Brother Raphael Ma, C.R., of the Ontario-Kentucky Province, on Friday April 22 received from Bishop Carl Kemme the ministry of Lector, an important step on the road to priesthood ordination. (Raph is pictured second from left in the photo, with his formation director Fr. Jim Donohue, C.R., and Frs. Toby Collins, C.R., and Eric Wagner, C.R.) The lectorate ceremony took place at the seminary Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
The next day in Rome, in the Resurrection Church of our Generalate House, Fr. General installed seminarian Marcin Klimaszewski, C.R., of the Polish Province, in the ministry of Acolyte. The Eucharistic celebration took place in the context of the Extended General Council Meeting, being held on April 21-29 in the Roman House.
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