Thomas Wasilewski

Theology II
Sacred Heart Major Seminary
Home Parish: St. Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing

Interests: literature, mountain biking, writing, Polish culture

My road to the seminary was a long one. I spent many years away from the Chuch and very unfulfilled in my occupation. The Lord provided me with help and support to begin turning my life around. I grew spiritually, changed my habits, made new friends and began to seek out the faith of my Polish childhood. Despite my growing love for the chuch, I could not overcome the fact I did not believe in Christ. God was calling me to his priesthood during those long years, but I was not yet ready. Then one day, I went to a retreat for college and young professionals put on by the Paulist fathers. I am still in awe of the powerful love God showed me very personally there. I came out a believer, knowing Christ who died for me. I spent the following year discerning what was now a clear and loud call to the priesthood. Major events in my life all seemed to converge and point to this call. God seemed to answer all my questions and doubts. At the end of the year I told Fr. Jerry that I offer my life and services to the church.

My first two years at the seminary have been an experience of a lifetime. I am becoming a completely different person inside. I know without a doubt that the call to the priesthood is the greatest gift God could give me. I am looking forward to priesthood with awe and a sense of my own unworthiness. I know that it's only through his grace that I am where I am today.

"If God wants to accomplish something, sooner or later he will do so in spite of the difficulties." - St. Faustina