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EV. ANDREW KUROVSKY, M.Div., M.S.
Pastor, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church Peckville, PA • Diocese of Scranton
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hat contributed to your desire to become a priest? I suppose that I, like most young boys in a Catholic parish elementary school, thought about the priesthood at a very early age. However, those thoughts dissipated during my high school years. During my freshman year at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh a priest approached me for the very first time and asked if I ever thought about or considered priesthood. I think that was a pivotal and defining moment in my discernment process. How would you describe your childhood? I have great memories of my childhood. My only sibling, my sister Mia and I were very close. We are only
“The round church-where there’s room for everyone.”
about 18 months apart in age and we are both adopted. I believe that bond made our relationship stronger. (For the record: we are not biological siblings; rather, our relational bloodline is one of love and 22
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common respect). We had many mutual friends and as we got older, we actually grew closer throughout our high school and college years. As a child my mother had a particularly loving relationship with her siblings, therefore so many
