Fr. Andrew Budzinski - "Identity and Prayer" - TOT Winter 2023

Fr. Andrew Budzinski spoke on the importance of prayer and our relationship with Christ for a proper understanding of our identity. BIO: Fr. Andrew Budzinski is pastor of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fort Wayne and Vocations Director for our diocese.  A native of South Bend, Fr. Andrew grew up at Holy Family parish, attended the University of Notre Dame, and while a parishioner at St. Pius X in Granger, sensed a call to the priesthood.  His fifteen minutes of fame was as the Leprechaun mascot for Notre Dame during his junior and senior years.  However, he is extremely sensitive about his Leprechaun-like height and baldness and doesn’t like to talk about this dark period of his life.  Immediately before entering seminary, Fr. Andrew worked in the radio industry in South Bend.  It was the perfect storm of spinning “MMM Bop” by the Hanson Brothers and “If You Wanna” by the Spice Girls every night that convinced him he was called to a different life.