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.
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| Procession of the ordinands |
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| Bestowal of the Office |
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| Bestowal of the Office |
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| Sermon of His Lordship, Bishop Bernard Fellay |
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| The ordinands with Bishop Fellay and the priests from Australian and other districts |
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Priestly blessing of new priest
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