Earlier this month we had the joyous occasion of attending the ordination of my brother, Evan, as a transitional deacon of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Evan is a seminarian at the St. Paul Seminary and, God-willing, will be a ordained a priest in May of 2012. But prior to that is his ordination as a deacon, and what a wonderful day it was! Praise God!
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The Koop clan arrives at the Basilica of St. Mary, in Minneapolis.
Evan with the kids prior to the ordination.
Some of my pics are fuzzy (sorry, took them with my phone) but this gives an idea of the inside of the Basilica of St. Mary for those who haven't been there.
This photo was taken by The Catholic Spirit, our Archdiocesan newspaper (see here).
Evan and his fellow seminarians give their lives to the Lord in the service of the Church.
Evan is ordained a deacon by Archbishop John Nienstedt.
In a very special moment, my father, who is ordained as a permanent deacon, was able to help Evan don his vestments and greet him along with other clergy of the Archdiocese during the liturgy. Awesome!
A group photo after mass.
After mass, Molly and I pray with Evan and...
...receive one of his first blessings as a deacon.
At an open house later in the day, the kids get a blessing from Evan.
What a special blessing it is to have two deacons in our immediate family! We are so looking forward to Evan's ordination to the priesthood next year!
3 comments:
This is so awesome! How beautiful! Congratulations!!!
I still get a bit misty-eyed looking at these photos. I think it's fitting that there's a ray of light above Evan's head in the last photos with the kids. :) We are so proud of you, Deacon Uncle Evan!
Thanks for the pictures. They are precious to me since I lost all of mine. I wish we had more of Evan at the reception. What a special day!! Love nana
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