Family’s faith was bedrock on winding path to priesthood Deacon Kenneth L. Cavara, who will be ordained a priest for Philadelphia May 15, serves at the altar as Archbishop Nelson J. Perez consecrates the Eucharist at Mass. (Photo by Sarah Webb) By Matthew Gambino • Posted April 30, 2021 Rosary beads hanging from the gear shifter of his dad’s car remains a vivid memory for Ken Cavara, and a reminder of how prayer played a natural part in his large family in St. Agnes Parish, West Chester. Even as young as 8 years old, he’d thought about someday being a Catholic priest. Though that early impulse was placed aside as Cavara grew, it never completely went away. Now at 40, he is just weeks away from being ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia May 15 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.