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�Jonathan is a young man of character and heart,� says Michael Phelan of his son, Jonathan (CA�23), a recent TAC graduate who entered the Norbertine Order this summer. �My wife and I are glad that he is in the care of like men for this formational time. We fully support Jonathan in his discernment, no matter where it leads.�

In Jonathan�s sophomore year at the College, a Norbertine priest visited to lead the annual Triduum retreat. During a reflection on God�s love, the priest explicitly invited men in the group to discern the priesthood. �Jonathan felt a profound love from God the Father after this talk, and discerned from there,� says Mr. Phelan.

One year after his graduation, Jonathan entered St. Michael�s Abbey in Silverado, California, as a postulant alongside 12 other young men. He joins some dozen fellow 91����� Aquinas College alumni at the Abbey, including Rev. Sebastian Walshe (�94), Rev. Miguel (Gaspar�08) Batres, and the recently ordained Rev. Moses (Luke �14) Blain. God willing, on Christmas Eve, Jonathan and his fellow postulants will transition to the novitiate, receiving their new names and habits.

�We are so deeply grateful,� says Mr. Phelan. �The call to religious life is reflective of God�s powerful movement in the world to bless the Church and the world with a beautiful, mysterious, and clear sign that Heaven is our true home. If this is Jonathan�s call, we couldn�t be more grateful to God for this and happy for him. And, if it is a temporary call, what better formation could there be for a young man to be a husband and father?