ISSUE # 37 April-June 2009 | First Person

A New Call Within A Call
By Fr. Philip Lazatin, SDB

At the turn of the millennium two of my brothers underwent heart surgeries, and a third one suddenly died of heart attack. I seriously felt that I will probably be the
next one (to undergo surgery or die, whichever would come first). I thought that if I had to die anytime I would like to die in missions where I’ve been called as a young man. I’ve answered a first call to be a religious priest, and a second call to be a missionary 37 years ago. I felt an urge to go back to missions. The missions – that was my boyhood dream.

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