Rev. Eduardo Rivera, CSB

In ministry settings and living in community with priests, Fr. Rivera was consistently affirmed in his discernment. Those were the moments when he could picture himself being a priest for the rest of his life. He arrived at the decision to join the Basilians through the same type of discernment.

Fr. Rivera recalls asking a priest how to determine what order to join or if to become a diocesan priest and receiving the answer, “Wherever you are finding God the most, that is where you are being called.” “I am finding God in campus ministry, through my schooling and education, and that is the basis of the Basilian way of life,” Fr. Rivera said. “‘Teach me goodness, discipline and knowledge.’ It’s all about education and sharing Christ the Educator to all.”