Sunday, May 25, 2014

ORDINATION IN MILWAUKEE

On Saturday, May 17, José Mario Nieto Restrepo of the Community of Saint Paul was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee by Archbishop Jerome Listecki.  José Mario was ordained with five others: three who studied with him at Saint Francis de Sales Seminary in Milwaukee, and two who are finishing their studies at the North American College in Rome.

José has been a member of the Community of Saint Paul for almost ten years.  The first five were spent in the Dominican Republic, where the Community has a formation house and runs La Sagrada Familia, the Sister Parish of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.  He now completes another five years in formation and studies at Saint Francis de Sales, graduating with both a Master of Divinity, and a Master of Arts in Theology from Sacred Heart School of Theology, where the Archdiocese sends its seminarians for academic studies. 

After his ordination, José Mario celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving at Saint Richard Parish in Racine, Wisconsin, which was his Teaching Parish during his formation in the seminary.  The priests from the Community and others from Milwaukee concelebrated with him, and many friends attended the Mass.  Also, some of his family was able to travel to Milwaukee to be present at both the ordination and the Mass of Thanksgiving and the other celebrations.  The following week he traveled home to celebrate another Mass of Thanksgiving in his home parish of San Antonio de Padua in Cereté, Colombia. He was joined by friends and family in Colombia, as well as some members of the Community of Saint Paul, and other priests and friends from Milwaukee who travelled there for the occasion.

Congratulations, José Mario! 





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