My Vocation Story | Rev. Mr. Alexander D'Silva 

Rev. Mr. Alexander D'Silva will be ordained to the priesthood at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica on Saturday, May 14, 2022.
Rev. Mr. Alex D’Silva, 56, was born in Mumbai, India. Although he felt he had a call to the priesthood in his youth, he did not pursue it then. Being their only child, his parents relied on him to support them. So he felt that the responsible thing to do was to continue with his studies and take up secular work. At 24, he fell in love with a non-Christian woman and married her in the Catholic Church. He was blessed with a daughter a year later. Over the years, his wife’s faith in Christ grew. When they relocated to Canada, his wife joined the RCIA program at their local parish and was baptised. She passed away in 2006 of an advanced cancer. Thereafter, Alex’s earlier call to the priesthood was rekindled as he reflected upon how God had arranged the events in his life. After discerning God’s will for him with a few priests, he left behind his career in the financial sector and joined St. Augustine’s Seminary in 2015. Alex has a Master of Commerce (University of Mumbai, India), a Master of Business Administration (University of Hull, UK) and is a Certified Public Accountant (Colorado, USA). He hopes he can bring his life experiences to his ministry in serving the people of the Archdiocese of Toronto.