Eight priesthood students from Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology received the ministry of lector on February 13.
Eight priesthood students from Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN, received the ministry of lector on February 13, in the Seminary’s St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel. Archbishop Charles Thompson, of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, installed the lectors.
The seminarians receiving the ministry were:
Jacob C. Condi, Diocese of Manchester, NH
Hillary Wanjala Ladema, Glenmary Home Missioners
Conor P. McClure, Archdiocese of Louisville, KY
Francisco Rodriguez Martin, Diocese of Birmingham, AL
Jacob E.L. Schneider, Diocese of Evansville, IN
Randall R. Schneider and Nathaniel J. Thompson, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, IN
Joseph M. Tuttle, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
The ministry of lector is conferred upon those who prepare and proclaim readings from Scripture at Mass and other liturgical celebrations. A lector also may recite psalms between the readings and present the intentions for the general intercessions.