Brothers Father Joseph Wahlmeier (pictured on the left) and newly-ordained Father Isaac Wahlmeier (on the right), with their parents and Bishop James D. Conley after the ordination Mass May 24, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb., Jun 9, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Forparents,havingtheopportunitytoseetheirchildrenembracethevocationtowhichGodhascalledthemmarkstheculminationofyearsofprayerandsacrifice.Whilemostwillseetheirchildrenmarried,asmallergroupwillgettocelebratecallstothepriesthoodandreligiouslife.
Evenmorerare,though,istheopportunitytocelebratemultipleordinationsfromthesamefamily,letaloneamongsiblings.ButasofSaturday,May24,withtheordinationofFatherIsaacWahlmeier,sixfamiliesintheDioceseofLincoln,Nebraska,cancelebratesuchablessing.
ThesesetsofbrothersincludeFatherIsaacWahlmeierandhisbrotherFatherJosephWahlmeier,ordainedin2020,andFathersMatthewandJeffreyEickhoff,whowereordainedin1989and1995,respectively,
ForFatherIsaacWahlmeier,theopportunitytoseehisbrotherbeginhisjourneytothepriesthoodwasamajorfact
