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Connecting the DioceseAuthor: Connecting the Diocese
Connecting the Diocese is one of the ways the Diocese of La Crosse seeks to facilitate encounters with Christ through stories of truth, beauty, and goodness. Produced in conjunction with Relevant Radio, this weekly program helps unite our geographically vast and predominantly rural diocese, ensuring that Catholics across our 19 counties feel connected to the mission and life of the Church. Language: en-us Genres: Christianity, Religion & Spirituality Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Why Priesthood Ordinations Move Us: Deacon Kyle Lang's Upcoming Ordination, Seminary Formation, and the Sacred Heart
Saturday, 13 June, 2026
This week on “Connecting the Diocese”, Fr. Sam Martin speaks with Bishop Gerard Battersby and vocation director Fr. Steven Weller about the meaning and spiritual power of priestly ordination, ahead of Deacon Kyle Lang’s priesthood ordination at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman on Saturday, June 27 at 10:00 a.m. They reflect on key moments of the rite—especially the candidate being declared “worthy” and the prostration during the Litany of the Saints—as signs of dying to self, an exchange of hearts with Jesus, and being conformed to Christ for sacrificial love. The conversation also covers seminary formation as discernment and growth in freedom, the influence of holy priests and saints, the role of families and the Eucharist in nurturing vocations, and concludes with a brief Mass-reading reflection for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time.00:45 Why Ordinations Move Us02:55 Worthy to Be Slain06:31 Prostration and Exchange of Hearts09:57 Families and the Mystery of the Floor11:43 Degrees of Holy Orders13:39 Seminary Formation and Discernment17:34 PPF6 and Freedom in Formation21:11 Learning You’re Loved23:45 Mentors and Priestly Eyes28:29 Seeing with Faith Like Magic Eye30:29 Deacon Ordinations Update30:52 Raising Vocations at Home32:56 Eucharist Forms the Heart34:48 Saintly Gaze and Love37:30 Priest Role Models40:27 Trust God in Weakness42:11 Mass Readings Reflection45:30 Remember Who You Are48:40 Worship Versus Hurry51:21 Jesus Moved With Pity
