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Moment of grace as Mark Payton ordained Deacon in St Peter’s
13 Oct 2010
By Bridget Spinks
Pontifical North American College seminarians Keith D. Romke of the Diocese of Rockford, Ill., Mark R. Payton of the Archdiocese of Perth, Australia, and George K. Nixon of the Diocese of Providence, R.I., are seen after being ordained deacons in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 7. Thirty seminarians from the U.S. national seminary were ordained deacons. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) (Oct. 7, 2010)
Perth man Mark Payton has been ordained to the diaconate at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome with 29 other seminarians from the Pontifical North American College on 7 October.
Mark, who turned 35 last month, entered St Charles Seminary, Guildford in 2002, before joining the Pontifical North American College in 2007.
Pontifical North American College seminarian Anthony J. Kruse of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa, carries offertory gifts after being ordained as a deacon in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 7. Thirty seminarians from the U.S. national seminary were ordained as deacons. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) (Oct. 7, 2010)
He will spend another year in Rome to complete his Licentiate in Spirituality at the Angelicum before returning to the Archdiocese of Perth to be a priest.
St Charles Seminary Rector Monsignor Kevin Long was delighted for Deacon Payton.
“Mark takes both his spiritual and academic formation very seriously.
“He is a prayerful, generous and serious young man excited by the challenge of spreading the Gospel here in the Archdiocese in the midst of the contemporary culture,” Mgr Long said.
Pontifical North American College seminarians Mark R. Payton of the Archdiocese of Perth, Australia, George K. Nixon of the Diocese of Providence, R.I., and Christopher J. Markman of the Diocese of Fargo, N.D., are pictured after being ordained deacons in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 7. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) (Oct. 7, 2010)
