Special to The Message
A Diocese of Evansville seminarian is one of eight seminarians from St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad, Indiana, who received the ministry of lector Feb. 13 in the seminary’s St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel. Archbishop Charles C. Thompson of Indianapolis installed the lectors.
Seminarians receiving the ministry of lector include Jacob E.L. Schneider from the Diocese of Evansville; Jacob C. Condi, Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire; Hillary Wanjala Ladema, Glenmary Home Missioners; Conor P. McClure, Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky; Francisco Rodriguez Martin, Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama; Randall R. Schneider and Nathaniel J. Thompson, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Indiana; and Joseph M. Tuttle, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.
The ministry of lector is conferred upon those who prepare and proclaim readings from Scripture at Mass and other liturgical celebrations. A lector also may recite psalms between the readings and present the intentions for the general intercessions.
Also on Feb. 13, Archbishop Thompson installed 10 seminarians to the ministry of acolyte in the seminary’s St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, including Diocese of Evansville seminarian Nathan C. Folz; Christian R. Collopy and Caleb S. Goff, Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire; Tristan W. Frisk, Diocese of Shreveport, Louisiana; Michael V. Hickey, Diocese of Fort-Wayne-South Bend, Indiana; Nicholas E. Hickman, Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee; Brother Michael Mong’are Ooga, FMH, Franciscan Missionaries of Hope; Junwoo (Andrew) Park, Diocese of Busan, South Korea; Brother Jude Angel Romero, OSB, St. Meinrad Archabbey; and James P. Southard, Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
An acolyte assists a deacon or priest, primarily in the celebration of Mass. He attends to the needs of the altar and may distribute Communion as an auxiliary minister. He also may be entrusted with the public veneration of the Blessed Sacrament, but does not give the Benediction, which is reserved for a priest or deacon.