Ceremony of St Stephen Guild at Rockdale

The Ceremony of St Stephen Guild was held this morning at the Child Jesus and St Joseph Church in Rockdale NSW with Fr Michael Delsorte, Prior of the Church, as the conferring authority and ably assisted by the Australia-wide Guild president, Mr Pedro Sidoti.

Holy Cross Seminary 2015 Ordinations; 2 Priests and 3 Deacons

Today, 17 December 2015, five seminarians are ordained to the (2) priesthood and (3) diaconate, respectively. The ordination ceremony takes place at the Holy Cross Seminary in Goulburn at 9:00 this morning. His Lordship Bishop Bernard Fellay, Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X confers the Sacrament of Priestly Ordination upon Deacon Joseph Ockerse and Deacon Marcel Ockerse. Both deacons hail from Druin, Victoria, Australia.

While three seminarians are ordained to the diaconate: Rev. Mr. Anthony McNamara (Sydney, NSW Australia); Rev. Mr. Nicholas Stamos (St. Mary's, Kansas USA), and Rev. Mr. Erik Ladner (Houston, TX, USA).

All 21 priests of the Australian district are present including guest priests from Ireland (Fr. Vicente Griego), Singapore (Fr. Fabrice Loschi) and United States of America (Fr. Yves Le Roux). The 6 SSPX Sisters at Rockdale as well as 10 Dominican teaching sisters of Wanganui who are currently based in Tynong, VIC have participated in this joyous event.

This is the first priestly ordination since 2009.

Procession of the ordinands

Bestowal of the Office

Bestowal of the Office

Sermon of His Lordship, Bishop Bernard Fellay

The ordinands with Bishop Fellay and the priests from Australian and other districts

          

Priestly blessing of new priest