Thirteen priesthood students from Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN, received the ministry of acolyte on February 14, in the Seminary’s St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel. Bishop Peter Libasci, of the Diocese of Manchester, installed the acolytes.
The seminarians receiving the ministry were:
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.