Six Jesuit deacons consecrated priests in Mangalore

On : 2023-10-15

Six Jesuit deacons were ordained priests at the Church of Fathima Retreat House, Mangalore on October 14. Ashwin D’Silva, Jason Lobo, Vinod Saldanha, Vishal Pinto, Arvin Pais and Leston Lobo were consecrated as priests by Bishop Francis Serrao SJ of Shivamogga diocese in a concelebrated high mass.

In his introduction, Bishop Serrao said that the six men were writing a new chapter of their life. “This chapter is written not by them alone, but they write this chapter along with the Lord. As the Lord sent his disciples two by two on a mission, today these men are also sent on a mission; but the Lord himself will accompany them,” he said.