Jun 30, 2015
by MOSAIC Editorial Team
Class of 2015 produces fourteen new priests.
That day came around this year on Saturday, May 23, when four April graduates of the seminary were ordained into the Order of the Presbyterate by Archbishop Allen Vigneron at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit. The newest archdiocesan priests are Frs. Mario Amore, Sean Bonner, Brian Meldrum, and Jacob VanAssche. Each earned a Master of Divinity degree from Sacred Heart and the graduate-level Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree conferred by Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas through the Sacred Heart's faculty.
Ordained for the Archdiocese of Detroit at the same liturgy was Fr. Radoslaw Zablocki, a graduate of SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake.
As a regional seminary, Sacred Heart is educating and forming future priests from across the state of Michigan and across the country. Ten April graduates have been ordained this spring from four other dioceses and two religious orders. That makes the total count to be fourteen new priests from the Sacred Heart Class of 2015.
Congratulations to you all, and God's blessings on your new ministries.
Archdiocese of Detroit
Fr. Mario Amore, 28 Home parish: Our Lady of the Woods, Woodhaven First Assignment: Our Lady of Sorrows, Farmington My hope is that through my priestly ministry the People of God will come to know Jesus Christ as the source and center of their lives. The greatest challenge facing the Church today is the sense of indifference that many have toward the faith.
Fr. Sean Bonner, 45 Home parish: Immaculate Conception, Lapeer First Assignment: Holy Family, Memphis and St. Augustine, Richmond The New Evangelization cannot be a program or a class, but renewed effort to reach out to those who have either never heard the good news of Jesus Christ or have only heard a distorted version of it.
Fr. Brian Meldrum, 31 Home parish: St. Thecla, Clinton Township First Assignment: Our Lady of the Lakes, Waterford I hope to be a holy priest that can be a bridge between Jesus and others. I certainly hope that I can help young people come to know Jesus.
Fr. Jacob VanAssche, 26 Home parish: St. Stephen, New Boston First Assignment: St. Damien Molokai, Pontiac St. Maximilian Kolbe has always been such an inspiration for me: The love displayed in his life, for the Blessed Mother, and for others, even to the point of laying down his life so that another may live.
Fr. Radoslaw Zablocki, 40 Home parish: Our Lady of Czestochowa, Sterling Heights First Assignment: St. Thecla, Clinton Township To encourage people to the Sacrament of Confession, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and the closeness with God in prayer will be very rewarding.
Diocese of Marquette
Frs. Brandon Oman and Bradley Sjoquist Ordained May 29, St Peter Cathedral, Marquette, Michigan
Companions of the Cross
Frs. Kenneth Lao and Jorge Alvarado Medina Ordained June 6, Notre Dame Cathedral, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity
Br. Jeremy Davis, SOLT Ordained June 6, Corpus Christi Cathedral, Corpus Christi, Texas
Diocese of Winona
Fr. Jonathan Fasnacht Ordained June 19, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Winona, Minnesota
Diocese of Lansing
Frs. Robert Bacik and David Fons Ordained June 20, St. Mary Cathedral, Lansing
Diocese of Madison
Frs. Chahm Gahng and Tafadzwa Kushamba Ordained June 26, St. Maria Goretti Parish, Madison
MOSAIC Editorial Team