Celebrating an Ordination to the Diaconate

Earlier this month found us in Our Cathedral City celebrating the Ordination of a dear friend to the Diaconate

Six years of study and discernment, and finally Deacon S__ was ready to be ordained a Deacon 

Oh this thrilling moment when the deacon (or priest) lies prostrate before Our Lord, always gives me goosebumps 

Laying of hands

Robing ceremony, first the stole 

and then the chasuble

 Assisting at his first Mass as a Deacon

Hopefully next year we'll be celebrating Deacon's Ordination to the Priesthood

*Previously I shared a Priest's Ordination