CINCINNATI, Ohio — Ten Charlotte seminarians studying at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary were instituted as lectors during a special Mass March 24. Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr conferred the rite.
Pictured are: Clement Akerblom (St. Ann, Charlotte); Robert Bauman (St. Ann, Charlotte); Michael Camilleri (St. Elizabeth, Boone); John Cuppett (St. Leo the Great, Winston-Salem); Maximilian Frei (St. Ann, Charlotte); Bryan Illagor, Our Lady of the Americas, Biscoe); Bradley Loftin (St. Mark, Huntersville); James Lugo (Immaculate Conception, Forest City); Noe Sifuentes (Sacred Heart, Salisbury); and Peter Townsend (St. Ann, Charlotte).
The ministry of lector is one of three important steps towards the priesthood: candidacy, acolyte and lector. The lector is instituted to proclaim the readings at Mass, except the Gospel. He may also announce the intentions during the Prayers of the Faithful and, in the absence of a psalmist, recite the Responsorial Psalm. He may also recite the entrance and communion antiphons when they are not sung.
This installation typically occurs after a man has completed his first year of Theology.
— Photo provided by Mount St. Mary’s Seminary