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catholicnewsherald.com | June 8, 2012 FROM THE COVER
Father Jason Barone Birthday – July 29, 1983 Birthplace – Asheville Hometown – Arden Father – Dr. Russell J. Barone Mother – Laurie Barone Sibling – Dr. Pamela Barone Stover Home Parish – St. John the Baptist Church in Tryon Elementary and Middle School – Glen Arden and Valley Springs High School – T.C. Roberson High School College – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Seminary – Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md. Summer Assignments – St. Vincent de Paul Church in Charlotte and St. Michael Church in Gastonia When did you first discern a call to the priesthood? Midway through college Was there a particular person who had a positive influence on this decision? Father Roger Arnsparger What are you looking forward to most with regard to your priestly ministry? Offering Holy Mass and hearing confessions What advice would you give to men discerning a call to the priesthood? You don’t have to be absolutely convinced of a vocation in order to enter seminary. You only need a nagging suspicion. Seminary is the perfect place to give it a chance, discern and decide whether it is the life to which God is calling you.
Jason Barone after making his first holy Communion at St. Barnabas Church in Arden in 1991.
Photo provided by the Barone family
Congratulations Father Jason Barone on your ordination to the priesthood
Father Jason Barone Our best wishes to you on your ordination to the priesthood.
The prayers of your parish family are with you as you begin your journey. St. Barnabas Catholic Church, Arden, NC
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Tryon, NC