Students receive ministry of lector at Saint Meinrad

Friday, February 19, 2021

Twenty-four priesthood students from Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN, received the ministry of lector on February 18, in the Seminary’s St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel. President-Rector Fr. Denis Robinson, OSB, installed the lectors.

The seminarians receiving the ministry were:

  • Fedinard Aliet, Glenmary Home Missioners
  • Anthony Armbruster, Liam Hosty, Nicholas Rivelli, Samuel Rosko and Justin Vogel, Archdiocese of Indianapolis
  • Donald Beaty, Michael Willey and Daniel Herman, Diocese of Knoxville, TN
  • Justin Farr and Seth Reed, Diocese of Nashville, TN
  • Donald Maddox III and Joseph Schultz, Archdiocese of Mobile, AL
  • Alex McCullough and Jayke White, Diocese of Springfield, IL
  • Matthew Millay, Archdiocese of Louisville, KY
  • Hung Van Nguyen, Archdiocese of Hanoi
  • Michael Oguizu and Seth Slone, Diocese of Lexington, KY
  • Eric Ouellette, Diocese of Manchester, NH
  • Jose Perez, Diocese of Memphis, TN
  • Caleb Scherzinger, Diocese of Evansville, IN
  • Ryan Winger, Diocese of Amarillo, TX
  • Eli Yandow, Diocese of Burlington, VT

The ministry of lector is conferred upon those who prepare and proclaim readings from Scripture at Mass and other liturgical celebrations. A lector also may recite psalms between the readings and present the intentions for the general intercessions.

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Editor’s note: The first name in the list of new lectors, Fedinard, is spelled correctly.