This Saturday, May 1, is the day that Bishop Lawrence Persico will ordain three seminarians from the Diocese of Erie to the transitional diaconate. Benjamin Daghir, Christopher Wheeler and Nicholas Fratus will take this last step before their anticipated ordination to the priesthood in June 2022.
Fratus and Wheeler are completing their studies for the priesthood at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe and Daghir is studying at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore.
The Mass will be livestreamed beginning at 10:30 am on the Diocese of Erie YouTube