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Father Aaron Lynch is a native of St. Patrick Parish in Carlisle. His calling to the priesthood began as a series of dispersed moments throughout middle school and high school which led to his entering the Seminary at St. Charles Borromoeo at age 18. He has described discernment of vocation as the "training our own hearts to be obedient to the pull of God's will for your life."

“One of the first steps in discernment is noticing what you are attracted to and what you find beautiful,” he says. He was assisted in his discernment by prayer and the practice of Ignatian spirituality, which he described as “discernment of your emotions, of what’s going on inside you.  It’s a good spirituality for someone in discernment. A big part of it is the understanding that everything that happens around you, God is aware of. There isn’t anything outside of His plan,” he explains. “Just thinking about the priestly life – what a priest is and what he does – was so beautiful to me every time I thought of it that I didn’t want to miss out on that life. God wouldn’t put that great desire and great attraction to that beauty in me if it wasn’t for some purpose.”

Fr. Lynch was ordained to the priesthood for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg on June 5, 2021. After his ordination, he served as a Parochial Vicar at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Gettysburg, Chaplain to Gettysburg College,  and later at St. Francis of Assisi and the Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick in Harrisburg. He has served as Chaplain at Bloomsburg University and Parochial Vicar at Saint Columba Parish, Bloomsburg and Christ the King Mission, Benton, since June, 2025.

In his spare time, Father Lynch enjoys movies, music, reading, board games, and spending time with his brother priests (especially when he gets to cook).