On 10 February, the members of the Asia-Pacific Province, together with the participants of the Council of Major Superiors, celebrated the ordination to the diaconate of
- Rolan Manalao
- Aldrin Carlo
- Antonio Fidelino
As well as the ordination of our brothers to the priesthood:
- Nguyen Hong Ha
- Jaffarson Jeffrey Opaon
- Erwin Fahik
- Nguyen Van Phuc
- Gerysan Andrino
This joyful moment was presided over by M.R. Roberto O. Gaa, D.D. Bishop of Novaliches, and accompanied by Father Pedro Aguado, Father General of the Pious Schools, Father Miguel Artola and the General Assistant for Asia, Father Jószef Urbán. Family, friends, parishioners and more than a hundred young people and children witnessed this joyful event.
The Bishop reminded the young men that the service they are receiving is fundamentally and above all a service to the community and not a privilege or ecclesiastical social status. At the end of the ceremony, Father Pedro Aguado, Father General, Father Miguel Artola, Father Provincial, and the new presbyter, Father Gerysan Andrino, sent messages of thanks and congratulations for the gift they had received.
Afterwards there were countless photos, laughter, tears, but above all deep gratitude for the gift we have received in the bosom of the Church: three new deacons and five new priests.
