The Church of the Divine Child in Dearborn recently announced the arrival of two new associate pastors – the Rev. David Pellican and the Rev. Paul Graney.

The parish posted the news on its Facebook page on July 1.

“I am so grateful and excited to be welcomed to Divine Child as one of your next associate pastors,” Graney wrote in the post. “Everything that I have ever heard about your parish is awesome.”

David Pellican (top) and Paul Graney | Facebook

Before joining Church of the Divine Child, Graney served as an associate pastor at Our Lady of Sorrows in Farmington for four years. The 25-year-old is a Michigan native from Oxford.

“I attended Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit for six years and was ordained on May 14, 2016,” Graney added on the church website. “I absolutely love being a priest and never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever end up doing what I do. But it is amazing!”

Father Pellican also shared his story on the parish website.

“I am blessed to be with you as associate pastor,” he wrote. “The priesthood is a tremendous gift from God, and I look forward to beginning it with you. After eight years at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, I was ordained a priest on June 6, 2020. Looking back, I often wonder how I ended up here.”

Pellican was in seminary for eight years before joining the Church of the Divine Child clergy. 

“In seminary, I began to dive deeper into the beautiful truths of our faith,” he wrote. “I grew to see my fellow seminarians as brothers in the Lord, and often came face to face with my own shortcomings as I began to pursue a life of holiness in earnest.”