{"id":1578,"date":"2007-07-14T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-14T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/07\/i-always-knew-i-had-a-call-to-the-priesthood.html"},"modified":"2007-07-14T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-14T09:39:00","slug":"i-always-knew-i-had-a-call-to-the-priesthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/07\/i-always-knew-i-had-a-call-to-the-priesthood.html","title":{"rendered":"“I always knew I had a call to the priesthood…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>It’s hard not to love a good vocation story, and the blog Clerical Whispers is offering up this one<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Just a few years out of college, Chris Canlas was helping run a Seattle investment firm that managed $100 million in assets.<\/p>\n

He had a car, house and six-figure salary.<\/p>\n

Life was good. He was happy. But not complete.<\/p>\n

Canlas quit his job, sold or gave away virtually all his possessions and moved to Portland last fall to study to become a priest. The 28-year-old leaves for a seminary later this year, and he plans to return in four years to become a priest with the Archdiocese of Seattle.<\/p>\n

“I always knew I had a call to priesthood,” he said. “I just didn’t know how to answer it.”<\/p>\n

The Roman Catholic Church had seen a decline in the past few decades in the number of men entering the priesthood. But in recent years, more have sought out the ministry, church officials said.<\/p>\n

Like Canlas, they’re often older and better educated than their predecessors, said Greg Magnoni, spokesman for the archdiocese. And some have work experience.<\/p>\n

Raised a Catholic in Idaho, Canlas moved to Washington a decade ago to attend Seattle University. There he studied economics and contemplated the draw he felt toward religious life, meeting with a campus priest monthly to discuss his life.<\/p>\n

After graduation in 2001, he became a partner in Owen Canlas Investment Group with Piper Jaffray. He helped people plan for their future — saving money for their children’s college education or retirement.<\/p>\n

But he still thought about entering the priesthood, sometimes daily.<\/p>\n

“There was this pull to do something else,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/i>Check out Clerical Whispers<\/a> for the rest of the story. Thank the Lord of the harvest — and let’s keep men like Chris Canlas in our prayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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