AMDG

As summer is vastly approaching its end, so too is my time with the Catholic Youth Apostolate. It has been a great blessing working for the Archdiocese as an intern. I have learned many things from fixing a paper jam to helping at the Steubenville Conferences.

One of the lessons I learned was that no matter the task; to give God the glory. The Latin phrase Ad majorem Dei gloriam (AMDG) means exactly that: to the greater glory of God.  

God has blessed and entrusted each one of us with many gifts to build up the body of Christ. It is through the exercise of our gifts that we glorify God. Being grateful for the gifts God has blessed me with, I hope to offer them at the service of the Catholic Church.

With that being said, I will be entering Kenrick Glennon Seminary this fall as a seminarian for the Archdiocese of St. Louis. It has been a great privilege serving with and for all of you. It is because of God's gift that He gave so freely on Calvary that I want to offer my life in service to the Church.

Just as Marianne Williamson's poem Our Deepest Fear reads:

"We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

God Bless,

David Hogan, AMDG