Formation Stage: Propaedeutic
Diocese: Victoria in Texas
Hometown: Military Family (Moved Often)
Home Parish: Our Lady of Lourdes, Victoria
Christopher James Leshikar
I first heard the call to the priesthood while in graduate school at Texas A&M, and I thought that God was meaning to call someone else. However, during my graduate studies I started to become more trusting of that call, even if I was still uncertain. After a summer internship, in which I gained a firm idea of what my life as a lay Catholic man could look like, I not only felt the call more strongly, but wanted to respond to it as well. After much encouragement and guidance, I am excited and humbled to respond to that call!
Favorite Quote or Bible Verse
“No greater love has no man than this, that a man may lay down his life for his friends.” – John 15:13
Fun Fact
I have called nine states (South Carolina, Washington, Oklahoma, Alabama, Hawai’i, Illinois, Texas, Georgia, and Virgina/Washington D.C.) home in my life.