Formation Stage: Discipleship
Class: Discipleship II
Archdiocese: Galveston-Houston
Hometown: Cypress, TX
Home Parish: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Houston
Mateo Fidel Hernandez
My story begins when I was a 7-year-old boy. After my First Communion I started to altar serve and do “pretend” Eucharistic exposition at home. After hearing an inspiring seminarian testimony about the Rosary at a Life Teen retreat I attended as a senior in high school, I started praying the Rosary every day and made my faith my own. In college I started to feel a tug towards priesthood, and it was through frequent visits to the Blessed Sacrament and with the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary that slowly but surely God’s will for me was made clear.
Favorite Quote or Bible Verse
“The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for Greatness!” – Pope Benedict XVI
Fun Fact
I can play any percussion instrument.