At Chavagnes International College in France, Principal Ferdi McDermott is sometimes very happy when he loses his best teachers. “On one condition,” he says. “I don’t mind at all, if they are answering God’s call to the priesthood or religious life: it’s an honour for the College.”
In the last few years, McDermott has seen three former teachers and one former pupil go into formation for the priesthood. The former pupil, Brother Stephen Morrison, is now a Norbertine Friar and having finished his noviciate will be making his first profession shortly.
McDermott continues: “We are looking forward to welcoming Brother Stephen back in September for a visit and hope that his example will inspire other boys at the College to consider the possibility that God might be calling them to serve him in religious life.”
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