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16 I CATHOLIC LIFE MAY 22, 2013 I DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER Ordinations RELIVE ORDINATION From Page 1 "I'm glad to be home," he told the Denver Catholic Register following Mass. "I've been at Blessed John XXIII the last four years, which is wonderful, but my grandparents came to Colorado in 1870 and I'm home now—and I'm glad." Two of the men ordained, Father Ignatius and Father Kostka, are founders of a religious order they established while students at Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2004: the Servants of Christ Jesus. They moved to Denver at the request of former Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., where they serve in campus ministry at the University of Denver and Bishop Machebeuf High School. Ordained deacons just nine weeks ago, they are the first Servants of Christ Jesus priests. "I don't know how you combine pride and humility, but View photo album: www.facebook.com/ DenverCatholicRegister Watch video: http:// new.livestream.com/ accounts/3170708/ events/2091554 Listen to homily: www.denver catholic.org VIDEO See a video of the ordination Mass by scanning the QR code or find it at OneBillionStories.com. PHOTO BY DANIEL PETTY FOR THE DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER DENVER Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila stands with seven newly ordained priests in the Marian Garden at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on May 18 in Denver. From left, Fathers Paul Kostka, S.C.J., John Ignatius, S.C.J., Arturo Chagala, José Aníbal Chicas-Guevara, Archbishop Aquila, Fathers William Clemence, Ronald Cattany and Scott Bailey. that's how I'm feeling," said Cathy DeFrehn, Father Ignatius' mother, through her tears, as families gathered in the Marian Garden following ordination. "I'm just so grateful to God. I really am." She was touched by the archbishop's gesture at the end of Mass when he knelt in front of the seven new priests for the final blessing. "To have an archbishop kneel down, and have the newly ordained priests bless him … that was powerful," she said. The night before the ordination, Marlene Bailey called her son Scott and asked how his feet were. "Are they cold?" she joked. But he wasn't nervous at all. "I managed to sleep last night, it was a quiet night," Father Bailey shared. "I prayed, and got up this morning and prayed more." He looks forward to beginning his ministry as parochial vicar at St. Frances Cabrini in Littleton. "(Today) was beautiful," he said. "It feels overwhelming, in a good way." Fathers Bailey, 27, and Cattany, 59, are Denver natives, while Father Ignatius, 44, was reared in California and Father Kostka, 27, in Texas. Three of the men ordained are foreign born: Father Chagala, 30, is a native of Mexico, Father Chicas-Guevara, 30, is from El Salvador, and Father Clemence, 29, is from Brazil. The liturgy Stole and Chasuble, Anointing of Hands with sacred chrism, Handing Over of the Bread and Wine, and finished with the Kiss of Peace where the archbishop and all priests in attendance embraced their new brother priests to welcome them to their shared ministry. When the newly ordained took their places in the sanctuary, they received a standing ovation from the standing-room-only congregation. At the end of Mass, the archbishop thanked the seminaries for their formation of the men, and the families for "forming the hearts and minds of (their) sons in bringing them to Jesus Christ." He delivered the message in both English and Spanish. "Finally …," the archbishop, emotional, needed to pause for a moment before continuing, as he reflected on his own ordination in the same cathedral— also the day before Pentecost, 37 years earlier. "I thank the seven of you for your 'yes' to the Lord. … To be your bishop now is an incredible gift." The ordination was Archbishop Aquila's first priestly ordination since being installed as Archbishop of Denver last July. Vested concelebrants joining him included Lincoln Bishop James Conley, former auxiliary bishop of Denver; Pueblo Bishop Fernando Isern; and seminary rectors Msgr. Michael Glenn, Father Florián Martín Calama and Father William Palardy. The Rite of Ordination, which followed the homily, included the Promises of the Julie Filby: 303-715-3123; Elect, Litany of Supplication, julie.filby@archden.org; www. Laying on of Hands and Prayers twitter.com/DCRegiserJulie of Ordination, Investiture with Newly ordained deacon has Colorado roots More than just retreats… Reunions • Weddings • Vow Renewal Corporate & Staff Training • Youth Groups Sacramental Preparation Come for a day or week Book your next event with us 719-258-1600 for Tour or Reservations www.eltesororetreat.org St. Louis Archbishop Robert ordained a priest for the ArchJ. Carlson ordained six men to diocese of St. Louis. "Growing up in the transitional dia strong Catholic aconate May 4 at the family, where my Cathedral Basilica of older brother was St. Louis including 'supposed' to be the Deacon David Hopriest, and I was 'supgan, 28, a graduate posed' to get marof Bishop Macheried, my life I thought beuf High School in Denver. DEACON DAVID was already set," according to Deacon Deacon Hogan atHOGAN Hogan. "Then a pertends Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in Shrewsbury, sonal encounter with the living Mo. and was ordained as a God changed my life … while step toward ultimately being serving two years with the National Evangelization Team (in St. Paul, Minn.)." Msgr. Edward Buelt, pastor of Our Lady of Loreto, has known the Hogan family since 1998, when they were founding parishioners of the Foxfield church. "(David) is an outstanding evangelist," said Msgr. Buelt. "He is a great asset to the Church of St. Louis where he has already earned the respect and admiration of his archbishop and brother priests and deacons."

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