{"id":178765,"date":"2025-11-21T09:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dioceseofocstg.wpengine.com\/?post_type=ocvocations&#038;p=178765"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:51:17","slug":"patrick-irwin","status":"publish","type":"ocvocations","link":"https:\/\/dioceseofocstg.wpengine.com\/ko\/ocvocations\/patrick-irwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Irwin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"178765\" class=\"elementor elementor-178765\" data-elementor-post-type=\"ocvocations\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d3828e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9d3828e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9005489 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9005489\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Formation Stage<\/h3><p>Propaedeutic Year<\/p><h3>Home Parish<\/h3><p>Holy Family, Orange<\/p><h3>Seminary<\/h3><p>St. John\u2019s Seminary<\/p><h3>Favorite Saint(s)<\/h3><p>Maximilian Kolbe, Pius Ludwig Bartosik, Brendan the Navigator, Padre Pio, Don Bosco<\/p><h3>Favorite Marian Apparition(s)<\/h3><p>Lourdes, Rosary<\/p><h3>Favorite Book or Movie<\/h3><p>Ask my friends \u2013 I am NOT a movie person haha and they always get mad when I haven\u2019t seen a so called \u2018must see\u2019 movie. In general I like war movies.<\/p><h3>Favorite Hobby<\/h3><p>Water Skiing, Snow Skiing, Traveling<\/p><h3>Background<\/h3><p><strong>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><p>Simply, I feel a call. I discerned as much as I can outside seminary and feel the need to continue discerning in the seminary environment. Now that my commitment to the Coast Guard is complete, I can see if this is what God is calling me to do.<\/p><p><strong>Who are some of the people who influenced your decision to enter the seminary? What is it about them that assisted you?<\/strong><\/p><p>The biggest influences are all the wonderful military chaplains and pastors I have had in my life. From Monsignor Kidder and Fr. Wells at Holy Trinity to the Coast Guard Academy Chaplains, Fr. Parisi, Fr. Shuley, and Fr. Appel to Fr. Duane and Fr. Jim in rural Michigan to Fr. Tom and Fr. 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