The Heralds of the Gospel have ordained 26 new priests on Divine Mercy Sunday, their first ordinations in several years after a prolonged suspension that had left dozens of vocations in limbo.
The priestly ordinations took place on April 12 during the Octave of Easter and were presided over by Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, emeritus Archbishop of Aparecida and the pontifical commissioner overseeing the institute. The ceremony followed the ordination of 31 deacons the previous day, April 11, conferred by Archbishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, emeritus of the Military Ordinariate of Brazil.
