Saturday, August 9, 2014

In the News ... "Midland priest to celebrate 25th anniversary"

MRT Photo by James Durbin
• Celebration will begin with a mass at 5 p.m. TODAY at Our Lady of Guadalupe

Steve Kuhlmann, Reporter
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - The Rev. David Herrera, priest at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish and Shrine, celebrates his 25th anniversary in the priesthood this month. A quarter century after he was ordained at the age of 27, Herrera said it’s all “just kind of surreal.”

“I can’t believe that it has been 25 years,” he said. “I’ve had a great life.”

Years ago, a young Herrera had no intentions of becoming a priest. The Odessa native was dating his high school sweetheart when he was first approached by a priest at his church about going into the seminary ...

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