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Interview: Fr. John McFarland on Vocations, & Who Should Think About the Priesthood

SSPX Podcast

SSPX / Angelus Press

Christianity, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.9731 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this interview, we speak with Fr. John McFarland, who is the Vocations Director for the US District of the Society of Saint Pius X. He discusses the types of vocations, who should think about entering the seminary, what kind of person it takes and much more! For more information, visit https://sspx.org or the Seminary...

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On this week's episode of the SSPX podcast, we're speaking with Father John McFarland.

0:04.7

Father McFarland is the vocations director for the U.S. District of the Society of St. Pius

0:09.3

the 10th, as well as being the prior of Our Lady of Sorrows in Phoenix, Arizona.

0:13.4

We had the opportunity to sit down and chat with him in his office in the middle of June, June and due to some scheduling conflicts we weren't able to get this episode posted

0:21.3

before one of the events that we talked about which was the men's vocations

0:25.3

retreat on July 6th through the 11th but the women's vocation retreat is still

0:30.1

upcoming on July the 20th and regardless we spoke about a lot more than just

0:34.5

the vocations retreat we talked about the concept of vocations in general,

0:43.1

what his role is, how the U.S. District works with the seminary, St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Virginia,

0:48.3

and much, much more. So if you are interested in vocations, have some questions about a vocation, or just are interested in the concept of the Catholic Church in general, this is an interview that

0:53.6

you won't want to miss.

0:55.0

If you'd like more information about the priesthood in particular and vocations in general,

0:59.0

you can visit the SSPX.org website.

1:02.0

Right there on the top of the site, you'll see a button that says priesthood.

1:06.0

You'll be able to read through a lot more there,

1:08.0

as well as the website for St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary.

1:11.8

That website is st.aS.org for St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary.

1:17.2

And if you have a particular question for Father McFarland that you would like him to answer

1:21.5

or to look at, please feel free to visit our website, spxpodcast.com, fill out the contact form,

1:27.4

and we will make

1:27.9

sure the message gets along to him as well.

1:30.3

With that said, here's Father McFarland.

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