Ministry of
Lector Installation at
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
The Most
Reverend Elden F. Curtiss, archbishop of
Omaha, recently installed 26 seminarians
into the ministry of lector at Mount St.
Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md, on
April 23, 2004 .The ceremony took place in
the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception.
Seminarians normally receive this ministry
at the end of their first year of
theological studies. Lectors are appointed
for the task of reading the word of God in
the liturgical assembly. Their formation
at the Mount helps seminarians cultivate
knowledge and love of the sacred
Scriptures, preparing them not only to
read the word of God, but to assimilate
that word in their hearts.
Among the
26 seminarians of the first year of
theology installed into the ministry of
lector were Denis Marcel Beauregard (Br.
Andrew) and Christopher Michael Grant (Br.
Benedict) of the diocese of Fall
River/Franciscans of the Primitive
Observance; Kevin Michael Butler, Anthony
Louis Catella, Josue Vargas-Lara and John
Paul Lovell of the diocese of Rockford;
Lawrence Daniel Carney, III and Matthew
David Marney of the diocese of Wichita;
Jonathon Ward Hanten and Gustavo Adolfo
O’Campo of the archdiocese of Atlanta;
Benjamin Paul Holdren and Rafael
Rodriguez-Fuentes of the diocese of
Lincoln; John Russell Johnson and David
Alan Koetter of the diocese of Savannah;
Gregory Gene Keck of the diocese of
Peoria; Gregory William Kelly of the
diocese of Scranton; Joshua Michael Kibler
of the archdiocese of Omaha; David Manna
of the archdiocese of Hartford; Paul Dean
Nguyen of the archdiocese of Washington;
Dallas
Theodore St. Peter and Jon-Daniel
Schnobrich of the diocese of Burlington;
John Christian Sillup of the archdiocese
of Newark; Adam Andrew Streitenberger and
Joseph Thomas Yokum of the diocese of
Columbus; Christopher Thomas Vaccaro of
the diocese of Arlington; and Peter Karl
Zorjan of the diocese of Peoria.
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