Nine Salesians Ordained Deacons
(ANS – Jerusalem – June 13, 2022) – On June 12, at the Church of All Nations in Gethsemane, Abp. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, Patriarch of Jerusalem, ordained 9 young Salesians from the Salesian Monastery of Ratisbonne as deacons. The newly ordained deacons belong to eight different Salesian provinces: Delhi, Guwahati, Zambia, United States East, Lombardy-Emilia, Sicily, Africa Great Lakes, and Papua New Guinea-Solomon Islands.
The new deacon from the U.S. is Bro. Joshua Sciullo, at the far left among the newly ordained in the photo. Bro. Josh will spend the summer at the Salesian parish of St. Benedict in Etobicoke, Ont., beginning to learn how to minister to the people of God as a deacon. For the coming school year, he'll be assigned to the formation community in Orange, N.J., continuing to serve as a deacon at Our Lady of the Valley Church and to finish his theological studies at Immaculate Conception Seminary in South Orange.
The solemn ceremony was also
attended by Fr. Alfred Maravilla, general councilor for Missions, Fr. Alejandro
Leon Mendoza, provincial of the Middle East, Fr. Erino Andrea Leoni, vice
provincial from Lombardy, Fr. Francesco di Natale, vice provincial of Sicily,
and Fr. David Moreno, U.S. East provincial secretary.
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