The End of the Beginning

Six months after they entered the diaconate, three ordinands were welcomed into the priesthood of the Episcopal Church. Bishop Marc Andrus, fellow Episcopal clergy, laity, friends and family gathered at Grace Cathedral to celebrate the end of a journey and the beginning of a longer one that will take the rest of their lives.

From the Ordination of a Deacon and (Three) Priests:

"As a priest, it will be your task to proclaim by word and deed the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to fashion your life in accordance with its precepts. You are to love and serve the people among whom you work, caring alike for young and old, strong and weak, rich and poor.

The Revs. Claire Dietrich Ranna, Rebecca Lee Goldberg,
and Annie Pierpoint Mertz

You are to preach, to declare God's forgiveness to penitent sinners, to pronounce God's blessing, to share in the administration of Holy Baptism and in the celebration of the mysteries of Christ's Body and Blood, and to perform the other ministrations entrusted to you.

In all that you do, you are to nourish Christ's people from the riches of his grace, and strengthen to glorify God in this life and in the life to come."