Luke Marquard, center, prays during a Mass May 5 at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, where he and nine other men were ordained transitional deacons. Marquard and eight others were ordained for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and one was ordained for the Diocese of Rockford, Ill. The men ordained for the archdiocese are: Leonard Andrie, Andrew Brinkman, John Drees, Joah Ellis, Andrew Jaspers, Brian Park, James Peterson and Andrew Stueve. Manuel Gerardo Gomez Reza was ordained for the Diocese of Rockford. Seminarians are ordained to the transitional diaconate before their last year of preparation for ordination to the priesthood. (Dianne Towalski / The Catholic Spirit)
James Peterson kneels before the archbishop for the laying on of hands. (Dianne Towalski / The Catholic Spirit)
Brian Park promises obedience to the archbishop. (Dianne Towalski / The Catholic Spirit)
Candidates for ordination are presented to the archbishop during the Rite of Ordination. (Dianne Towalski / The Catholic Spirit)
Archbishop Nienstedt congratulates Deacon Brian Park after he is vested during the Rite of Ordination. Deacon James Peterson waits to greet the archbishop. (Dianne Towalski / The Catholic Spirit)The new deacons process during the recessional. (Dianne Towalski / The Catholic Spirit)
