Admission to Candidacy

Posted on 07. Mar, 2013 in Carousel

Three seminarians of the Irish College were admitted to Candidacy for ordination to Diaconate and Priesthood by Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, at Mass on Wednesday, 26th February 2013. Those admitted were: Dominic McGrattan (Diocese of Down and Connor), Liam Boyle (Diocese of Raphoe) and Brian Fitzpatrick (Diocese of Dromore). The candidates are pictured with Monsignor Ciarán O’Carroll, Rector, Rev. Raymond Donnelly, Deacon for the Mass, Cardinal Desmond Connell, Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Cardinal Peter Turkson, celebrant of the Mass, Fr George Hayes, Vice Rector, and Fr Hugh Clifford, Director of Formation. For photographs of the occasion, see http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishcollege/sets/72157632864367377/