Miller shared that he looked up to the pastor of his parish growing up and remembers saying he wanted to become a priest for the first time when he was in second grade. However, when he was in fifth grade he remembers no longer saying that and became more interested in engineering. When he was in his junior year of high school, Miller saw all of his friends excited about applying to college and picking careers but he didn’t share in that excitement.
“I noticed that I wasn’t that excited about engineering and a little voice in my head reminded me about the priesthood,” he recalled.
He spoke with his pastor Father Peter DiMaria, who played an important role in Miller’s vocation. DiMaria was the pastor of Miller’s home parish from the time he was in eighth grade until his third year in seminary. Knowing of his desire to enter the priesthood, DiMaria gave Miller books to read on the lives of the saints, gave him opportunities to serve at Masses, and took him to visit the seminary.
“He was a great role model for the priesthood and he really helped me discern my vocation,” Miller shared.
While discerning the priesthood during his junior year, Miller prayed daily asking God what he should do and visited the adoration chapel several times a week. After about eight months, he “felt Christ asking me to trust him.”
It was then he decided to enter St. Charles Borromeo Seminary.
Now, Miller is preparing for his new assignment at St. Anastasia Catholic Church in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
“So far I’ve been hearing great things about this parish, and I can’t wait to start serving them,” he said.
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