National Vocations Awareness Week

National Vocations Awareness Week

National Vocations Awareness Week begins January 9, 2012. Resources for parishes and families are available by clicking here. Look for Bishop Burbidge's letter in your church bulletin this Sunday. A...

Cassock Day 2011

Cassock Day 2011

Four Raleigh Seminarians received their cassocks: Christian Cook and Evan Waniewski at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and Noe Ramirez and Juan Carlos Garcia at Santa Maria de Guadalupe in Mexico City...

New Vocations Poster

New Vocations Poster

The 2011-2012 Vocation poster has been released by the Diocese of Raleigh Vocations Office. The four-color display features the 22 men in formation for the Priesthood. It includes a quote from Pope ...

Bishop Burbidge Ordains Fr. Brendan Joseph Buckler

Bishop Burbidge Ordains Fr. Brendan Joseph Buckler

The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge bestowed the Sacrament of Holy Orders on Father Brendan Joseph Buckler at an Ordination Mass celebrated at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Raleigh, June 4, 2011. T...

Don Maloney Ordained to the Diaconate

Don Maloney Ordained to the Diaconate

Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge ordained Don Edward Maloney to the Transitional Diaconate in a Rite of Ordination of a Deacon celebrated at Saint Luke the Evangelist Church in Raleigh, Deacon Mal...

Two Raleigh Seminarians Instituted into Acolyte Ministry

Two Raleigh Seminarians Instituted into Acolyte Ministry

Raleigh seminarians Ryan Elder and Nick Cottrill were instituted into the Ministry of Acolytes on May 7, 2011 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary by the Most Rev. Timothy Senior, Auxiliary Bishop of Ph...

Upcoming Events

Priesthood Discernment Group
Sat May 19 @09:00AM - 01:00PM

Holy Hour for Vocations
Fri Jun 01 @07:00PM - 08:00PM

Ordination to the Priesthood
Sat Jun 02 @10:00AM - 02:00PM

Quo Vadis Group meeting
Tue Jun 05 @07:00PM - 09:00PM

Priesthood Discernment Group
Sat Jun 09 @09:00AM - 01:00PM

Ian Van Heusen

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Ian Van Heusen

1st Year Theology


Seminary: Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook


Ordination Date: 2015


Birth Date: October 28


Home Parish: Saint Michael's Maronite Parish (Fayetteville, NC)


High School: James I. O'Neill High School (New York)


College: State University of New York - Albany and Fayetteville State University (NC)


Hobbies: Writing, Painting, Soccer, and Praying


Who Influenced/Inspired you to Priesthood: The Maronite Monks of the Most Holy Trinity


What would you say to a young man who thinks he may have a vocation: If today you hear his voice, harden not your heart.

Favorite Scripture Passage: Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given himself up for me."

Favorite Saint: St. John of the Cross and St. Ephraim both are great poets.


Anything else of note you would like to share with the Diocese: Before entering seminary, I was an English Teacher at Terry Sanford High School.


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