BORN in Hamtic, Antique, Philippines,Fr. Carlos Melocoton is presently serving in the
Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Charleston, West Virginia, under the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. He belongs to the Religious Order of the
Former Augustinians of the Assumption Brother.
Fr. Melocoton earned his BS in Accountancy from the University of the East in Manila, Philippines. He then attended Assumption College in Worcester, MA where he graduated with a Pre-Theology course. After that, Fr. Carlos went to St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, MA where he took up his Masters of Divinity.
He was ordained in June 27, 2009. His areas of Ministerial Training/Experience lie in the fields of: Parish, Elementary / High School Education, College Education, Hospital Chaplaincy, Youth and Young Adult Ministry.
In a church newsletter in his diocese of Wheeling- Charleston, Fr. Carlos wrote about himself and the calling of God on his life. “I responded to the call of priesthood after discovering God’s love for me. I marveled at His love that in thanksgiving to the many blessings I received, I was able to say YES to the call of pastoral ministry and share the charity God enriched my heart and mind for my brothers and sisters,” he said.
Fr. Carlos continued, “When Mother Teresa described her journey as “A call within a call,” while reading her biography on my canonical preparation for deaconate ordination on a peaceful night at Paul IV Pastoral Center, I could not control my emotions as I recall and ponder my personal journey coming from the Philippines to the United States, then from my religious community to serve the people of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. God indeed plans things for us all; thus, we need to listen and obey where He wants us to be. It was so peaceful and wonderful as soon as I commit myself to surrender to God’s love and respond to that love.”
“In thanksgiving for the education and enlightenment I received from the sisters of the Religious of the Assumption during the Martial Law era; how God helped and guided me where to get some means personally to finish my college education; the experience on how to be a mediator between the costumers and the company while working as an accountant; assisting me how to help my family alleviate the social disease of poverty; and when things all prepared for me to answer the call of priesthood – God was there to show me the way.”
“God indeed plans things for us and we should be open to surrender to His love,” Fr. Carlos concluded.
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