CINCINNATI, Ohio — Eight Charlotte seminarians studying at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary were instituted as lectors during a special Mass March 26.
Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr conferred the rite.
All of the men attended St. Joseph College Seminary in the Diocese of Charlotte and are graduates of Belmont Abbey College in Belmont.
Pictured are (from left, top row): James Tweed, Nicholas Kramer, Christopher Angermeyer and Kolbe Murrey; (from left, bottom row) Joseph Yellico, Andrew Templeton, Archbishop Schnurr, Anthony del Cid Lucero and Luke Martin.
The ministry of lector is one of three important steps towards the priesthood: candidacy, acolyte and lector. The lector is instituted to proclaim the readings at Mass, except the Gospel.
He may also announce the intentions during the Prayers of the Faithful and, in the absence of a psalmist, recite the Responsorial Psalm.
He may also recite the entrance and communion antiphons when they are not sung.
— Photo provided by Mount St. Mary’s Seminary