On March 31, 2023, the feast of Our Lady of Pity, Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta conferred the four minor orders on two groups of seminarians. The following day Bishop de Galarreta ordained fifth year seminarians to the subdiaconate.
This Passiontide Friday, when the Church celebrates Our Lady of Pity, His Excellency Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta conferred the first two minor orders of Lector and Porter on seven seminarians: six Americans and one Irish, and a Benedictine Friar from the Monastery of Our Lady Dear Lady of Guadalupe, New Mexico, United States.
He then conferred the two second minor orders of exorcist and acolyte on seven other seminarians: six Americans and one Australian, and two Benedictine brothers from the same monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Finally, five fifth-year seminarians made their definitive commitment to the Society of St. Pius X the following day, with a view to their ordination to the subdiaconate.
On April 1, Passion Saturday and the first Saturday of the month, Bishop de Galarreta ordained five seminarians for major ordination to the subdiaconate: three Americans, one Irish and one South Korean, and a Benedictine Friar from the Monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
