Man For Others - Totus2us

Fr Martin, from France, talks about the priests who have been very important in his life: "There is something very special when you have a very, very good friend who is also a priest. The friendship is not exactly the same, and I think it is very important for a vocation and for a priest, especially as a member of a religious community, to be able to be supported by friends who are priests. So I thank the Lord for this gift of priesthood, men who are so deeply connected to Him, and who are able to give so much. They are poor instruments in themselves but God is really, really giving so much through them and in them. So, thank you, Lord." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr David, a Missionary of the Sacred Heart from England, describes 2 priests who particularly influenced him: "He was somebody who presented an experience of faith and showed us the face of God in a very down to earth, a very human way, a very friendly, warm and compassionate way and that really showed me that priesthood was a great way of serving people, of being close to people, of bringing God's love to people and people to God's love." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr John, a priest from England, talks about his parish priest when he was a boy: "He himself was the greatest influence on me because he was a priest through and through. He was very priestly in his behaviour, he was caring, he was good and he was a man of prayer." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Andy, a seminarian from England, describes his old parish priest: "In terms of his preaching, I always felt he had a very positive view of humanity; I think he was largely inspired by St Vincent de Paul - very much that thing of putting contemplation into action. I was always struck really by the good news that I heard from him, very much about salvation rather than condemnation." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Filip, from Belgium, describes how Pope John Paul II inspired him to become a priest at World Youth Day 2000 in Rome: "At WYD 2000, Pope John Paul II talked very personally about his own priesthood.. with so much zeal that everyone listened very attentively .. And then he said "Dear young men, do not fear to choose the way of priesthood; the world needs you, all people need you; do not fear." And then he said with so much strength and confidence these words: "With God and grace it is possible" and then he paused and in the whole of St Peter's Square there was a deep silence, a holy silence of listening. And then again this old Pope, affected by Parkinsons, said with a loud voice, "With God and grace, it is possible." At that moment I was touched so deeply in my soul and in my heart. Never had a person touched me so much by a word. All the obstacles I had made in the years before, all the reasons I thought I had found for not becoming a priest, vanished at that moment. I understood in the deepest of that

Fr Alexander, from England, describes Father Michael Hollings, his Man for Others: "What you saw with Michael was someone who was in love with God and wanted to take other people to God. For those of us who came into the radar of Michael, he has left an enduring memory which is probably summed up by that simple adage that we are called to be here for people. If we are here for people, we are being like Christ, because Christ was always here for people, Christ was always present to people, even those who rejected him, those who turned their back on him, Christ was permanently present. Michael endeavoured to walk the same way and as he did so he was able to touch many with the love of Jesus." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Christopher, a Mill Hill Missionary from Ireland, looks back over his 55 years of priesthood which have included 2 posts in Uganda: "Overall my reflections of a very varied ministry is one of thanksgiving.. To me the power and the beauty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ shines out more clearly than ever.. Very much the role of the priest is to lead people in prayer, to give them a meaning to life. A little poem I remember from my early days which influenced me in the priesthood: I search and seek I know not what, I only know it must be there, for in my heart there is a quest for something more than earth lays bear. So it is a search for meaning and for me Jesus has given me the key to that."Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Adeiza, from Northern Nigeria, gives the story of his vocation and of the encouragement he received from his own father and from Sister Adelaine: "I give my vocation, the praise of whoever I am today, to all those who have supported me to become a priest of God … I lived in Italy, in Rome, where I studied. For those times I studied in a strange and difficult language, life appeared unbearable but many years down the line it has become a bliss. In totality, my priesthood, the Catholic community, are for me one inseparable figure of love." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Matt, a Carmelite priest from Ireland, describes how St John of the Cross has inspired him in his priesthood: "John gives us a way through the difficulties. John does not present us with superficial answers. John rather constantly draws us to Jesus Christ, to the Cross of Jesus Christ, to Jesus as the way, as the truth and the life. John then, and his teaching, will not fail us and he has not failed me, and he has given me a well, a source of wisdom and of inspiration that I can constantly draw upon, and that sustains me on what is at times a very difficult road, but also a road that is filled with richness, with beauty, and ultimately a road that makes known to the world the greatness of God and the greatness of God's presence in each of our lives." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Martin, a seminarian from England, talks about the inspiration of St Louis de Montfort: "I think he is so relevant now because for one his theology, particularly his theology of Our Lady and how she leads us to God, is worth exploring much more; but his radical commitment in a time of relativism I think becomes even more inspiring and interesting and becomes a real witness for being able to commit oneself in complete confidence and trust to God and to God's will, without fear." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Juraj, from Slovakia, describes Pater František Paňák SJ, the 'angel of the city of Košickej': "Seeing a priest like that I thought 'Oh God, thank you.' I know there is no way I could be a priest like him but that is great because you can see that priesthood makes sense in one's life. I could see everyday all those people who visited him … he was always so good to everyone, always laughing, just in a good mood, despite the suffering he went through, maybe just because of the suffering did he handle it." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr William, a Jesuit parish priest in London, describes how Blessed Rupert Mayer became his Man for Others: "The priest who had most influence on me was a priest I never met… Rupert Meyer was like a parish priest to the whole of Munich in the 1920s and whose resistance to Naziism took him into prison and out of prison… and then concentration camp... This man's personality, his history, his resistance to evil, the pastoral quality of a man who could continue to function as a priest even when denied being able to speak publicly and who became a focal point for hope for the people of God .. this man was a presence in that room." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Emmanuel, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal from the UK, talks about 3 priests who have helped and inspired him: "So this is for me a priest: someone who's normal, someone who's in touch with the Holy Spirit … and also and primarily a father, one with whom you can be yourself, through whom you experience the love of God the Father." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Tom, a seminarian from the UK, thanks 3 priests who have particularly helped him on his road to the priesthood: "And it is through his prayers and his support that I am where I am today." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Stefan, an Augustinian priest from Scotland, chats about his route to the priesthood and how Augustinian Father Lawrence helped him to really search out his vocation: "It was such an inspiration how from early morning till late at night, he would give himself for the benefit of the people." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Frankie, a seminarian from the UK and one of the Totus2us team, describes 92 year old Father Jimmy Collins: "You see this self-sacrificing love which is the route and heart of any good priest - they follow in the footsteps of Christ, "persona Christi" … He just lives his life sacrificing himself for the needs others and I would certainly say he is one of the world's modern day heroes." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Antonio, from Zimbabwe, reflects on his vocation and the influences on his path to the priesthood - in particular, his Catholic family and his parish priest, Father Anthony Huber: "This path I now understand to be one of service, service based on my personal relationship with God." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Br John Mary Jesus, a deacon from England and a brother of the Community of St John, talks about all the priests who have inspired him in his life: "I really give thanks for these priests who are humbly and with great poverty living their life of total service, total gift to other people, treating other people as their sons and daughters in Christ, but above all as God's sons and daughters and giving themselves so that we might be holy, so that we might become sons and daughters of God." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Georgios, from Greece, talks about Monsignor Ettore Malnati: "I consider him to be wise because he guided me from the very beginning, he set me completely free and this is exactly what God does with us when we need to take an important decision. And the most important thing is that we are happy with the decision we make otherwise it will never succeed." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Noah, a Mill Hill Missionary seminarian from Uganda, talks about the priesthood: "The priesthood is really a special gift and as a priest is a servant, now as a servant he is supposed to follow Christ and Christ is the first servant. And as a servant he is supposed to sacrifice his life for the sake of the Gospel; sacrifice his time and energy for the expansion of the Church." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Pope John Paul II's motto was to Mary: Totus Tuus - All Yours. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.