Calling the occasion one of “profound joy for the Diocese of Camden,” Bishop Dennis Sullivan ordained Father Adam Joseph Cichoski to the priesthood on Saturday, May 20 at Camden’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
The 31 year-old Cichoski received the Sacrament of Holy Orders in front of his new brother priests; family; and well-wishers on this a cool, breezy spring morning.
Challenging the new priest to be a “shepherd, missionary, servant, preacher, and sanctifier” for souls in South Jersey, Bishop Sullivan thanked him for “having the courage to hear and respond to the call” of the priesthood.
“You will be a great priest, Adam,” Bishop added.
Following the liturgy, Father Cichoski gave his first blessings to those who gathered together for his special moment.
On Sunday, May 21, he will celebrate his first mass at Saint Teresa Church in Runnemede, at 11 a.m.
Father Cichoski is a graduate of Delsea Regional High School in Franklinville, N.J. and Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J.