Vocations

Rev. Mr. James M. Gebhart, a resident of Newark, Delaware, was ordained to the transitional diaconate by the Most Reverend William E. Koenig, on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., at his home parish, St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Hockessin, Delaware.

Rev. Mr. Gebhart, who will turn 26 in July, attended St. Catherine of Siena and St. Elizabeth’s Elementary Schools, and is a 2015 graduate of Delaware Military Academy. In 2019 he graduated from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey with a Bachelor’s in Catholic Theology. He was the class of 2019 Seton Hall Valedictorian.  He is currently pursuing graduate studies at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland. He spent the summer of 2019 assigned to ministry at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Bear, Delaware, and his pastoral year, 2021 – 2022, at St. Ann Parish in Wilmington, Delaware.   Read The Dialog story here.

 

 

Watch the Diaconate Ordination here:

 

 

Learn about St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland

 

 

OFFICE OF PRIESTLY & RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS

 

Take courage; Get up, Jesus is calling you! – Mark 10:49

 

A Prayer for Vocations:

Loving and Generous God,
it is You who call us by name
and ask us to follow You.
Help us to grow in the Love
and Service of our Church
as we experience it today.

Give us the energy and courage
of Your Spirit
to shape its future

Grant us faith-filled leaders
who will embrace Christ’s Mission
of love and justice.

Bless the Church of Wilmington
by raising up dedicated and generous leaders
from our families and friends
who will serve Your people as,
Priests, Brothers, Sisters, Deacons and Lay Ministers.

Inspire us to know You better
and open our hearts
to hear Your call.

We ask this through our Lord.