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Ordination Class of 2026: Deacon Javier Padilla
This is the fifth article in a series profiling the five men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 16, 2026. CHESTNUT HILL -- In both music and the priesthood, Deacon Javier Padilla found a calling he wasn't expecting.
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Archbishop joins Armenian genocide commemoration at State House
BRAINTREE -- Archbishop Richard G. Henning and Vicar General Msgr. Robert Oliver joined local clergy, elected officials, scholars, and members of Boston's Armenian community for a commemoration of the 111th anniversary of the Armenian genocide at the Massachusetts State House on April 24.
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Four men ordained transitional deacons on path to priesthood
BOSTON -- Deacon Maximilian Muenke is a trained pediatrician with extensive experience in the healthcare research field. Now, he wishes to be a "doctor of the soul," attending to people's spiritual needs rather than their physical ones.
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Merrimack College panel explores pope's Augustinian roots
NORTH ANDOVER -- Augustinian Father Ray Dlugos has known Pope Leo XIV for over 50 years. Father Dlugos, vice president for mission and ministry at Merrimack College, first met the pope at Villanova University in 1974. He and Father Dlugos reunited when then-Father Robert Prevost became prior general of the Augustinians.
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Cheverus profiles: Sylvia Paladino of St. Thomas the Apostle, Millis
MILLIS -- Sylvia Paladino's mother was given an ultimatum. Either she could work for the government of her native Poland as a spy, or she would be exiled to the U.S. She chose the latter. In her adopted country, she worked as a cleaning lady and met Paladino's father, the son of a famous Polish geologist, who had gone to the U.S. to further his education.
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