{"id":77523,"date":"2026-07-12T08:52:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesvolcansnews.net\/?p=77523"},"modified":"2026-07-12T08:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:52:36","slug":"quand-une-famille-donne-8-pretres-a-leglise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesvolcansnews.net\/?p=77523","title":{"rendered":"Quand une famille donne 8 pr\u00eatres \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00c9glise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Quand Christopher Elser a \u00e9t\u00e9 ordonn\u00e9 pr\u00eatre le 30 mai 2026, il n&#8217;\u00e9tait pas le premier &#8220;P\u00e8re&#8221; de sa famille. Ni m\u00eame le deuxi\u00e8me. Entre oncles, grands oncles, cousins pr\u00eatres et s\u00e9minaristes, la famille Elser compte une impressionnante lign\u00e9e de vocations sacerdotales.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Certaines familles h\u00e9ritent d&#8217;un artisanat, d&#8217;une entreprise ou d&#8217;une passion commune. Chez les Elser, ce sont les vocations sacerdotales qui jalonnent l&#8217;arbre g\u00e9n\u00e9alogique. Ainsi, lorsque Christopher Elser a \u00e9t\u00e9 ordonn\u00e9 pr\u00eatre le 30 mai dernier pour le dioc\u00e8se de Little Rock, il rejoignait une longue liste de membres de sa famille d\u00e9j\u00e0 engag\u00e9s dans la vie sacerdotale. Son fr\u00e8re a\u00een\u00e9, Stephen, ordonn\u00e9 en juin 2018, avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 ouvert la voie. Mais la pr\u00e9sence de pr\u00eatres dans la famille remonte bien plus loin. Du c\u00f4t\u00e9 maternel comme du c\u00f4t\u00e9 paternel, les noms se succ\u00e8dent : oncles, grands-oncles, cousins\u2026. Ainsi, pas moins de huit pr\u00eatres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 ordonn\u00e9s chez les Elser au fil des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations. Parmi eux, le p\u00e8re Jim Schaefer, grand-oncle de Christopher, a r\u00e9cemment c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 ses 70 ans d&#8217;ordination. Un autre oncle, le p\u00e8re Bill Elser, a quant \u00e0 lui f\u00eat\u00e9 ses 40 ans de sacerdoce. \u00c0 eux seuls, ils incarnent une fid\u00e9lit\u00e9 sacerdotale qui a profond\u00e9ment marqu\u00e9 les plus jeunes g\u00e9n\u00e9rations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Le fait d&#8217;avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 t\u00e9moins de leur vie consacr\u00e9e au Christ a influenc\u00e9 Christopher d\u00e8s son plus jeune \u00e2ge&#8221;, confie \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9dition am\u00e9ricaine d\u2019Aleteia sa m\u00e8re, Angie Elser. Avec son mari Joseph, elle a \u00e9lev\u00e9 six enfants dans une foi v\u00e9cue au quotidien. \u00c9coles catholiques, participation \u00e0 la vie paroissiale, pri\u00e8re familiale et temps r\u00e9guliers d&#8217;adoration eucharistique ont rythm\u00e9 leur vie de famille. C&#8217;est d&#8217;ailleurs devant le Saint-Sacrement que la vocation de Christopher a peu \u00e0 peu m\u00fbri. Enfant de ch\u0153ur d\u00e8s le primaire, il d\u00e9couvre progressivement l&#8217;appel au sacerdoce en observant son fr\u00e8re au s\u00e9minaire.<\/p>\n<p>Plus tard, il expliquera que &#8220;l&#8217;Eucharistie a \u00e9t\u00e9 et continue d&#8217;\u00eatre le c\u0153ur et le guide&#8221; de sa vie. Un d\u00e9tail a particuli\u00e8rement marqu\u00e9 sa famille au moment de son ordination : sa premi\u00e8re messe comme enfant de ch\u0153ur avait \u00e9t\u00e9 c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9e exactement quinze ans jour pour jour avant son ordination sacerdotale. Une co\u00efncidence que les Elser ont re\u00e7ue comme un signe de la Providenc<\/p>\n<p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, la famille compte deux fils pr\u00eatres, plusieurs oncles et cousins ordonn\u00e9s, ainsi qu&#8217;un s\u00e9minariste. Une r\u00e9alit\u00e9 peu commune \u00e0 une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 les vocations sacerdotales demeurent rares. Pour Angie Elser, cette histoire n&#8217;est pourtant pas d&#8217;abord celle d&#8217;une tradition familiale, mais celle d&#8217;une r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 l&#8217;appel de Dieu : &#8220;Je me rappelle souvent que c\u2019est l\u2019appel de Dieu, et non le mien. Les pr\u00eatres sont choisis par le Christ, et non par un p\u00e8re ou une m\u00e8re. Comme l\u2019a dit le pape Pie X : &#8220;La vocation vient du c\u0153ur de Dieu, mais passe par le c\u0153ur de la m\u00e8re.&#8221;&#8221; Une conviction qui l&#8217;am\u00e8ne \u00e0 encourager toutes les familles \u00e0 prier pour la vocation propre de chacun de leurs enfants. Car si la famille Elser impressionne par le nombre de pr\u00eatres qu&#8217;elle compte dans ses rangs, elle t\u00e9moigne surtout d&#8217;une foi transmise avec constance, g\u00e9n\u00e9ration apr\u00e8s g\u00e9n\u00e9ration, et d&#8217;un amour de l&#8217;Eucharistie qui continue de porter du fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Aleteia<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quand Christopher Elser a \u00e9t\u00e9 ordonn\u00e9 pr\u00eatre le 30 mai 2026, il n&#8217;\u00e9tait pas le premier &#8220;P\u00e8re&#8221; de sa famille. Ni m\u00eame le deuxi\u00e8me. 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