Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley will ordain five men to the Priesthood this Saturday, May 20, 2023, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. The Ordination Mass begins at 10:00 a.m. 

Cardinal Seán said, “As priests, we must cultivate a shepherd’s heart filled with compassion and empathy. People will be open to receive the message of the Gospel from priests if we can show them that we care about them. If we are priests of empathy and compassion like Jesus and the Good Samaritan, only then can we be effective messengers of the Good News of the Gospel.” In welcoming these five new priests, the Cardinal added, “We pray that God blesses these five newly ordained priests with good health, wisdom and joy in their heart in their service to Christ, the Church and the people of God.” 

The CatholicTV Network will broadcast the entire Mass live from the Cathedral beginning at 10:00 a.m. Please check with your local cable provider for the CatholicTV channel in your area or go to CatholicTV.org for more information. The Ordination Mass will also be rebroadcast on Saturday evening at 8 p.m. and will be available on-demand at CatholicTV.org. 

To view the Program for the Presbyteral Ordination, please click here. 

Following are the candidates for ordination. The Pilot, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston, has feature profiles of all the candidates in this week’s edition. Look to next week’s edition (Friday, May 26, 2023) for full coverage of the ordination. For more information please visit TheBostonPilot.com. 

Father Paul Born

A son of Stephen and Pamela (DiClemente), he was born in Boston on Aug. 1, 1991, and raised in Stoneham at St. Patrick Parish. He is an alumnus of Boston College’s Class of 2013, having graduated with a degree in finance.

Prior to entering St. John Seminary, he worked in New York City as a financial analyst at Barclays. He entered St. John Seminary as a member of the class of 2023 and has been serving a diaconal assignment at St. Mary, Waltham.

Father Born will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Mary Church, Waltham, on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at 9:00 a.m.

Father Jose Ignacio Montero Burgos

Born on April 5, 1993, in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, in the Dominican Republic, he is the youngest of the three sons of Francisca de Montero and the late Placido Montero Alcantara. His home parish is San Pedro Claver in Pedro Brand, Dominican Republic.

He attended elementary and high school in the Dominican Republic.

He is an alumnus of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Brookline. He has been serving his deacon assignment at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, East Boston.

Father Montero will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving on May 20, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, Lynn. Father Jose Ignacio Montero will be the homilist.

Father Rodrigo Martinez

A native of Metapan in Santa Ana, El Salvador, he was born on Jan. 6, 1991. He attended elementary school in El Salvador, then the Mildred Avenue Middle School in Mattapan, and East Boston High School, East Boston.

In 2019, he graduated from Providence College with a degree in philosophy and entered St. John Seminary as a member of the Class of 2023.

During his deacon year, he has been serving at the two parishes in Stoughton: Immaculate Conception and St. James.

Father Martinez will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at 3:30 p.m. on May 21, 2023 at Saint Mary Church in Waltham. Father Carlos Suarez, Stoughton Catholic Collaborative pastor, will be the homilist.

Father Peter Schirripa

Father Schirripa was born on Jan. 27, 1993, in Mountain View, California. St. Mary Parish, Dedham is his home parish.

He is a proud alumnus of St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., graduating with a degree in history and secondary education. He returned to his middle school alma mater, Jonas Clarke, Lexington, and taught English and Social Studies until entering St. John Seminary as a member of the Class of 2023.

His seminary formation has been at St. John, Brighton, and his deacon year was at St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish, Cambridge. Father David Barnes, St. John Seminary faculty member, will be the homilist at Father Schirripa’s Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Mary Church, Dedham, on May 21, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.

Father Alphonsus Hien Quang Vu

Born on Nov. 21, 1987, at Ha Noi, Vietnam, Father Vu is the eldest of the three children of Hien and Huyen Do Vu.

All of his education from elementary through college was in his native Ha Noi, Vietnam: Ninh So School, Nguyen Trai-Thuong Tin School, and Ha Noi Open University.

He is an alumnus of St. John Seminary and has been serving his deacon year at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Winthrop.

Father Vu will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at the Chapel of St. John Seminary, Brighton, on May 20, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. Father Christopher O’Connor, pastor of St. Michael Parish, Winthrop, will be the homilist.