New LA priests 2025: Joseph Cruz
After a long, successful career in finance and management consulting, Joseph Cruz had his sights set on retiring. But rather than golfing, or sitting on a beach, or doing whatever retired people do, Cruz will instead spend his retirement … as a priest.
Cruz, 56, acknowledged that he’s coming into the priesthood at a later age than many, but saw it as a positive.
“When I first started at seminary, I was one among five people who were in their 50s, and then all of a sudden, I became the only one,” Cruz said. “So it’s been interesting and a gift to learn about different generations, and knowing that it’s never going to be just me.”