For Deacon Jorge Rocha, parents' faith provided a foundation that carried him to ordination day

By Lauren Clem, Staff Reporter, RI Catholic
PROVIDENCE — For Deacon Jorge Rocha, who will be ordained to the priesthood this Saturday, June 25, the vocational journey to ordination was neither easy nor clear. Born in the Cape Verde Islands, Deacon Rocha worked for many years at Providence College and endured great personal loss before answering a call to the priesthood, a decades-long faith journey that led to one simple goal. More.