Two deacons from Jersey City and West New York, respectively, will be ordained as priests for the Archdiocese of Newark by Cardinal Joseph Tobin at the end of the month.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Deacon Matteo Matarazzo, 31, the parishioner at Holy Redeemer Church in West New York, Deacon Andrew Rubinich, 25, a transitional deacon of St. Paul the Apostle Church in Jersey City, will be ordained on Saturday, May 25th, at 10 a.m., in Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
Joining them will be Deacon Joseph A. Pavone, 35, who was actually ordained 10 years ago but left the church for years before coming back.
“Harvest day comes again for us in the Archdiocese of Newark who have responded generously to the Lord’s call to ‘Beg the Lord of the harvest, to send out laborers for His harvest (Luke 10:2),’” Father Eugenio de la Rama, director of vocations for the Archdiocese of Newark, said in a statement.
“May our new priests be encouraged by the words of Pope Francis, who said earlier this month, ‘You will experience the joy of being true fathers who do not dominate others, but rather, bring out in them, men and women alike, great and precious possibilities!’ Praised be Jesus Christ, now and forever!”
Additionally, in a separate ceremony, three men who will be ordained as transitional deacons — Mike Bollinger, Giovanni Cuzziol, and Raymond Walsh.
They are all current seminarians who will each spend the next year serving an archdiocesan parish, performing charitable works, proclaiming God’s Word, and assisting in the liturgical and sacramental life of the Church.
This will culminate in their ordinations to the priesthood one year from now.
