Posted July 3, 2020
Organizers of the annual Quo Vadis retreat for young men discerning a call to priesthood had to get creative when social restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic made a typical outdoor summer camp unwise to run. So a mix of virtual and safe in-person events proved a success for the 32 young participants in this year’s Quo Vadis retreat June 29 to July 1. They were aided in their discernment journey by seminarians, priests, the archdiocesan Vocations Office and Archbishop Perez. Read the full story here.
High school retreatants, seminarians and priests join via Zoom for Quo Vadis, an annual discernment retreat adapted online because of coronavirus restrictions. (Image courtesy of the Vocation Office for the Diocesan Priesthood)
An outdoor eucharistic procession July 1 at Mother of Divine Providence Parish in King Prussia closes out the 12th annual Quo Vadis discernment retreat sponsored by the Vocation Office for Diocesan Priesthood. (Sarah Webb)
Bishop Timothy Senior leads benediction outdoors at Mother of Divine Providence Parish to conclude the Quo Vadis discernment retreat. (Sarah Webb)
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Leading the eucharistic procession are, from left, Jeann Ortiz of St. Peter Parish in Philadelphia, Ted Zelinski of St. Agnes Parish in Sellersville and Luke Baran of Visitation B.V.M. Parish in Trooper. (Sarah Webb)
Joshua Brooks from St. Martin De Porres Parish in Philadelphia participates in the evening eucharistic procession. (Sarah Webb)
A group of retreatants and seminarians meet in an online discussion group during the Quo Vadis retreat.
What’s a camp without conversation around a campfire? The Vocation Office for Diocesan Priesthood got creative in offering the 12th annual Quo Vadis discernment retreat, which typically is held as a typical outdoor summer camp, online this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Retreatants join in prayer using the Liturgy of the Hours on their screen.
Vocation director Father Stephen DeLacy and a seminarian lead a penance service broadcast on Holy Spirit Radio and livestreamed to retreatants during Quo Vadis, an annual discernment retreat for high school men. (Image courtesy of the Vocation Office for the Diocesan Priesthood)
Archbishop Nelson Perez talks with some of the 32 young men discerning God’s call to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia during the closing of the Quo Vadis retreat July 1 at Mother of Divine Providence Parish, King of Prussia. (Sarah Webb)
Some of the 32 young men on the Quo Vadis discernment retreat, with most activities running virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, enjoy an in-person talk with seminarians of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary over pizza on the lawn of Mother of Divine Providence Parish, King of Prussia, July 1. (Sarah Webb)
Seminarian Mickey Fairorth gives a talk at the close of the Quo Vadis retreat July 1 at Mother of Divine Providence Parish, King of Prussia. (Sarah Webb)
Bishop Senior prepares to begin the eucharistic procession at Mother of Divine Providence Church in the closing event of the virtual Quo Vadis retreat. (Sarah Webb)
Some of the young men on the Quo Vadis discernment retreat pray together in person at a penance service held at Mother of Divine Providence Parish in King of Prussia, plus at five other archdiocesan parishes and online. (Sarah Webb)
Archbishop Nelson Perez poses for a photo with some of the young men on the Quo Vadis retreat. (Sarah Webb)
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