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Novices begin priestly track
Craig Campbell (left), Yao "Jimmy" Hsu, Paulist novice master Father John Behnke, C.S.P., and Anthony Rosado pose after the Mass welcoming the three men into the Paulsit novitiate Aug. 30 at St. Paul's College in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy Father Ron Roberson, C.S.P.
by Stefani Manowski
The Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle welcomed three men into the novitiate during an Aug. 30 liturgy at St. Paul’s College in Washington, D.C. As Paulist novices, Craig Campbell, Yao “Jimmy” Hsu and Anthony F. Rosado will spend the next year discerning their calling to the Paulist priesthood, and will make their first profession in the community next fall when they commit themselves to live according to the Paulist constitution for the following 12 months. Let’s meet the new novices:
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Craig Campbell
Mr. Campbell claims Pittsburgh as his hometown; his uncle is pastor of St. Jude the Apostle Church in nearby Wilmerding. He enters the Paulist novitiate with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from West Virginia University. It was at WVU that Mr. Campbell first encountered the Paulists ministering at the campus Newman center at the time.
After graduation, Mr. Campbell worked in television news for the next four years, work that caused him to move often. He did some graduate school work and jobs to pay the bills, but what Mr. Campbell really wanted to do was follow the example of the priests and religious in his family and serve. He rediscovered the Paulists online.
“I love the campus ministry and the entire mission statement of the Paulists,” said Mr. Campbell, 36. “They do what I think church should be.” |
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Yao ‘Jimmy’ Hsu
Mr. Hsu enters Paulist novitiate straight out of the University of Texas at Austin, where he first met the Paulists at the University Catholic Center. Mr. Hsu said he first contemplated the priesthood while in the youth group at Sacred Heart Chinese Parish in his hometown of Plano, Tex.
“It was always in the back of my mind,” said Mr. Hsu, 19, “so I started looking into it at the University Catholic Center. I got to know the Paulists pretty well.”
Armed with a degree in philosophy to kick-start his priestly formation, Mr. Hsu considers the Paulists mentors.
“I like the work they do in Austin, and I like all the people I have met through the Paulists, both at the University Catholic Center and since I’ve entered formation,” he said. |
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Anthony F. Rosado
Mr. Rosado, 24, comes to the Paulists holding bachelors and masters degrees in music composition from the Manhattan School of Music. A native of Queens, N.Y., Mr. Rosado grew up in Our Lady of Fatima Parish there. He was pursuing his doctoral degree in sacred music at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., when “it was about time” he did something about his calling to the priesthood. Mr. Rosado came across the Paulists when doing research for the priesthood, and has even participated in the music ministry at St. Paul the Apostle, the Paulist mother church in New York City.
“The Paulists have the most contemporary approach to ministry,” said Mr. Rosado. “The missionary aspect of the Paulists was really appealing, and I liked their attention to ecumenism and evangelization.” |
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