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“The best part about being a priest is accompanying people through both joys and struggles in the context of faith,” he added.
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“Becoming a bishop was not on my horizon!” Parker said. Parker said he always saw himself as a parish priest and possibly a college campus minister. “This was special to me both because he was the only parisher to become a priest during my time,” said Auer, “but also because he was a fine person.” Parker was ordained a priest on May 27, 2000, and ordained a bishop on January 19, 2017, at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore.Īuer attended both ordinations of Parker, including vesting him during the priest ordination when Parker wore the stole and chasuble for the first time. Parker learned last November that Pope Francis had nominated him auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese. “I was happy about this, as I had always been hoping since he was an ideal prospect.” Parker’s “mother called me and said that he was serious about the seminary and asked what should he do,” said Auer. John the Evangelist, remembers meeting Parker when he was a junior at Severna Park High School. Monsignor John Auer, a retired pastor of Our Lady of the Fields who is currently in residence and assisting at St. I believe he will be a phenomenal bishop.” “Adam was a really hard worker with a great sense of humor and a joy about everything he did,” added Schiavone. Thinking back to his high school days, Schiavone said he always knew that Parker would accomplish anything he set his mind to. “He was just a great guy, a sincere, down-to-earth, good friend,” added Schiavone. While most people may have been surprised by the informality, Schiavone said his high school friend’s response was exactly as he expected. “I emailed him, not expecting an immediate response,” said Schiavone, “but he replied right away, even addressing me by my high school nickname, ‘Vone.’” Schiavone contacted Parker shortly after the public announcement of Parker’s ordination. Kevin Schiavone, a teacher at Severna Park High School, was an SPHS classmate of Parker’s. John’s confirmation class of 2017 is the son of one of Parker’s Severna Park High School classmates. “Knowing a lot of people there always meant running into someone I knew, whether at Safeway, Garry’s Grill or wherever.” Coincidentally, one student in the St. “Even though it’s a suburb in a major metropolitan area, Severna Park always had a small-town feel to me,” said Parker. He graduated from Severna Park High School in 1990. Parker was born in Cleveland, moved to Severna Park when he was 10 years old, enrolled at Benfield Elementary School, and joined Our Lady of the Fields parish in Millersville. They come right from our own communities.” “Doing so in my hometown is especially significant since it will give me the opportunity to illustrate for the candidates that vocations don’t just come from some ‘other’ places. “Celebrating the sacrament of Confirmation with our young people across the archdiocese is one of the things I’m looking forward to most about being a bishop,” said Parker. Parker, anointed 86 adolescents with the holy sacrament of confirmation on May 21 at St. The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s newly ordained bishop, the Most Reverend Adam J.