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2024 Entrances, Vows, and Ordinations


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The archdiocese of Chicago, IL ordained 5 priests, 2 transitional deacons, and 12 permanent deacons this year. 

The diocese of Joliet, IL ordained 4 priests and 1 transitional deacon this year. No word on permanent deacons. 

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The Dominican friars of the Western province ordained 3 priests this year. They ordain deacons in September, so there's nothing to report on that front at the moment. 

On a side note, the ordaining prelate was Bishop Steven Maekawa, OP, himself a member of the Western Province. He was consecrated the bishop of Fairbanks, AK in October 2023. Of the Fairbanks diocese, Wikipedia says: "As of 2023, the Diocese of Fairbanks had 46 parishes and missions, with 14 priests, to serve 11,876 Catholics, in an area of 409,849 square miles (1,061,500 km2). It is geographically the largest diocese in the United States." Suffice it to say, Bishop Maekawa has his hands full, but he made time to return to San Francisco to ordain his brothers as priests. 

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In their FB post of April 22, 2024, the Handmaids of the Precious Blood in Tennessee say that they're running out of rooms. They have three women in formation at the moment and two aspirants moving in soon. 

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The Jesuits will ordain 15 men this year, on June 8th. 

Eastern Province - 4 priests

Midwest Province - 6 priests

South Central Province - 2 priests

Western Province - 3 priests

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CARA report on the ordination class of 2024: https://www.usccb.org/resources/Ordination Class of 2024 - report_0.pdf 

The Executive Report says 475 ordinands were invited to respond to the CARA survey. That leads me to believe that 475 men will be ordained as priests this year, but I could be wrong about that. I'm not sure that CARA invited each and every ordinand in the country to respond, but I think they did. 

The report has a lot more information, too, about the ages, locations, and backgrounds of the ordinands. 

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From The Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament, Dominican nuns in Farmington Hills, Michigan: 

"Sr. Mary Elizabeth of the Visitation, O.P. made profession of vows on March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation"

Not included in the announcement is fact that Sr. Elizabeth had originally entered at the other Dominican monastery in Michigan, which was in Ortonville, and she was known as Sister Mary Joseph. When that monastery was suppressed, Sr. Mary Joseph went to Farmington Hills and took the name Sr. Elizabeth. So her journey has had some quirks in it, but she perseveres. 

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AveMariaPurissima
On 5/18/2024 at 9:57 PM, Luigi said:

From The Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament, Dominican nuns in Farmington Hills, Michigan: 

"Sr. Mary Elizabeth of the Visitation, O.P. made profession of vows on March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation"

Not included in the announcement is fact that Sr. Elizabeth had originally entered at the other Dominican monastery in Michigan, which was in Ortonville, and she was known as Sister Mary Joseph. When that monastery was suppressed, Sr. Mary Joseph went to Farmington Hills and took the name Sr. Elizabeth. So her journey has had some quirks in it, but she perseveres. 

Sr. M. Elizabeth's profession was actually in 2023. :):nunpray:

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