Boston’s new archbishop ordained six new priests on Saturday, the first such ordination since he took on the job last October.
“I give thanks to God for this joyful duty of ordaining these six men to the priesthood of Jesus Christ,” Archbishop Richard G. Henning said ahead of the ordination ceremony Saturday morning at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
“I pray that the Lord will draw them to His Sacred Heart and strengthen them in the generous gift of their lives in service to His people,” he continued.
The following six men were ordained as priests: Father Vincenzo Caruso, 32, originally of Naples, Italy; Father Brian Robert Daley, 37, originally of Old Saybrook, Connecticut; Father Brian Thomas Delaney, age not provided, originally of Lowell; Father Joseph Thuy Van Nguyen, 37, originally of Nam Dinh, Vietnam; Father Mateus Oliveira Martin, 34, originally of São Paulo, Brazil; and Father Peter Dong Huy Pham, 29, originally of Hanoi, Vietnam.
“We, your newly ordained Priests of Jesus Christ of the Archdiocese of Boston, wish to extend our gratitude to you for your presence here today and for your prayers so vital to the blossoming of our priestly vocations,” the newly minted priests wrote in the program for the ceremony. In it they thanked the archbishop and their seminaries: Saint John’s, Pope Saint John XXIII, and Redemptoris Mater.
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The priest candidates lie prostrate in the Litany of Supplication during their ordination ceremony Saturday at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
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Archbishop Richard Henning chats with the six new priests at their ordination ceremony Saturday at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
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The Archbishop embraces the hands of Father Mateus Oliveira Martin during an ordination ceremony Saturday at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
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The priest candidates enter Cathedral of the Holy Cross Saturday to be ordained by Archbishop Richard Henning. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
The candidates lie prostrate in the Litany of Supplication as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
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The priest candidates enter Cathedral of the Holy Cross Saturday to be ordained by Archbishop Richard Henning. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
The candidates are Invested as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
The newly invested Fathers join the Archbishop for their first Liturgy oof the Eucharist as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
The Archbishop gives the homily to the candidates as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
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The Archbishop Richard Henning lays his hands on the candidate during the ceremony Saturday in which he ordained six new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
The candidates lie prostrate in the Litany of Supplication as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
Families snap photos as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
The Archbishop enters as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
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The Archbishop embraces the hands of Father Mateus Oliveira Martin during an ordination ceremony Saturday at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
The Archbishop begins the mass as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
The Archbishop embraces the hands of a candidate as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
The priests lay hands on the candidates as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
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Archbishop Richard Henning chats with the six new priests at their ordination ceremony Saturday at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
Archbishop Richard Henning walks outside the church as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
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The priest candidates lie prostrate in the Litany of Supplication during their ordination ceremony Saturday at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
The Archbishop lays his hands on the candidate as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
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The candidates lie prostrate in the Litany of Supplication as Archbishop Richard Henning ordains 6 new priests at Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
