Father Edward Ahn’s journey to the priesthood is a testament to how God’s plans unfold in the ordinary moments of life, a priest for 12 years in Kansas City, Kansas.
From Restlessness to Fulfillment
Even as a child, he experienced a profound restlessness, asking life’s big questions: Is this all there is?
A Gentle Crushing
Rejected from his dream colleges, at World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, he encountered Pope John Paul II’s call to the youth: “Don’t settle for what the world offers. It is Jesus you seek.”
God’s Unconditional Love
”God loves us forever, no matter what,” he shared. “I knew every sin you would ever commit, and yet I still chose to create you out of love.”
A Path to Priesthood
At the University of Illinois, he dove into the Sacraments, daily Mass, and prayer, discerning a call to belong entirely to God.