2020 Ordinations

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Rev. Joseph Baltz’s parents David & Roxanne Baltz

May 30, 2020 Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi Santa Fe, New Mexico

Ordination is the sacramental ceremony in which a man becomes a deacon, priest or bishop and is enabled to minister in Christ’s name and that of the Church. There are three ordinations in the Sacrament of Holy Orders: diaconate, priesthood and episcopal. The ordination ceremony includes various rituals, rich in meaning and history, e.g., prostration, laying on of hands, anointing of hands, giving of the chalice and paten, sign of peace.

“Jesus is the one who calls, not the priest, nor the bishop or the Pope. It is Jesus who gazes at him with love, who shows him the people, who shows him the needs of the people of God and says, ‘if you wish, come help.’” Pope Francis

june/july2020 P EOPLE of G OD 2020 Ordinations

Pictured left to right are Reverend John Trambley, ASF Director of Vocations; Reverend Mister Jordan Sánchez, Archbishop John C. Wester; Reverend Mister Anthony Ezeaputa; and Reverend Michael Niemczak, ASF Associate Director of Vocations. The diaconal ordination was celebrated at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Rio Rancho, NM on May 26, 2020.

Deacon Anthony and Deacon Jordan lie prostrate during the ordination. It symbolizes their unworthiness of the office to be assumed and their dependence upon God and the prayers of the Christian community.

Archbishop Wester blesses Deacon Jordan Sánchez. Archbishop Wester blesses Deacon Anthony Ezeaputa.

Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you have become. Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach. (Rites of Ordination - Deacon)

“Jordan and Anthony, everything you do and all that you are is grounded in the Lord.” - Archbishop John C. Wester

Photos by Adrian Sisneros & Christina Sosa