381photo.htm Gallery 381 The Pelicans Friends of The White Fathers

Click here to listen to the opening hymn —"Sweet Sacrament Divine"

(source: John & Margaret Morton)

The Presentation and the Enquiry
"where the bishop asks for testimony that the candidates
have received proper training and are worthy of ordination."

(http://norprov.org/news/ordinations2005.htm)

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(source: John & Margaret Morton)

Chanting of the Litany

"The singing of the Litany of the Saints is an especially moving and memorable
moment in the ordination ritual. The candidates prostrate themselves before the
altar as the prayers of the Litany invoke God's saving mercy and the intercession
of all the saints to send down the Holy Spirit upon these men, soon to be priests."

(http://norprov.org/news/ordinations2005.htm)

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(source: John & Margaret Morton)

Laying on of Hands

"This is the most solemn moment of the ordination
and the essential act in the sacrament of Holy Orders."

(http://norprov.org/news/ordinations2005.htm)

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(source: John & Margaret Morton)

The One Priesthood of Christ

"All the other priests who are present also join in the ordination ceremony.
Each one in turn lays his hands upon the head of the newly ordained priests."

(http://norprov.org/news/ordinations2005.htm)

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Click here to hear the Final Hymn

(source: John & Margaret Morton)

John meets Tony after the Ordination, to congratulate him and present him with a gift.

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(source: John & Margaret Morton)

John and Tony were fellow students at St Columba's and The Priory.

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(source: John & Margaret Morton)

Margaret, Tony & John

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PLEASE NOTE: Margaret filmed some of the highlights of Tony's Ordination. Go to the VIDEO Section to view it. (Or click here).

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