A VOCATIONACCEPTED,NURTUREDAND
FULFILLED- final weeks in the
making of a PRIEST OF GOD.
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More than six years ag') Leo Coshan, at
that time'a regular rambler with a
•strong interest in Polish dancJ.,ng broke
,the newsthcit h€?'believed he had a ", '1 ..vocation to'hea mlssi,r;.ary·.prlest with
.,the SVD.and had been acceptM for his
'training in the ncv.i tiate of -that order
:by St. David'sCollege, CarroG.. .
.:I t was aboll t this time tha t I began tit
., ae.rve the club, ao magaz i.ne edi cor and I
.§uggested,to Leo that memtero would be
l'r. teres ted to hear 'If his prccress and
invited him t, send reGular ~eports of
his e~eriences' in testing h i a voaa td.on ,
He agreed and aB are6ult those members
who neep copies of their magazines hal,..~·
virtually a complete r6ccrd of how a'
priest Ls made. '
, It has net been easy fer Leo. He began
his t't'aining at all age when learning ne
- . ~.~ Lenge r comes easy and his horrrt has an
two 'occasions warned h+m -GO t,'ilce things
.. a li,ttle easier.' The cl imax ef his
efft"lrts comes cn Jan'J_8.::710Jch when he
wtll ~eoi~ained p~ie8t at EU~31em. He t~
must wait a li ttle,loi1ger. to 'oegin his ,.
service as a misi:JiCl';)X.f - he. mus t first
prove his fi tness to fuce th,c rigours I)f'
missionary work by sen'ing·fci..' a time as
, a' pries t in England ,
His ar t i.eLee have baen sent v,-':'th gPeat
regularity, missingonJy when he was &
unde r treatment for Id_ ..:1 hear; at tacke ,
They have been both 511:ceres-r.j"lg and, __
:,.informative arid, .al, Lcc s t to acme readersJ
,
.instructi ve !'l.tl'd Uplin:ilg. '.lO th-ise vih_..
thought the, preaching a li-ctJe (verd~~
for a magazine article I wcul cl say' thAt., _
"L,believe that in 'w:ri tj,i1g thC'J~e essay~:.J
Leo was making apr;8i ti ve fO:';;arrl step
(:in hie forma ti <n aa a pr eac'h C'~_' and his
accepted cornm.t:rlnsnt to aond ]_;[;tllar
ar-t.LcLea in tc the ffia:-;-azine':1ill have
contributed in a meani;".c;ful· 1';8./ tow~d3
making him the kind -of priest he win
become on January 10th. Madeleine a~d I
saw,.him··orda.,{ned deac()~ at K:'lburn"Jiri.
»June , ~'We'would love -G")witnr'.'Js hi!S
~;rdinaticn to the f'u lI pries'~~noR, but ~
do notyyet know if if wi l I l~p{"sMble
as we are dependept on public transporot.
Whether we can go or not, our prayers
will 'be wi th:lim mth~.smost important
day af his life, whenthr(ug~l j him a
new' outlet f':lr Chr i.e t 's abgndcmt:Grace
i,s "created. " We, wi sh h:;)TIwell. _
r, JOHNLAWRFiJCE
N~B: Leo's fin~l artible befcre his
o ord i.na t l on is on Page 5.1,
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