Dean Spiller is 34 years old and a seminarian in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa. Still surprised at his call to the priesthood, \"a different path from those offered and exalted by the world.\"<\/p>\n
\"<\/span>\"I have had the experience of following many different paths at various stages of my life. Some were my own decisions but at other times, I was swayed by the proposals that others offered me. While some of these ways brought me momentary happiness, I always asked myself: Is this my path? Is this really the most important thing in life?<\/strong> After a time of searching, I finally realized that the paths that had led me to a certain true and lasting commitment had always turned out to be those in which Our Lord guided me.<\/p>\n Once I realized that I really could not achieve true happiness without Jesus.<\/strong>I began to entrust my decisions to prayer so that he would guide my paths. At the beginning it was not easy, I was dragging bad habits in my life. Little by little, with the help of his grace, some good friends, spiritual direction and the sacraments, I became more open to the Lord.<\/p>\n I started with small decisions like what music should I listen to, should I accept these movies that my friend has pirated, and ended up with bigger ones: Should I take my vocation seriously and be open to leaving everything I have and the people I love to discover God's will for my life?<\/strong>. This was, I believe, one of the most important steps towards a more authentic Christian life and one that ultimately made me open to this call.\" I am humbled daily by the incredible generosity and service of everyone who makes it possible for us to be here.<\/strong>in Rome. I am truly grateful to CARF and all my benefactors for their generosity and love, and I want them to know that I am praying for them as sisters and brothers.\"<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Quiere utilizar sus talentos para ayudar a otros y hacer la obra del Se\u00f1or Dean Spiller tiene 39 a\u00f1os y es seminarista de la Arquidi\u00f3cesis de Johannesburgo, Sud\u00e1frica. Sorprendido todav\u00eda de su llamada al sacerdocio, \"un camino diferente a aquellos ofrecidos y exaltados por el mundo.\" \u00abHe tenido la experiencia de seguir muchos caminos diferentes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[121],"pcatd":[],"cantidad":[],"continente":[],"estadobeca":[3],"class_list":["post-181436","candidatos","type-candidatos","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-seminarista","estadobeca-en-curso"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidatos\/181436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidatos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/candidatos"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidatos\/181436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218858,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidatos\/181436\/revisions\/218858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181436"},{"taxonomy":"pcatd","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pcatd?post=181436"},{"taxonomy":"cantidad","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cantidad?post=181436"},{"taxonomy":"continente","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continente?post=181436"},{"taxonomy":"estadobeca","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/estadobeca?post=181436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I am truly grateful to CARF and all my benefactors for their generosity and love, and I want them to know that I am praying for them as sisters and brothers.
After a time of prayer and discernment and many conversations with priests, Dean decided to take the opportunity, to \"risk God\"<\/strong>and talk to his bishop to be accepted into the Archdiocese as a seminarian. The fact that his bishop sent him to Rome to study \"was an amazing moment for me, as well as another confirmation that I was doing this with God's blessing.<\/strong><\/p>\n