{"id":12462,"date":"2017-11-10T12:15:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T17:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.regnumchristi.org\/en\/?p=12462"},"modified":"2023-09-07T11:13:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T15:13:57","slug":"aussie-fisherman-becomes-fisher-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/aussie-fisherman-becomes-fisher-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Fisherman Becomes a Fisher of Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our continuing series of vocation stories for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/beliefs-and-teachings\/vocations\/national-vocation-awareness-week.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Vocation Awareness Week<\/a>, Fr Stephen Howe, LC, shares his story of entering the Legionaries of Christ in the United States after growing up in Adelaide, Australia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antipodesmap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antipodes Map<\/a> notes that if you drilled a hole straight through the globe from Adelaide, you would come out in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Washington, DC, where he currently lives. He made final vows in 2009 and was ordained on December 13, 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you tell me a little background about your family?<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12465\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regnumchristi.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Fr-Stephen-Howe-LC-with-at-brothers-wedding-e1510337642163.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fr-Stephen-Howe-LC-with-at-brothers-wedding-e1510337642163-300x180.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12465 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fr-Stephen-Howe-LC-with-at-brothers-wedding-e1510337642163-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\"><\/noscript><\/a> Fr. Stephen Howe, LC with his family at his brothers wedding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I\u2019m the oldest of 5 kids and my dad is 4<sup>th<\/sup> generation Australian, while my mom was born in Holland and came to Australia when she was young. My dad is retired but for years he taught Sociology at the local Uni. As a young man he was a seminarian for a time. I have always been very close to my brothers and sisters and still love to go fishing with my brothers on my visits back to Australia .As you can see in the photo attached, we have a lot of fun on those trips!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your childhood like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was fairly normal, but I was also considered a Bible-basher because I went to Mass on Sundays which isn\u2019t really typical in Australia nowadays. I remember when I was in 7<sup>th<\/sup> grade, the teacher asked the class, \u201cWho wants to be a priest? Raise your hand.\u201d I was just sitting on my hand because I didn\u2019t want to be a priest. Nobody else raised their hand, but deep down I did think about it then.<\/p>\n<p>I later spoke with my parish priest and asked him, \u201cIf God wanted somebody to be a priest, would they want it too?\u201d He responded, \u201cYes, I believe that if somebody were called, God would give them a deep desire for the priesthood.\u201d So, I thought \u201cAww, good, I guess I\u2019m off the hook then!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, I think he was right, God gives you the desire, but sometimes you need to sweat blood first, like Jesus did in Gethsemane before he was ready to follow through with the Father\u2019s will.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you first learn about the Legionaries?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There were a couple Legionary priests who came and visited. I remember being impressed with their American accent, and how they were energetic, faithful priests with an evident love for the Lord, the Church, the Pope and Mary . I invited them to my youth group and then they invited me for coffee. One of them took me aside and presented a three-month discernment program in the states. At first the idea seemed ridiculous, then thoughts started coming to me about how John Paul II had asked young people to give a year to God. I thought that maybe I could get away with three months instead of a year. I decided to go to the candidacy program in order to learn how to pray, and learn how to read the Bible. The priest mentioned the aspect of discerning the priesthood, but didn\u2019t focus on it. I figured, \u201cWell, if I get a voice from God or a lightning bolt, I might pay attention and become a priest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was it like to get to the candidacy and have everyone dressing up in clerics or ties?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was a bit surprised: I didn\u2019t know everyone would be wearing a uniform and calling each other \u201cbrother.\u201d I found that a bit strange. I didn\u2019t really participate in that part, but I definitely enjoyed the candidacy once I got the hang of it. It was a wonderful group of young guys. With the prayer and meditation, and spiritual classes, I remember thinking \u201cI do more good here in a week than I do in a whole year at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of candidacy, my spiritual director suggested I think about getting the uniform, so I at least looked like I was taking it seriously. I said I\u2019d go and pray about it. As soon as I sat down to prayer, I opened my Bible and there was the passage where the king is going around greeting the wedding guests and says to one, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you have a wedding garment on?\u201d So I took that as a clear sign that I should don the uniform. [Note: Legionary candidates always wear ties and Fr Stephen became a candidate after being a visitor for almost the entire summer.]<\/p>\n<p>Then a friend of mine at the candidacy, who was also from Australia, convinced me to stay for the eight-day spiritual exercises retreat at the end of the program. I called up and delayed my flight so I could leave the day after the retreat ended. During those exercises, I received a clear message from God that I was supposed to stay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you want to share more about that experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12463\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12463\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regnumchristi.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Fr-Stephen-Howe-with-Pope-Francis.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fr-Stephen-Howe-with-Pope-Francis-300x200.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12463 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fr-Stephen-Howe-with-Pope-Francis-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/noscript><\/a> Fr. Stephen Howe, LC with Pope Francis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s a powerful meditation in the Spiritual Exercises called the two standards. Fr John Hopkins, LC, was preaching and he painted a picture of a battle with all the demons, looking like orcs (from J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s on one side, and Satan leading them saying, \u201cCome and follow me and you\u2019ll have everything you want!\u201d But if you look behind him, they\u2019re just miserable, awful creatures. On the other side is Jesus with standard of the cross, saying, \u201cCome and follow me! It won\u2019t be easy but you will be happy.\u201d And you look behind him to see that, sure enough, the saints behind him are these shining, blissful creatures.<\/p>\n<p>I remember thinking to myself, \u201cBut that doesn\u2019t mean I have to be a priest; there\u2019s plenty of places you can go in God\u2019s army.\u201d And I thought I\u2019d go back to Australia and think about it a little more. Then Fr John said, \u201cBe wary as there might be a little guy coming up beside you right now in a pinstripe suit and a carnation in his button hole, saying to you, \u2018don\u2019t do anything radical, don\u2019t make a decision you might regret later, \u2019\u201d and I thought that was amazing, as it was just what I was thinking. Fr Hopkins continued, \u201cBe careful because as he walks away you see a forked tail sticking out of his suit: he isn\u2019t your friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I remember going to the chapel and realizing I needed to be cautious about who I was listening to. As I prayed, I looked up at the crucifix, and I felt a clear interior voice say, \u201cI want you to be my priest.\u201d Inside I said, \u201cSure, Lord, whatever you want. I\u2019m not going to fight this anymore.\u201d From that moment I had great peace realizing that the God who loved me into existence had such a great plan for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Were there any other key moments in your formation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being accepted for the profession of vows was a key moment. I have to admit that at that stage I was still quite resistant. When I was asking for permission to make my first vows, I was still hoping that they would just send me home. I was actually a little disappointed when I was accepted. After profession, I remember looking up at the crucifix and saying, \u201cJesus, this is hard for me.\u201d And I remember hearing back this interior voice, \u201cAnd you think this was easy for me?\u201d And I could see Jesus hanging there on the cross as he continued, \u201cBut do you think I regret it? Not for a second.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does it feel like, what does it mean to be a priest today?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a rough start, I gradually came to love my religious and priestly vocation. Today, being a priest is a great honor, a great privilege, and a great blessing. Being able to hold our Lord in my hands and bring him down to the altar every day is more of a joy than I ever expected. To be able to raise my hand over souls in pardon in the confessional and to have Jesus forgive them through me is just an incredible thing and I could never have expected how awesome it would be unless I had experienced it first-hand. The way people open up to you as a priest is amazing \u2013 they invite you into their soul, into their life with a trust that is really humbling.<\/p>\n<p>And I am so lucky to be living in a community with other priests and brothers whom I consider some of the best men alive!<\/p>\n<p>Below is a 5 minute video of Fr. 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