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No. 17 Vol. 8
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October 2021
Holy Spirit Parish Welcomes a New Pastor
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By Henry M. Holden orn and raised in Clifton, Father (Fr.) Stephen Prisk grew up in the Sacred Heart Parish, where he attended elementary school. He later went on to graduate from Seton Hall Preparatory High School. While attending Franciscan University, in Steubenville, Ohio, he began his vocation journey. “I started college with the idea of becoming a doctor or at least something in the medical field,” said Fr. Stephen. “Initially I thought my calling was to serve in that way, but I discerned otherwise during my time in college.” Fr. Stephen graduated college in 2010, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology but by then he was discerning in a different direction. “I started asking God what he wanted me to do, not what I wanted to do. It was then that I felt a call to a vocation.” The calling he received was really a desire to serve but in the specific way of being a priest. “I received a calling through prayer and praying before the Blessed Sacrament. The calling involves bringing our Lord to the people specifically through the Sacraments and the Eucharist.” Having begun his discernment to the priesthood Fr. Stephen attended
Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University. A year later, he transferred to the North American College in Rome for his studies in theology. According to Fr. Stephen, this clarity to be a priest came about through prayer and formation in the seminary. “In the seminary you work with the staff to see if God is calling you to be a priest or not.” In Rome he earned a Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Institute of St. John Paul II for Studies on Marriage and the Family. “I experience pastoral work which is in a way a sort of internship,” said Fr. Stephen. “It seemed to come together and helped me to realize this is what God was calling me to do.” “I would say a part of it was just praying for peace and joy throughout the process and seeing some clear signs that I was following the direction God wanted me to be in. I knew I was on the right path because I kept feeling joy and peace during my discernment.” Fr. Stephen was ordained a transitional deacon on October 2, 2014, in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome. His ordination to the priesthood came on May 23, 2015, at St. Philip Church, in
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TINA CALI REALTOR Clifton. His first assignment was as parochial vicar at St. Joseph Church, in Mendham. As parochial vicar of St. Joseph, he gave several talks on vocations and discernment. He described a vocation as a “call from God that requires our response. We are called to holiness, to become saints, and to live out that call in a particular vocation.” In 2019 he was appointed Vice Chancellor and Priest Secretary to the Bishop. Some of the Vice Chancellor’s work involves counseling a Catholic marry continued on page 6
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