For the second time in five years, Archbishop Anthony Randazzo has ordained three priests at the same time for the Broken Bay Diocese, with Frs Shayne D’Cunha, Tân Nguyen and Huy Tran committing themselves to a life of service to the People of God. Source: Broken Bay News.
On the Memorial of St Catherine of Siena yesterday at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in Waitara, Archbishop Randazzo laid hands on the three priests, imploring their priesthood be shaped by a life given in love, just like St Catherine.
“Today, Deacons Shayne, Tân, and Huy, my dear sons … You are being configured to Christ, the sweet and loving Word, who gives himself as food for the life of the world,” Archbishop Randazzo said.
“Shayne, Tân, and Huy, this is the shape of your priesthood. A life given in love. A love that is not abstract, but concrete. A love that tends the sick, listens to the troubled, forgives the sinner, strengthens the weary, and gathers the scattered into unity.”
All three ordinands had family fly in from overseas for the ordination, including Bishop Dominic Nguyễn Tuan Anh, Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lộc in Vietnam.
He joined Toowoomba Bishop Emeritus Robert McGuckin and Bishop Danny Meagher, Bishop-designate of Rockhampton, on the sanctuary.
More than 100 clergy, including some from overseas, packed into the cathedral for the occasion, joining hundreds of friends, family and faithful of the diocese.
In his homily, Archbishop Randazzo said the life of the priest was not one to be measured by worldly or human standards, but by fidelity to God.
He asked the three priests to look to St Catherine as a model, putting the Eucharist at the centre of their priesthood.
With yesterday’s ordination, the Broken Bay Diocese has ordained eight men to the priesthood in the past five years. Only two men were ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese in the 20 years prior.
It has eight men in formation for the priesthood, with more set to begin seminary formation next year.
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A life given in love: Three priests ordained for Broken Bay (Broken Bay News)
