{"id":11465,"date":"2025-09-06T20:21:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/?p=11465"},"modified":"2025-11-25T21:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:27:34","slug":"usa-stockbridge-mass-br-patrick-lynch-is-ordained-to-the-transitional-diaconate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2025\/09\/06\/usa-stockbridge-mass-br-patrick-lynch-is-ordained-to-the-transitional-diaconate\/","title":{"rendered":"USA, Stockbridge, Mass.: Br. Patrick Lynch is Ordained to the Transitional Diaconate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07973.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07973-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07973-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07973.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Lord has given you the example. That just as Himself has done, so also you must do. Like Jesus, who appeared in the midst of the disciples, your job is to do the will of God in charity from the heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary are pleased to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/marian.org\/articles\/marian-brother-ready-ordination-diaconate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Br. Patrick Lynch, MIC<\/strong><\/a>, was ordained to the transitional diaconate, the last step, God willing, on his vocational journey to the priesthood.<\/p>\n<p>The ordination took place on Saturday, Sept. 6, at 9:00 a.m. at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Most Rev. William D. Byrne<\/strong>, Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, celebrated the Mass and conferred the Sacrament of Holy Orders.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/auX11jmFzjU?si=zTW4stFZZqtvZIYC\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Men studying for the priesthood are ordained as transitional deacons prior to beginning their final period of study before ordination to the priesthood. Deacons are able to preach at Mass, baptize, celebrate weddings, and bring viaticum to the dying, all the while undergoing additional pastoral, liturgical, and educational preparation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ministry of Charity and Service<\/strong><br \/>\nIn his homily, Bishop Byrne stressed the ministry of service associated with the diaconate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Deacon Patrick will carry out a ministry of charity in the name of the whole Church,&#8221; he said. &#8220;In all his duties, he will act with the help of God, in such a way as one who did not come to be served, but to serve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Lord has given you the example. That just as Himself has done, so also you must do. Like Jesus, who appeared in the midst of the disciples, your job is to do the will of God in charity from the heart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To serve others with joy \u2014 therein lies the key. To serve with love, to serve with kindness \u2014 this is what the world is starving for. This is what changes and transforms hearts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are blessed to come from a big family, rooted in faith. As a minister of the church, you will be a public witness. You will be a signpost to the world. And you must show yourself without blemish and beyond reproach before God and others. Your life must show to the world that we are all called to be fishers of men.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So do not allow yourself to be turned away from the hope of the Gospel. There will be days when it will be challenging. They&#8217;ll be days when it&#8217;s harder to pray. But on those days you must even pray more. And hold fast to the great mystery of Faith with a clear conscience expressed by your actions and word of God which your lips will now proclaim, the very words of the holy Gospel, so that the Christian people, brought to life by the spirit, may become a pure offering acceptable to God. And so that you yourself some day may go out to meet the Lord on the last day and be able to hear Him say, &#8216;Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of your Lord!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Power of Prayer \u2014 and an Invitation<\/strong><br \/>\nAt a reception and luncheon following Mass in the St. Faustina Center, Deacon Patrick offered thanks and reflections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are so many people present whom I have been blessed to know and have played an important part in my vocation,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It really is just a witness of love for me from all of you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To my parents, Griff and Denise, and all my siblings, I love you all so much, and I&#8217;m just so happy that you can be here today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Next, I want to thank my Marian brothers. I am just so very blessed to be part of this community. It&#8217;s a really good group of guys, who do some awesome work for the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have to point out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedivinemercy.org\/articles\/when-lukewarm-soul-reheated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mr. David\u00a0Van Sise.<\/a> I wouldn&#8217;t be here today without him, because I went to high school with his son Gregor. Mr. Van Sise invited me to make a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy. This is is such a beautiful place, and God&#8217;s grace is just so abundant here. And that&#8217;s what kind of started my interest in wanting to be a Marian. So thank you, Mr. Van Sise. It just shows how powerful one invitation can be. You never know where it leads.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Deacon Patrick thanked his spiritual director, Fr. Thomas Nau, from the diocese of Steubenville, Ohio, &#8220;for keeping me on the straight and narrow.