Tuesday, October 7, 2014

In the News ... "St. Stephen’s newest priest takes unusual road to ministry"

MRT Photo by Tim Fischer
Steve Kuhlman, Reporter
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - While he may have felt a calling from an early age, St. Stephen’s Catholic Church’s newest priest, the Rev. Lorenzo Hatch, took an unusual road to fulfilling it.

The Dumas native spent his early life heavily involved in the Baptist church along with his family.

“I was in the Baptist church every time the doors opened,” Hatch said. “We even moved closer to the church, to about a block away, so that we could just walk. We participated in everything.”

Hatch said that his first step toward realizing his spiritual calling came at the age of 12 while at a religious summer camp ...

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