Today Fr. Patrick Driscoll from the Archdiocese of Saint Louis was visiting St. Thomas Aquinas--he gave us his first blessing after Mass (wonderful!) and of course asked us to pray for him. Fr. Driscoll was just ordained this year, and is what one might call a 'late vocation'? As they say, "Better late than never."

Archbishop Burke's homily for the Ordination Mass can be found below:
May 24, 2008
Saturday of the Seventh Week of the Year
Ordination of Priests: Matthew David Barnard, Patrick John Driscoll, Brian Edwin Hecktor, Michael Joseph Houser, Eric Jeffrey Kunz, Edward George Nemeth, Kevin Michael Schroeder, James David Theby, and Noah Andrew Philip Waldman
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, St. Louis
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St. Louis Review Online

A California native, he is a graduate of elementary school and Santa Barbara High School there. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in public relations from the School of Journalism at San Jose State University, both in California. He attended St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, Calif.

Did he attend St. Patrick's the first time or the second time around?

Kenrick-Glennon Seminary - Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri
The website hasn't been updated for a while, so there are no photos of the ordinations to be found there. There are photos at the Saint Louis Review: Photo Essay: Ordination, May 24, 2008.

St. Louis Review Online-- parish assignments
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