L-R: Deacon William Mendoza (New York), Deacon Tobechukwu Offiah (Brooklyn), Deacon Joseph Lettieri (Rockville Centre), Bishop John Barres, Bishop JamesMassa, Deacon Jonathan Castro (New York), Deacon Dennis Gannon (Rockville Centre)
On November 4, 2023, Bishop John Barres of Rockville Centre conferred the sacrament on five of our fourth-year seminarians: Deacon Jonathan Castro (New York), Deacon Dennis Gannon (Rockville Centre), Deacon Joseph Lettieri (Rockville Centre), Deacon William Mendoza (New York), and Deacon Tobechukwu Offiah (Brooklyn). Their classmates from religious communities and apostolic societies have been ordained, or will be ordained, at other times.
These ordinations took place on a day when the liturgy honors a great hero of the faith. St. Charles Borromeo, the indefatigable bishop of 16th century Milan, is the patron saint of seminaries. This great pastor and church reformer implemented the mandate of the Council of Trent (1545-1563) to create seminaries to provide the best possible spiritual and intellectual formation of priests.
Please keep our deacons in your prayers as they continue on their path to priesthood.
Catholic Faith Network's weekly show, "Converation with Cardinal Dolan" co-hosted by Fr. Dave Dwyer, CSP, talk with Adjunct Professor David Bonagura, Professor of Classical Languages, about his new book, Jerome's Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning.
Fr. Cush, Director of Seminarian Admissions and Recruitment and Professor of Dogmatic Theology, was elected to the Academy of Catholic Theology. Fr. Cush joined the seminary in the fall of 2022.
Fr. Cush serves as a full-time professor of Dogmatic Theology at Dunwoodie, teaching classes in Christology, Fundamental Theology, Christian Anthropology, Ecclesiology, Introduction to Theology, Sacramental Theology, Trinity, and Eucharist and is a faculty advisor in the external forum and Director of Seminarian Admissions. He is also blessed to assist as a weekend associate at the parish of St. John the Baptist-Most Holy Trinity-Saint Ann in Yonkers, New York.
Fr. Cush has written several books and contributed to Catholic news sources during his years as a priest. Visit his faculty profile to learn more about Fr. Cush.
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