THE HARVEST CONTINUES...
NAME: Reverend Mr. Peter J. St. George (ARCH)DIOCESE / RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY: Diocese of Arlington ARMED FORCES BRANCH: Navy RANK: LTJG COLLEGE(S) / UNIVERSITY(IES) / SEMINARY(IES) ATTENDED (DEGREES AWARDED): University of Notre Dame, B.S. in Biological Sciences Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, M.A.P.S. (MA in Philosophical Sciences) HIGH SCHOOL(S) ATTENDED: Bishop Denis J. O’Connell, Arlington, VA HOBBIES: Rock Climbing, Road Cycling, and Mountain Biking TEAM SPORTS: Soccer
WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE A VOCATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD? I first wanted to be a priest when I was about four years old. WHO OR WHAT EVENTS INFLUENCED YOUR DISCERNMENT JOURNEY? Saint Louis Marie de Montfort’s True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin and the form of Total Consecration to Mary that he describes there brought me so much closer to Jesus and Mary. They were the context in which I received my priestly calling. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SCRIPTURE PASSAGE, WHY? I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me (Gal 2:20). In this sentence, St. Paul captures the whole Christian life. He describes the transforming power of the cross, the newness of life in Christ, and the overwhelming love of Jesus at the heart of this change.
34
