This wonderful Priest Baptised my sweet son. Today on the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord, I am reminded of him and all of the excellent things that he is doing for the beauty of our Faith and all of those whose lives he has changed and will continue to.
Fr. Melcher to pursue doctorate
Rev. Luke Melcher, chaplain for the Louisiana College and LSU-Alexandria Catholic Student Organization, has been given permission by Bishop Ronald Herzog to pursue a licentiate (license) in Sacred Liturgy (SL.L), and a doctorate in Sacred Liturgy (SL.D) through the Pontifical Liturgical Institute at the Pontifical University of Sant’ Anselmo in Rome.
After completing the 3-5 year license and doctoral program, Father Melcher will be qualified to teach Liturgy as a professor of Liturgy at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Ohio.
Effective May, 2011, Father Melcher will leave the diocese and move to Europe, where he will prepare for his studies in Rome by becoming proficient in French, Italian, Koine Greek, and Latin. Italian is necessary for his academic classes and the language he will have to use to write and defend his dissertation. The other languages are necessary for research. In October, he will begin the academic degree program and live at the North American house of studies for priests, the Casa Santa Maria in Rome.
Father Melcher said he has always felt the desire to pray and study more deply and to help men become priests. He has felt a calling to do this for several year; but only recently did he act upon it.
“I talked to the Bishop (Herzog) about this and he recognized it as a ‘calling within a calling,’” said Father Melcher. “The bishop’s awareness of the teaching needs of the Josephinum and his awareness of my openess to serve, has led to this opportunity.
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