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Scott-Vincent Borba, former California esthetician and e.l.f. Cosmetics co-founder, will be ordained as a priest after leaving his luxury lifestyle for the Catholic faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno announced on May 4<\/a> that Borba, currently a deacon, will be ordained as a priest on May 23, ending his decade-long return to the church. He is currently a deacon and seminarian at St. Patrick’s Seminary in California.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital<\/a> reached out to the Roman Catholic Diocese and St. Patrick’s Seminary for comment but did not immediately receive responses.<\/p>\n

CATHOLIC CONVERSIONS RISE AS YOUNG ADULTS ‘HUNGRY FOR TRUTH’ TURN TO FAITH AND REJECT SECULARISM, BISHOP SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Borba was previously a makeup mogul who founded e.l.f. (which stands for Eyes. Lips. Face.) Cosmetics in 2004, which grew to a company with an annual revenue<\/a> of over $1.3 billion and earned him a position among Hollywood celebrities.<\/p>\n

However, in the mid-2010s, Borba made the decision to donate his wealth and accept a calling to become a priest. In an interview with KSEE<\/a> in 2019, Borba described making the decision after decades of living a “vapid” and “perverse” life.<\/p>\n

“[God] not only blessed me with money and awareness, and just every business I had, he allowed me to have success with it,” Borba said. “Then I decided, you know, what is wrong with me? I was vapid. I had a perverse life. I went to LA<\/a>, I got sucked into the Hollywood lifestyle. It was almost to a point where I was trying to sell my soul for all of the riches of the world, which is not what we’re supposed to be.”<\/p>\n

GEN Z FLOCKING TO CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN NYC FOR YOUTH GROUPS, SOCIAL EVENTS AMID CONVERSION BOOM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“We’re supposed to be living for our Lord and Lady. I was living for myself. I was idolizing myself. I was idolizing everything else out there that was luxury. I was a poster boy for luxury,” Borba continued.<\/p>\n

Borba remarked being approached with the idea of joining the priesthood “a thousand times” in his life, with his first experience coming from his mother in the third grade.<\/p>\n

“At Mass, she asked me to look up at the altar, and if I wanted to be the man in the robes,” Borba told OSV News<\/a>. “Whoever the priest was, his robes at that moment were shimmering like glitter \u2026 And I knew God was placing on my heart to become a priest.”<\/p>\n

CATHOLIC REVEREND AIMS TO PORTRAY PRIESTS AS ‘REAL HUMAN BEINGS’ IN A REALISTIC, MODERN WAY IN NEW MOVIE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Borba now lives a modest lifestyle after selling his wealth and possessions, which he described as a way to give himself back to God.<\/p>\n

“I am trying to do everything to show our Lord that He gave me everything in His divine providence. He has taken care of me all my life, and now I am to give it all back and to show Him that He is going to take care of me the rest of my life, whatever it’s going to be,” Borba told KSEE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/billion-dollar-california-cosmetics-co-founder-mogul-ordained-catholic-priest <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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