Your Christian Vocation
Chapter 7: What is Your Discernment Story?
What is Your Discernment Story?
Film Focus: Three young men from the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Fr. Branson Hipp, Fr. Brian Bufford, and Brian Lee discuss their vocational call to the priesthood in this video.
Text Focus: Pages 269-271
Discussion Questions:
- Discuss some similarities and differences between each of the three seminarians’ stories.
- What role did their family and friends have in their discernment to the priesthood?
- What was each man’s reaction when they initially felt the call to the priesthood?
- What steps did each man take after they felt that they were called to the priesthood?
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