Rite of Admission for Candidacy for Holy Orders

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, C.Ss.R., of the Archdiocese of Newark welcomed Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University seminarians to the Rite of Admission for Candidacy for Holy Orders at St. Francis de Sales Church in Lodi Nov. 20, 2022 on the Solemnity of Christ the King.

Among those called to serve are: Eduardo Andres Guerrero, Torres Matteo Matarazzo, and Andrew Michael Rubinich (Archdiocese of Newark); Ricarado Lozano Cruz (Diocese of Camden); Bryan R. Bangs (Diocese of Fall River); Anthony Echezona Ejie, Randy J. Gamboa Espinoza, Thein Ban Ho, Larrydom K. Magdosoc, Jr., Dawid Jan Malik, Jerome R. Ocampo, and Peter Van Ai Phan (Diocese of Metuchen); and Sebastian Munoz Chavarria (Dioceses of Paterson).

Admission to Candidacy is the public declaration of the aspirant that he has discerned a divine vocation and desires ordination and the recognition of the vocation by the Church and Archbishop.