CHARLOTTE — Family, friends, fellow seminarians and clergy gathered May 28 at St. Patrick Cathedral for a prayer vigil and Holy Hour with the 10 men preparing to become priests for the Diocese of Charlotte.
Bishop Michael Martin, OFM Conv., led the evening prayer service and afterward blessed the personal chalices and vestments that the future priests will use at their first Mass.
Deacons Michael Lugo, Maximilian Frei, John Cuppett, Robert Bauman, James Tweed, Peter Townsend, Michael Camilleri, Daniel Chaves Peña, Bryan Ilagor and Juan González Hernández will be ordained May 30 at St. Mark Church in Huntersville. The group is the largest ordination class in the diocese’s 54-year history.
Everyone is invited to attend the 9 a.m. ordination Mass or watch it live online here.
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— Catholic News Herald