Ten priesthood students from Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, received the ministry of acolyte on February 13.
Ten priesthood students from Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology received the ministry of acolyte on February 13, in the Seminary’s St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel. Archbishop Charles Thompson, of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, installed the acolytes.
The seminarians receiving the ministry were:
Christian R. Collopy and Caleb S. Goff, Diocese of Manchester, NH
Nathan C. Folz, Diocese of Evansville, IN
Tristan W. Frisk, Diocese of Shreveport, LA
Michael V. Hickey, Diocese of Fort-Wayne-South Bend, IN
Nicholas E. Hickman, Diocese of Knoxville, TN
Br. Michael Mong’are Ooga, FMH, Franciscan Missionaries of Hope
Junwoo (Andrew) Park, Diocese of Busan, South Korea
Br. Jude Angel Romero, OSB, Saint Meinrad Archabbey
James P. Southard, Diocese of Tulsa, OK
An acolyte assists a deacon or priest, primarily in the celebration of Mass. He attends to the needs of the altar and may distribute Communion as an auxiliary minister. He also may be entrusted with the public veneration of the Blessed Sacrament, but does not give the Benediction, which is reserved for a priest or deacon.