COLUMBUS, Ohio — Diocese of Charlotte seminarian Jonathan Torres and other seminarians in their third year of graduate study at the Pontifical College Josephinum made the Profession of Faith and took the Oath of Fidelity in the presence of Monsignor Christopher J. Schreck, rector, and the seminary community Jan. 24.
This step is in preparation for ordination to the transitional diaconate. Candidates for ordination pledge to remain faithful to the teachings of the Church and swear to be faithful teachers of the Gospel.
Torres is a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Charlotte.
— Carolyn A. Dinovo and Peter Stetson