&#8221; He also thanked Fr. Daniel Firmin, the pastor of his home parish, St. James the Less in Savannah, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people of that parish have prayed for me by name every Sunday for six or seven years now,&#8221; Deacon Patrick said. &#8220;Thank you so much for having prayed for me all these years. I am so grateful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>England-bound<\/strong><br \/>\nDeacon Patrick preached his first homily as a Deacon at the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, Sept. 7, at the National Shrine. He will now head to the Marian Fathers&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/divinemercyapostolate.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Divine Mercy Apostolate\u00a0<\/a>in London, England, where he will work alongside newly-ordained <a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2025\/08\/16\/usa-stockbridge-mass-alexander-pumphrey-mic-is-ordained-to-the-sacred-priesthood\">Fr. Alexander Pumphrey, MIC<\/a>, and Fr. Lukasz Mazurek, MIC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so grateful for all of those who have shown me by their example what it means to serve others with love,&#8221; Deacon Patrick concluded. &#8220;In a particular way, I want to thank our Marian Helpers, whose prayers and generosity were a constant support during my formation. May God reward you for all you do for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Please pray for Deacon Patrick Lynch, MIC, and all of our Marian priests, brothers, and seminarians!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"awb-gallery-wrapper awb-gallery-wrapper-1 button-span-no\" style=\"--more-btn-alignment:center;\"><div style=\"margin:-5px;--awb-bordersize:0px;\" class=\"fusion-gallery fusion-gallery-container fusion-grid-3 fusion-columns-total-11 fusion-gallery-layout-grid fusion-gallery-1\"><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07855_1000.jpeg\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07855_1000.jpeg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07855_1000-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07855_1000-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07855_1000-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07855_1000-800x534.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07855_1000.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 363px, (min-width: 712px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07887_1000.jpeg\" data-caption=\"Brother Patrick lies prostrate before the altar, expressing his total submission to God, as the Litany of Supplication is sung, invoking the intercession of God and all the Saints.\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07887_1000.jpeg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07887_1000-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07887_1000-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07887_1000-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07887_1000-800x534.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07887_1000.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 363px, (min-width: 712px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07922_1000.jpeg\" data-caption=\"Through the laying on of hands by the bishop and the Prayer of Ordination, the gift of the Holy Spirit and the Sacrament of Holy Orders is conferred on the candidate.\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07922_1000.jpeg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07922_1000-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07922_1000-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07922_1000-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07922_1000-800x534.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07922_1000.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 363px, (min-width: 712px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07955_1000.jpeg\" data-caption=\"Father Matthew Tomeny, MIC, Rector of the National Shrine, vested Deacon Patrick with the stole and dalmatic, signs of the Office of Deacon. Deacon Patrick&#039;s parents, Griff and Denise, look on.\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07955_1000.jpeg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07955_1000-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07955_1000-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07955_1000-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07955_1000-800x534.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07955_1000.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 363px, (min-width: 712px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07985_1000.jpeg\" data-caption=\"Deacon Patrick prepares the altar for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07985_1000.jpeg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07985_1000-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC07985_1000-400x267.jpeg 400w, 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class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08050_1000-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08050_1000-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08050_1000-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08050_1000-800x534.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08050_1000.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 363px, (min-width: 712px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08085_1000.jpeg\" data-caption=\"Deacon Patrick distributes Holy Communion.\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08085_1000.jpeg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08085_1000-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08085_1000-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08085_1000-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08085_1000-800x534.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08085_1000.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 363px, (min-width: 712px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08136_1000.jpeg\" data-caption=\"Following Mass, the Marian priests, brothers, and seminarians joined Deacon Patrick and Bishop Bryne for a group photo.\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08136_1000.jpeg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/DSC08136_1000-200x133.jpeg 200w, 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