. The twins were officially ordained mid-June. “I was watching him one day at seven or eight years old, and a thought came into my head that said, ‘Gary, if you want to go to Heaven one day, you should be a priest.” And uncle who is a priest had an influence. “About half way through my 7th grade year, I was struck by the fact, in serving these funeral masses, I was left feeling joy and hope and thought that was a little weird.”įor twin brother, Father Gary, the call came even earlier. And, the diocese says, that number is expected to grow.įather Todd said he knew he was called to priesthood when helping perform funeral masses in middle school. There are also 18 young men studying to become priests. The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous: Henrich, Joseph: 9780374173227: : Books. Five priests have been ordained since 2012, and another two are set to be ordained in 2015. In West Michigan, the Grand Rapids’ diocese is also seeing more men studying to become priests. The twins credit their strong faith-based farming community for encouraging this path. “It’s strange compared to other towns, but for us, because there have been so many, it seems very normal,” he said. Firstly, what is the Weird West In its simplest terms, its the combination of Western with elements of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Horror (occult and supernatural heavy usually). “We’re pretty close as brothers go,” said Father Todd Koenigsknecht. There have been 22 priests ordained from their parish in a history going back more than 100 years. Only a vision as glorious as Yahweh himself would sustain a priest-turned-prophet through such an agonizing call. Two priests in one generation, and they are part of a growing number from the small town of Fowler, Mich., just outside Lansing. It’s happening in West Michigan and in the Lansing area, where the number of priests in one family just grew by two, and they’re twins.Īt age 26, Todd and Father Gary Koenigsknecht are both priests. (June 25, 2014) - Even in a time when the number of priests in the United States is low, a growing number of young men are making that commitment and working to become priests. Harry Maguire has fallen down the pecking order at Manchester United (Picture: Getty Images) West Ham have a long list of targets as they plan a summer.
0 kommentar(er)
