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Joseph Odongo, who will be ordained a transitional deacon May 22 for the Archdiocese of Tororo in Uganda, was deeply influenced by his parish priest.

Every time seminarian Andy Gonzalez views the bronze statue of migrants on the front steps of Notre Dame Seminary, he thinks about his own life growing up in Cuba.

Algiers-raised Jeffrey Merritt looks back on his vocational journey ahead of his May 22 ordination to the transitional diaconate.

Jody DiMaggio will be ordained a transitional deacon May 12 at St. Louis Cathedral. Being a transitional deacon is the final step before being ordained a priest.

Lennin Dario Arroyo Martinez grew up in a family in Colombia where the Catholic faith was not truly practiced, much less revered. But then came an incredible conversion.

Like almost everything else during these last two months, the May 16 ordination of 12 men to the transitional diaconate was just a little different.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond delivered the following homily Saturday, May 16, at the Mass for the Ordination of Deacons at St. Louis Cathedral.

 On May 16, 12 men will be ordained as transitional deacons – the final step before ordination to the priesthood next year – at a 10 a.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond at St. Louis Cathedral.

​​​​​​​On May 16, 12 men will be ordained as transitional deacons – the final step before ordination to the priesthood next year – at a 10 a.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond at St. Louis Cathedral.

On May 16, 12 men will be ordained as transitional deacons – the final step before ordination to the priesthood next year – at a 10 a.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond at St. Louis Cathedral.

On May 16, 12 men will be ordained as transitional deacons – the final step before ordination to the priesthood next year – at a 10 a.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond at St. Louis Cathedral.

On May 16, 12 men will be ordained as transitional deacons – the final step before ordination to the priesthood next year – at a 10 a.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond at St. Louis Cathedral.

On May 16, 12 men will be ordained as transitional deacons – the final step before ordination to the priesthood next year – at a 10 a.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond at St. Louis Cathedral.

On May 16 at St. Louis Cathedral, Archbishop Gregory Aymond will ordain 12 men to the transitional diaconate, the final step before ordination to the priesthood.