Bishop Dennis Sullivan will ordain Rev. Mr. Peter Gallagher and Rev. Mr. John March to the priesthood this Saturday, June 20, at the Catholic Community of Christ Our Light in Cherry Hill.
Rev. Mr. Gallagher, 25, is a parishioner of Christ the King, Haddonfield, and a graduate of Paul VI High School, Haddonfield. He recently completed studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
Reflecting on his decision to enter the seminary, on www.camdenpriest.org, he writes that he knew the priesthood would “give me the joy and contentment I had been lacking, that I had been searching for.”
Rev. Mr. March, 42, is a parishioner at Saint Rose of Lima, Haddon Heights, and a graduate of Bishop Eustace Preparatory School in Pennsauken. In 2001, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and spent six years serving in the Marine Corps. He most recently studied at Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.
On the camdenpriest.org website, March wrote that he felt “God spoke to me in a way that he has before (through a combination of prayer, people, circumstances and timing) … open doors, my life experiences, and a feeling of peace helped me in my decision to apply to the diocese.”
The 10:30 a.m. invite-only ceremony, and the newly-ordained’s first Masses the next day, will be livestreamed on www.464edee1fa.nxcli.io, and on the Camden Diocese’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channels.
Tune in to see the ordination on the diocesan social media channels:
https://www.facebook.com/DioceseOfCamden
https://www.youtube.com/camdendiocese
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