This year’s priestly ordination ceremony had to be one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the church calendar. It’s not often that a diocese can boast about ordaining more priests for a single year than any other diocese or archdiocese in the country. But that was the case in Brooklyn this year.
Fully aware that being a disciple of Christ means embracing the cross, Francisco Hernández stood before Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros and bound himself to Church service as a permanent deacon.
Photos, brief biographies and details of the first Masses of thanksgiving of the men.
God gave Father Carlos C. Velásquez, 26, the gift of an early vocation.
A life of faith is the fullest kind of life there is for Father Anthony Francis Rosado, 30.
Haitian-born Father Robert Pierre-Louis aspires to be “a priest according to the heart of Mary and Jesus.”
Ordination day will be the culmination of a nearly lifelong journey for Peter John Penton, 55.
Gregory Michael Vincent McIlhenney, 35, is proud to have been formed in the faith by his parents and his parish religious education program.
Haitian-born Father Juan Duvalon Luxama, 35, wants to be a sign of hope to the world.
A religious sister challenged Father Evans Julce to live his faith more deeply, and that changed the course of his life.
