Ordination of Deacons 2010

Eight seminarians ordained as Deacons in Maynooth College

On 30th May 2010, feast of the Most Holy Trinity, Most Reverend Joseph Toal, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles in Scotland, ordained eight seminarians as deacons in the College Chapel at St Patrick's College, Maynooth.

The seminarians reflect the diversity of the Maynooth tapestry, with five of the seminarians from Irish dioceses, two from Scotland and one from South Africa. The new deacons are:

• Rev Michael Anthony Buckley, Cork & Ross
• Rev Michael Carroll, Dublin
• Rev David Connor, Argyll & the Isles
• Rev James Devine, Derry
• Rev Gerard Fitzgerald, Killaloe
• Rev Malcolm McLaren, Johannesburg
• Rev Raymond Sweeney, Clonfert
• Rev Gerald Walsh, Glasgow
  

OUTLINE OF THE LITURGY

INTRODUCTORY RITES

LITURGY OF THE WORD

ORDINATION OF DEACONS

• Calling of the candidates
• Presentation of the candidates
• Election by the bishop and consent of the people
• Homily
• Commitment to celibacy
• Examination of the candidates
• Promise of obedience
• Invitation to prayer
• Litany of the saints
• Laying on of hands
• Prayer of consecration
• Investiture with stole and dalmatic
• Presentation of the book of the gospels
• Kiss of peace

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

CONCLUDING RITE

The photograph shows the Laying on of Hands during the Diaconate Ceremony by Bishop Joseph Toal, Bishop of Argyll & the Isles (Gold vestments), and Bishop Graham Rose, Bishop of Dundee in South Africa (Cream vestments). Bishop Rose is an alumnus of the College, having done his post-graduate studies between 1983 and 1987 in the Pontifical University at Maynooth.