Posted November 6, 2019

On the feast of St. Charles Borromeo Nov. 4, the seminary in Wynnewood marked the solemn occasion with a
Mass celebrated by Archbishop Charles Chaput in St. Martin Chapel. He also led the rite of admission to candidacy for ordination to holy orders — namely, ordination as transitional deacons and eventually as priests.

The seven seminarian candidates for the Philadelphia Archdiocese were Anthony J. Albanese, Phong T. Le, Shane M. Flanagan, Ricardo A. Martinez, Randall J. Kraft, John C. Okpara and Trung Q. Pham. Also in Pennsylvania, for the Diocese of Allentown were Alexander T. Brown and Miguel Ramirez Montano; and for the Harrisburg Diocese, Derick M. DeCamp and Kevin M. Key. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

  • Seminarians lead the procession into St. Martin Chapel at the start of the Mass for the feast of St. Charles Borromeo Nov. 4.

  • Randall Kraft and John Okpara are among the Philadelphia seminarians accepted as candidates for ordination.

  • Trung Pham, Randall Kraft, Shane Flanagan and Anthony Albanese, all First Theology seminarians for the Philadelphia Archdiocese, pray during Mass in which they were admitted to candidacy.

  • Eleven seminarians, seven from Philadelphia, receive the call to candidacy on Nov. 4, the feast of St. Charles Borromeo, patron saint of the seminary.

  • Anthony Albanese (Philadelphia) receives the call to candidacy.

  • Phong Le (Philadelphia) receives the call to candidacy.

  • Ricardo Martinez (Philadelphia) receives the call to candidacy.

  • Randall Kraft (Philadelphia) prays during Mass along with his parents.

  • Shane Flanagan (Philadelphia)

  • Deacon August Taglianetti

  • Archbishop Charles Chaput, along with seminary administrators and faculty, consecrates the Eucharist during Mass Nov. 4 in St. Martin Chapel at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood.

  • Kevin Key (Diocese of Harrisburg) and Miguel Ramirez Montano offer one another a sign of peace.

  • Miguel Ramirez Montano (Diocese of Allentown)

  • Eleven seminarians — including seven from Philadelphia, two from Allentown and two from Harrisburg — pose for a photo outside St. Martin Chapel with Archbishop Charles Chaput (center), seminary rector Bishop Timothy Senior (fourth from left) and Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert (third from right).