Recent Ordinations - Let's Celebrate!

[littlesister]

Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa - 1 priest yesterday

[cartermia]

4 men for the Diocese of Covington were ordained recently. Fr. Trinity Knight (the irony in that name :P ) is a good friend of mine and he was just ordained!

[Luigi]

Dominicans - Province of St. Martin De Porres (Southern US) -

 

Two priests and two deacons - I've met three out four of them!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=738442476197516&set=a.382977151744052.79472.108091645899272&type=1&theater

[Luigi]

St. Vincent's Archabbey - one deacon (on May 3rd) and two priests (on May 17th).

 

 

http://www.saintvincentarchabbey.org/news - stories posted on May 9, 2014

[Luigi]

Pentecost Sunday in Carthage, MO, Bishop Johnston (Springfield-Cape Girardeau) ordained four men priests in the congregation of Mary Co-Redemptrix, a Vietnamese congregation. LIke a number of other Vietnamese congregations, they're flourishing.  

[Luigi]

June 14, 2014 - Five Jesuits of the Missouri province ordained priests

 

[Luigi]

June 1, 2014 - Five priests ordained for the archdiocese of New Orleans. 

[Luigi]

May 31, 2014 - Four mean ordained priests for the diocese of Knoxville. 

 

This is the only diocese I know of that has more priests than parishes (not that I have easy access to the statistics of all dioceses or anything). Over 80 priests serving 47 parishes, 4 missions, 10 schools, and 3 university campuses - according to the diocesan newspaper. 

[Luigi]

June 14 - Three priests ordained at Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon.

 

BTW, they've seen a surge in vocations in the last six or seven years.