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BY TODD FORTUNE
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Jerry Pokorsky was working as a certified public accountant during the early 1980s. He says that at that point in his life, “I had no idea I would be a priest.” Pokorsky says that he “felt a tug” toward priesthood later on during the mid-80s.
Now, more than a decade later, Father Pokorsky is serving as Rector at St. Peter’s Catholic Church just outside of Washington. He replaces Father Robert Lange, who was transferred in June to a parish in Woodbridge. Father Pokorsky says that “I’m delighted that I’m here.”
Pokorsky was born and raised in Wisconsin. He attended Catholic grade school and high school, and had learned Latin by third grade. Pokorsky attended traditional mass, which uses quite a bit of Latin. He received a degree in Business from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. and started a career which would later be cut short by a higher calling.
Becoming a priest takes about four to six years, according to Father Pokorsky. The first step is to enter seminary. To do that, one needs to be sponsored by a diocese. In seminary, the church teaches academics, prayer and social skills.
Not everyone who enters seminary is guaranteed of becoming a priest, however. Father Pokorsky noted that priesthood “is not a right.
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