This five-part documentary series follows four young men through the emotionally wrenching final weeks that lead up to the most important decision of their lives - whether to become Catholic priests or not. Traveling with his brother to the Catholic celebration of World Youth Day in Germany, Joe also looks forward to reconnecting with Anna, the love of his life. In Columbus, Dan leads his youth group of high schoolers in protest prayer outside an abortion clinic, sparking a conflict with pro-choice college students. Mike is thrilled to see soul mate and girlfriend Aly, but her visit exacerbates tensions with his mentor, Father Pauselli. And Steve makes a nerve-wracking journey home, finally telling his best friends about his aspirations toward the priesthood. |
About the Men
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Joe
Adair, 28, a campus counselor
at John Carroll University in Cleveland, has already been in and out of seminary
twice and is now considering whether to enter for a third time. Unlucky in love
and under family pressure to become a priest, but still uncomfortable with the
idea of celibacy, Joe knows that his perpetual indecision has cost him much of
the last ten years of his life. |
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Dan DeMatte, 21, is a second-year
student at Ohio Dominican University. A fearless and passionate Catholic, he
lives with nine other celibate young men in a house they call “Fort Zion.” But
for all his confidence in his faith, Dan is still very young and can’t yet say
whether he is cut out for the priesthood. Plus, his on-again, off-again
relationship with girlfriend Amber only confuses matters
more. |
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Steve
Horvath, 25, shocked his
friends and family back in Virginia by leaving his job as a high-paid consultant
to become a campus missionary at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Now
shaking off the comforts of the privileged life he once had (and could still
return to at any time), Steve finds himself simultaneously drawn to and
terrified of the level of sacrifice he must make in order to truly heed God’s
call. |
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Mike
Lechniak, 24, grew up idolizing
his parish priest, Father Pauselli. But a deepening relationship with girlfriend
Aly has brought Mike to the breaking point. With the two paths—priesthood and
marriage—laid out before him not only starkly, but in need of immediate action,
Mike knows that he must make his choice between God or the girl, or risk
losing both. |
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