Five MTSM Seminarians Installed in Ministry of Acolyte

The Most Rev. Daniel E. Thomas, Bishop of Toledo, installed five Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology (MTSM) seminarians across three sending dioceses in the Ministry of Acolyte on November 11 in the Chapel of St. Gregory the Great.

Three formal steps are required by the Church prior to being ordained into the diaconate and priesthood. The first step is the Rite of Candidacy at which a man formally states his intention to be formed for ordination. The second is the Ministry of Lector which is a formal recognition of the relationship he is called to have with Sacred Scripture and his willingness to apply himself to its study and proclamation for the good of the Church.

The Ministry of Acolyte is the final ministry received prior to ordination as a transitional deacon. It is a formal recognition of the willingness to serve the community, primarily in its liturgical rites and usually occurs during the second year of priestly formation.

Those installed are listed below:

Archdiocese of Cincinnati
From Left:  Gabriel Kube (Lebanon), The Most Rev. Daniel E. Thomas (Bishop of Toledo), David Slonkosky (St. Henry), Rev. Michael A. Willig (Director of Vocations, Archdiocese of Cincinnati)

Diocese of Columbus
From Left: Ben Van Buren (Columbus), The Most Rev. Daniel E. Thomas (Bishop of Toledo), Benedictus Adjanoh (Columbus)

Diocese of Toledo
From Left: Dino Piccinini (Toledo), The Most. Rev. Daniel E. Thomas (Bishop of Toledo), Msgr. William J. Kubacki, V.G. (Vicar General, Diocese of Toledo), Rev. David Kidd (Vocations Director, Diocese of Toledo)