The 2025 Ordination to the Priesthood will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at 10 a.m., Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C. This year, five men will be ordained. The ordinands are Deacon Marco Cerritelli Deacon Gerard Gayou Deacon Louis McHale Deacon Daniel Morrison Deacon Chukwuma Odigwe
Please join us on Friday, June 20, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. for a Eucharistic Holy Hour for those to be ordained to the priesthood. The Holy Hour will be held in the Crypt Church, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C. Reverend Mario Majano will be the Presider and Homilist.
Spring Break Service Trip in West Virginia. "I was able to do the same, spending most of my spring break serving God’s people with the rest of my Propaedeutic class."
"A few hours later, the Eucharistic Procession began, and thousands kneeled and adored as our perfectly hidden Lord quietly went past. I could not help but think again, that this is the life of an apostle."
Saint John Paul II Seminary is an initiative of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to prepare college-age men and young adults for entrance into major seminary and eventual ordination to the Catholic priesthood.
The mission of Saint John Paul II Seminary is to provide an environment that forms men to be committed disciples of Christ who are free to respond to God’s call to the priesthood, including the call to the celibate life.