On Friday, June 16, 2023, ordinations to the diaconate and to the priesthood took place at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Dillwyn, Virginia.
This year, by the attention of Divine Providence, the ordinations took place this year on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was a wonderful day to receive priestly ordination.
It was Bishop Bernard Fellay who carried out these ordinations. He did not fail to emphasize that this day fell on the Feast of the Sacred, and spoke at length about the relationship between the priest and the Sacred Heart.
The ordinands to the diaconate were six in number, five - three Americans, one South Korean and one Irishman - for the Society of Saint Pius X, and a brother from the Benedictine monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe, located in Silver City, New Mexico.
Two priests were later ordained: an American and an Irishman.
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Procession of ordinands -
Two future priests -
Bishop Bernard Fellay -
Chanting the epistle -
Homily -
Prostrations during the Litany of the Saints -
Imposition of the right hand for ordination to the diaconate -
“Ad robur,” to communicate the virtue of strength -
Imposition of diaconal stole -
Imposition of the Dalmatic -
The Gospel Book -
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The new deacons -
Future priests listen attentively -
Imposition of hands -
Imposition of the priestly stole -
Imposition of the chasuble -
Anointing of the hands with the oil of the catechumens -
The priest wraps a cloth around the hands to keep them closed -
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New priests concelebrate Mass with the bishop -
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Elevation -
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The kiss of peace -
Promise of obedience -
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The new priests -
All the newly ordained -
Gratitude
