CHARLOTTE — People are invited to pray for six men expected to be ordained priests in June using special kneelers now making their way to parishes across the Diocese of Charlotte.
The special kneelers, or prie-dieus, are commissioned each year for the ordinands by the Mary’s Sons apostolate.
The kneelers travel to parishes across the diocese to allow the faithful to pray for vocations and the six men expected to be ordained priests: Deacons Christopher William Angermeyer, of St.
Thomas Aquinas Parish in Charlotte; Deacon Anthony del Cid Lucero, of St. Joseph Parish in Newton; Deacon Nicholas James Kramer, of St. Margaret Mary Parish in Swannanoa; Deacon Kolbe Raymond Murrey, of St. John the Baptist Parish in Tryon; Deacon Andrew Jeffery Templeton, of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Gastonia; and Deacon Joseph Gerard Yellico, of St. Mark Parish in Huntersville.
Journals also accompany the kneelers so people can convey their well-wishes to the future priests.
The kneelers, pictured at Immaculate Conception Church in Hendersonville, will be given to the new priests at their ordination at St. Mark Church in Huntersville on June 14.
Find an upcoming location to pray at the kneelers:
March 10 - 17: St. Thomas Aquinas, Charlotte
March 17 - 24: St. John the Baptist, Tryon
April 7 - 14: St. Margaret Mary, Swannanoa
April 14 - 21: St. Dorothy, Lincolnton
April 28 - May 5: St. Michael the Archangel, Gastonia
Learn more
At www.maryssons.org: Learn more about the Mary’s Sons apostolate