Deacon Mark Koenemann
Vocational Synthesis
What is your Home Parish?Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Where did you go to High School?Christian Brothers College High School
Who are your Favorite and Patron Saints?St. Pope John Paul II.
What music do you like? Do you have favorite artists or bands?Classic Rock
What is your favorite book and movie?Damien the Leper/Miracle
What are some of your hobbies?Ultimate Frisbee, Disc Golf, and basically any sport
Provide an insight into your Vocation story - what and who led you to Seminary?It was seeing firsthand the joy and holiness of priests assigned at my home parish that I truly desired to become a priest as I saw it as a vocation in which I could be truly happy. In high school, I was invited to imagine what the day of my wedding would be like and then what the day of my ordination would be like. Imagining my wedding day was great and good. But then imagining laying down on the Cathedral floor giving my life totally to the Church, there was a joy and a peace which I knew did not come from me but had to be from the Lord because it was beyond anything I had ever experienced.