

Election of the Candidates- Kenneth Omeke and John Okpara

Promise of the Elect- Shane Flanagan

Litany of Supplication- Fathers Phong Le and Randall Kraft

Litany of Supplicaiton- Father Kenneth Omeke

Laying of Hands- Father Anthony Albanese

Laying of Hands- Father Shane Flanagan

Laying of Hands- Father Randall Kraft

Laying of Hands- Father Phong Le

Laying of Hands- Father John Okpara

Laying of Hands- Father Kenneth Omeke

Laying of Hands- Father Wesley Taveras Medina


Father Patrick Welsh lays hands on Father Randall Kraft

Father Sean English lays hands on Kenneth Omeke

Father John Collins lays hands on Father Anthony Albanese

Father Javier Santaballa, rector of Mater Redemptoris Seminary, lays hands on Father Wesley Taveras Medina

Laying of Hands- Msgr. John Conway on Father John Okpara, Msgr. Joseph Trinh on Father Phong Le

Father Michael Gerlach, pastor SS. Simon and Jude, helps Father Anthony Albanese vest

Father Mariano Dellagiovanna (vice rector of Mater Redemptoris Seminary) helps Father Wesley Taveras Medina vest

Fathers Shane Flanagan and Anthony Albanese

Anointing of Hands- Father Randall Kraft


Handing Over of the Bread and Wine- Father Wesley Taveras Medina

Fraternal Kiss- Father Phong Le

Father Anthony Albanese concelebrates mass for the first time

Father Wesley Taveras Medina gives communion to his mother, Rosa, and father, Josè

Litany of Supplication

Prayer of Ordination

Fathers Flanagan, Albanese, Le, Kraft, Omeke, Okpara and Taveras Medina offer a blessing to the congregation May 20. (Photo: Sarah Webb)

Flanagan, Albanese, Le, Kraft, Omeke, Taveras Medina and Okpara

Fathers Kenneth Ifeanyi Omeke, Wesley Taveras Medina and John Chidiebube Okpara joyfully recess

Father Phong Le is all smiles as he recesses

Father Louis Bellopede looks on at newly ordained Father Randall Kraft receives his assignment to his parish St Agnes in West Chester, Chester County

Newly ordained Father Le finds out his assignment at St Cecilia in the Fox Chase section of Northeast Philadelphia as his new pastor, Father Chris Walsh joyful looks on

Father Shane Flanagan offers a first blessing to Archbishop Nelson Pèrez

Archbishop Nelson Pèrez kisses the hands of newly ordained Father Wesley Taveras Medina

Top- Fathers Anthony Albanese, Phong Thanh Le, Wesley Taveras Medina, Randall Kraft, Shane Flanagan, John Chidiebube Okpara, Kenneth Ifeanyi Omeke
Bottom- Father Javier Santaballa, Bishop Timothy Senior, Archbishop Nelson Pèrez, Father Keith Chylinski

Top- Fathers Wesley Taveras Medina, Randall Kraft, Shane Flanagan
Bottom- Father Phong Le, Father Anthony Albanese, Archbishop Nelson Pèrez, Father Kenneth Ifeanyi Omeke, Father John Chidiebube Okpara

Father Randall Kraft offers a first blessing to Father Keith Chylinski, rector of the Seminary


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