{"id":49885,"date":"2022-09-28T11:05:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T18:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dioceseofocstg.wpengine.com\/?post_type=ocvocations&p=49885"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:59:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:59:56","slug":"matthew-wong","status":"publish","type":"ocvocations","link":"https:\/\/dioceseofocstg.wpengine.com\/es\/ocvocations\/matthew-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Formation Stage<\/h3>

Discipleship Stage IV<\/p>

Home Parish<\/h3>

St. Thomas More, Irvine<\/p>

Seminary<\/h3>

Bishop White Seminary<\/p>

Favorite Saint(s)<\/h3>

St. Joseph<\/p>

Favorite Marian Apparition(s)<\/h3>

The Rosary<\/p>

Favorite Book or Movie<\/h3>

Les Mis\u00e9rables (the book)<\/p>

Favorite Hobby<\/h3>

Basketball<\/p>

Background<\/h3>

What are some of the factors that led to your decision to enter the seminary and discern the question of a vocation to the priesthood?<\/strong><\/p>

One of the biggest factors that influenced my interest in the priesthood was my experience attending St. Michael\u2019s Preparatory School with the Norbertine Fathers. As students, we attended Mass and Holy Hour daily. While my previous experience as an altar server at my parish certainly helped me develop an awareness of Christ\u2019s Presence in the Holy Eucharist, it was my frequent participation in the Eucharistic liturgies at the Abbey that I formed an even deeper relationship with God. And, naturally, as I grew closer to the Eucharist, my interest in the priesthood also increased.<\/p>

Who are some of the people who influenced your decision to enter the seminary? What is it about them that assisted you?<\/strong><\/p>

During my discernment process, I have come to know many holy priests from our Diocese including my spiritual director and the priests from my parish. Witnessing their genuine faith and joy despite their many sacrifices helped me see that the priesthood, a life that is lived in complete abandonment to Christ and His Church, is fulfilling and meaningful. Thus, through our priests\u2019 examples, I found myself increasingly attracted to the Diocesan priesthood.<\/p>

Describe the moment that you knew you wanted to take the next steps to become a priest?<\/strong><\/p>

Many times throughout my freshman year in college, I realized, through much prayer and discernment, that I felt a great sense of peace when I thought of joining the priesthood, a feeling that became increasingly stronger as time passed.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":178803,"template":"","ocvocations_category":[1063],"coauthors":[2408],"class_list":["post-49885","ocvocations","type-ocvocations","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ocvocations_category-our-seminarians","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMatthew Wong - nombre del RCBO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matthew Wong - nombre del RCBO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Formation Stage Discipleship Stage IV Home Parish St. Thomas More, Irvine Seminary Bishop White Seminary Favorite Saint(s) St. Joseph Favorite Marian Apparition(s) The Rosary Favorite Book or Movie Les Mis\u00e9rables (the book) Favorite Hobby Basketball Background What are some of the factors that led to your decision to enter the seminary and discern the question...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dioceseofocstg.wpengine.com\/es\/ocvocations\/matthew-wong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RCBO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-21T17:59:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dioceseofocstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Seminarian-Matthew-Wong.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutos\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"webrcbo\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dioceseofocstg.wpengine.com\/es\/ocvocations\/matthew-wong\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dioceseofocstg.wpengine.com\/es\/ocvocations\/matthew-wong\/\",\"name\":\"Matthew Wong - 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