In front of family, friends, fellow seminarians and clergy of the Diocese of Camden on May 14, Adam Cichoski, 30, was ordained a transitional deacon at the Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Assumption Church in Galloway. The 10:30 a.m. ordination, performed by Bishop Dennis Sullivan, is the final step in Rev. Mr. Cichoski’s journey to the priesthood. At left, Bishop Sullivan performs the laying-on-of-hands in the ritual. Bottom left, Father Jaromir Michalak, pastor of Cichoski’s home parish, Saint Michael the Archangel in Franklinville, vests the newly-ordained with his stole and dalmatic. Bottom right, Deacon Leo McBlain, Director of Personnel for the diocesan Office of the Diaconate, joins the deacons in sealing Cichoski’s admittance to the transitional diaconate, with the fraternal kiss.
Photos by James A. McBride