Archdiocese of Detroit
FR. MARIO AMORE, 28
• Home parish: Our Lady of the Woods,
Woodhaven
• First assignment: Our Lady of Sorrows,
Farmington
• “My hope is that, through my priestly
ministry, the People of God will come
to know Jesus Christ as the source
and center of their lives. The greatest
challenge facing the Church today is
the sense of indifference that many
have toward the faith.”
FR. SEAN BONNER, 45
• Home parish: Immaculate Conception,
Lapeer
• First assignment: Holy Family,
Memphis and St. Augustine,
Richmond
• “The New Evangelization cannot be a
program or a class, but a renewed effort
to reach out to those who have either
never heard the good news of Jesus
Christ or have only heard a distorted
version of it.”
FR. BRIAN MELDRUM, 31
• Home parish: St. Thecla, Clinton
Township
• First assignment: Our Lady of the
Lakes, Waterford
• “I hope to be a holy priest who can be
a bridge between Jesus and others. I
certainly hope I can help young people
come to know Jesus.”
FR. JACOB VANASSCHE, 26
• Home parish: St. Stephen, New Boston
• First assignment: St. Damien Molokai,
Pontiac
• “St. Maximilian Kolbe has always been
such an inspiration for me: the love
displayed in his life, for the Blessed
Mother, and for others, even to the
point of laying down his life so that
another may live.”
FR. RADOSLAW ZABLOCKI, 40
• Home parish: Our Lady of
Czestochowa, Sterling Heights
• First assignment: St. Thecla, Clinton
Township
• “To encourage people to the Sacrament
of Confession, adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament, and the closeness with God
in prayer will be very rewarding.”
Society of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity
BR. JEREMY DAVIS, SOLT
• Ordained June 6, Corpus Christi
Cathedral, Corpus Christi, Texas
Diocese of Winona
FR. JONATHAN FASNACHT
• Ordained June 19, Cathedral of the
Sacred Heart, Winona, Minnesota
Diocese of Lansing
FRS. ROBERT BACIK AND
DAVID FONS
• Ordained June 20, St. Mary Cathedral,
Lansing
Diocese of Marquette
Diocese of Madison
FRS. BRANDON OMAN, BRADLEY
SJOQUIST, AND (CLASS OF 2013)
TIMOTHY FERGUSON
• Ordained May 29, St. Peter Cathedral,
Marquette, Michigan
FRS. CHAHM GAHNG AND
TAFADZWA KUSHAMBA
• Ordained June 26, St. Maria Goretti
Parish, Madison
Companions of the Cross
FRS. KENNETH LAO AND JORGE
ALVARADO MEDINA
• Ordained June 6, Notre Dame
Cathedral, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1.
1. Archbishop Allen Vigneron anoints the
hands of Father VanAssche, ritually preparing
him for the sacred duties of the priesthood.
2. A custom after the ordination ceremony
is for well-wishers to receive the first priestly
blessing of the newly ordained, as they do from
Fr. Sean Bonner.
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