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St. Michael Parish Catholic Church

St. Michael Parish

9 Lincoln Street, Exeter, NH 03833

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      Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time: thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. It includes three degrees: episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate. (Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), 1536)

      Integration into one of these bodies in the Church was accomplished by a rite called ordinatio, a religious and liturgical act which was a consecration, a blessing or a sacrament. Today the word "ordination" is reserved for the sacramental act which integrates a man into the order of bishops, presbyters, or deacons, and goes beyond a simple election, designation, delegation, or institution by the community, for it confers a gift of the Holy Spirit that permits the exercise of a "sacred power" ( sacra potestas) which can come only from Christ himself through his Church. Ordination is also called consecratio, for it is a setting apart and an investiture by Christ himself for his Church. The laying on of hands by the bishop, with the consecratory prayer, constitutes the visible sign of this ordination. (CCC, 1538)


      Think you might be called to a vocation to the priesthood, diaconate, or religious life?  
    • Contact OUR PASTOR / DIRECTOR OF VOCATIONS FOR THE DIOCESE

      • Fr. Matt Mason
        Fr. Matt Mason
        Pastor
        603-772-2494 x202
        pastorstmnh.org
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      • USCCB - Holy Orders
      • Diocese of Manchester - Vocations Homepage
St. Michael Parish
9 Lincoln St., Exeter, NH 03833
603.772.2494 |
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