By Roy & Karen Gregerson
While it seems like only yesterday that our son, Fr. Royce Gregerson, was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, it has now been seven years. Even longer ago was our experience of watching our son begin the journey of discerning life as a seminarian.
Through this journey, our son and many others began to grow in faith, in knowledge, and in fraternal relationships with the other seminarians. In weaving our way in and out of the community on weekends or hosting some of the men at our home, we began, in a small way, to feel like we were a part of the community of the seminary. We were able to witness some of the joys, some of the hardships and some of the growth. Simply said, if you care about these men, you can’t help but be drawn into a circle of hope and faith. Hope in knowing that young men are answering our Lord’s call to the priesthood and hope in knowing that they are receiving a very good education. We continually pray that our Diocese is supporting these young men at little to no cost for their education.
We feel incredibly blessed by our Catholic faith. Our Lord has been generous to us, and we want to share some of our treasure in a meaningful way. As parents, our primary job is to raise our children in the faith. So, it seems fitting that we also want to continue the legacy of our Catholic faith. We do this by helping to ensure that our seminarians have the financial support they need as they pursue their calling.
The prayers and support our son received as a seminarian inspired us to designate a gift in our will to the St. John Paul II Fund at the Catholic Community Foundation of Northeast Indiana. It was an incredibly easy way to support future seminarians as the fund was already set up and we had confidence that our donation will be invested in ways consistent with our Catholic morals. Our prayer is that God will continue to send us many good men to Holy Priesthood and that many generous faithful will support them prayerfully and financially.
While it seems like only yesterday that our son, Fr. Royce Gregerson, was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, it has now been seven years. Even longer ago was our experience of watching our son begin the journey of discerning life as a seminarian.
Through this journey, our son and many others began to grow in faith, in knowledge, and in fraternal relationships with the other seminarians. In weaving our way in and out of the community on weekends or hosting some of the men at our home, we began, in a small way, to feel like we were a part of the community of the seminary. We were able to witness some of the joys, some of the hardships and some of the growth. Simply said, if you care about these men, you can’t help but be drawn into a circle of hope and faith. Hope in knowing that young men are answering our Lord’s call to the priesthood and hope in knowing that they are receiving a very good education. We continually pray that our Diocese is supporting these young men at little to no cost for their education.
We feel incredibly blessed by our Catholic faith. Our Lord has been generous to us, and we want to share some of our treasure in a meaningful way. As parents, our primary job is to raise our children in the faith. So, it seems fitting that we also want to continue the legacy of our Catholic faith. We do this by helping to ensure that our seminarians have the financial support they need as they pursue their calling.
The prayers and support our son received as a seminarian inspired us to designate a gift in our will to the St. John Paul II Fund at the Catholic Community Foundation of Northeast Indiana. It was an incredibly easy way to support future seminarians as the fund was already set up and we had confidence that our donation will be invested in ways consistent with our Catholic morals. Our prayer is that God will continue to send us many good men to Holy Priesthood and that many generous faithful will support them prayerfully and financially.