Today (November 19), our parishioner, Salvatore Petro, will be admitted to Candidacy for Ordination as a Permanent Deacon by His Excellency, bishop David O'Connell. The Admission to Candidacy rite offers a candidate for ordination the opportunity to publicly express his intention to complete his studies and receive ordination as a Deacon. The aspirant composes a declaration in his own words stating his intention to serve others as an ordained cleric and that he does this freely of his own accord.
The candidate continues his academic and spiritual formation and will receive the Ministry of Reader and the Ministry of Acolyte prior to sacred ordination as a Deacon.
We offer to Sal our prayers for his perseverance to this noble vocation, and offer to his wife Jennifer and family our felicitations on this happy milestone on the path to the Diaconate.